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Lawyers are grappling with what to do about an increasing number of Asian parties in court, who won't settle, and insist on going to court.
The Law Society's Asian Lawyers group, alongside the Ministry of Justice and the New Zealand Bar Association are meeting in a few weeks' time as a starting point to work out if there is a way to improve the situation for clients, and the clogged court system.
Anecdotally, lawyers say cultural and language differences may be playing a part, but there is a need to start collecting robust data in order to better understand what is going on.
Mai Chen is the president of New Zealand Asian Lawyers, and she speaks to Kathryn.
