Editing King's Counsel (section)

===New Zealand===

{{See also|List of King's and Queen's Counsel in New Zealand}}

In 2006, the title was renamed [[Senior Counsel]], with the final appointments of Queen's Counsel occurring in 2007, after which the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (which made the change) came into force. However, the [[2008 New Zealand general election|2008 general election]] resulted in a change of government. In June 2009, Attorney-General Hon [[Chris Finlayson|Christopher Finlayson]] announced that the title of Queen's Counsel would be reinstated,<ref name="Top lawyers may get QC title back">
{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/government+restore+queen%e2%80%99s+counsel
 |title       = Government to restore Queen's Counsel
 |date        = 25 May 2009
 |access-date  = 17 June 2009
 |publisher   = New Zealand Government
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20090620003554/http://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/government+restore+queen%E2%80%99s+counsel
 |archive-date = 20 June 2009}}</ref> and a bill to implement the restoration was introduced into Parliament in March 2010.<ref>[http://www.parliament.nz/en-NZ/PB/SC/MakeSub/5/7/8/49SCJE_SCF_00DBHOH_BILL9795_1-Lawyers-and-Conveyancers-Amendment-Bill.htm "Lawyers and Conveyancers Amendment Bill"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101220032330/http://www.parliament.nz/en-NZ/PB/SC/MakeSub/5/7/8/49SCJE_SCF_00DBHOH_BILL9795_1-Lawyers-and-Conveyancers-Amendment-Bill.htm |date=20 December 2010 }}, "Make a Submission", www.parliament.nz</ref> The bill passed committee stage in November 2012, was passed in a third reading and received the Royal Assent on 19 November 2012.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lawyers and Conveyancers Amendment Bill|url=http://www.parliament.nz/en-NZ/PB/Legislation/Bills/9/a/9/00DBHOH_BILL9795_1-Lawyers-and-Conveyancers-Amendment-Bill.htm|work=Legislation – Bills|publisher=New Zealand Parliament|access-date=31 December 2012|archive-date=5 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105084901/http://www.parliament.nz/en-NZ/PB/Legislation/Bills/9/a/9/00DBHOH_BILL9795_1-Lawyers-and-Conveyancers-Amendment-Bill.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> In December 2012, Finlayson was one of the first appointments under the reinstated regime.<ref>"[https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2012-vr8344 Appointment of Queen's Counsel]" {{nowrap|(20 December 2012)}} 151 ''[[New Zealand Gazette]]'' 4437 at 4463.</ref>