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A “legacy of chronic underfunding” in courthouse maintenance, the threatened sustainability of the criminal and family bars, and signalled public service cuts to the courts are just three of the issues Chief ...
Changes to the rules governing hearsay evidence, particularly from witnesses who are too afraid to testify and experts in mātauranga and tikanga, have been recommended by the Law Commission in its third and final ...
Clayton Kimpton, the former executive chairman of Kensington Swan and a leader in New Zealand’s foreign affairs and trade policy promotion, is the new chief executive of The Law Association.
To view the memorandum please click here: Auckland NZ LS PC - Timeliness for filing documentation - 15 March 24
At the first reading of the statute, Minister of Justice Paul Goldsmith claimed cultural reports were prepared by a person not known to the offender or unfamiliar with their background before the court proceedings started
What do I mean by ‘an imperial judiciary’? I refer to a country where the top judges – committees of unelected ex-lawyers if we want to deal in specifics – are giving themselves new-found power at the expense of ...
The latest Curia Poll contained some bracing news for Christopher Luxon. His ratings had taken a tumble, placing him (astonishingly) below the politically comatose Chris Hipkins.
Mark Nagel was charged with the manslaughter of 61-year-old Tony Kelly. Nagel first interacted with Kelly at the Christchurch bus exchange on 18 October 2022. Nagel was under the impression that Kelly had been ...
A recent High Court decision has determined the then Director-General of Health (DG), Dr Ashley Bloomfield, acted unlawfully by failing to consider the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 before directing that 14 ...
Feed Families applied successfully for a declaration that the Waikiwi approach wasn’t available following an amendment in 2013 to the Gambling Act 2003. Feed Families is an incorporated society with the purpose “to ...
The first and second applicants, Peter T Rex LLC and Barbara T Rex LLC, own two Tyrannosaurus rex skeletons displayed at Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum. The third applicant, 3A, has managerial ...
Whakaari White Island erupted on 9 December 2019. Forty-seven people, all of whom were tourists or guides associated with licensed commercial tours, were onshore at the time. The eruption engulfed everyone on the ...
The appellants are four members of the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) who are subject to a temporary Defence Force order (TDFO), which was issued by the Chief of Defence Force (CDF) on 27 May 2022.
From 2015 to 2021 there was extensive civil litigation between Garth Paterson and Stefan Lepionka (and both of their associated entities). In August 2020, the High Court made an order effectively declaring ...
Coles and Woolworths, the supermarket chains that together control almost two-thirds of the Australian grocery market, are facing unprecedented scrutiny.
New Zealand’s law is woefully behind when it comes to the issue of deepfakes. But the best law in the world will not be enough to combat the digital manipulation of a person’s likeness unless bolstered by other ...
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