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There is good reason for the courts to give consideration now to the commission’s research and not to wait for Parliament to review its consideration of the Act.
The human-animal bond has evolved over many millennia; what started as a working relationship where animals were used as tools to further human causes has developed into friendship and companionship.
When the market was rising in 2020 and 2021, property developers were trying to use sunset clauses as a tool to tip buyers out of sale-and-purchase agreements so they could on-sell the property to someone else at a ...
As house prices and interest rates continue to rise, it is increasingly common for people to consider sharing ownership with parents, friends, siblings and in some cases third-party organisations.
The attached document outlines the findings from the Ministry’s post-incident reviews in relation to the attack on a family lawyer at the Whangārei courthouse in March 2023, and the attack on a defendant by members ...
The Athletes’ Cooperative Incorporated (TAC) initiated bargaining with High Performance Sport New Zealand Limited (HPSNZ) for a collective agreement covering elite athletes.
This case concerns the first referral made by Te Kāhui Tātari Ture The Criminal Cases Review Commission under s 17 of the Criminal Cases Review Commission Act 2019.
In 2021, the Hauraki District Council (HDC) approved a 40-year licence to OceanaGold (New Zealand) Ltd to occupy parts of an unformed council-owned road reserve.
Grenville Fahey is a prisoner at Auckland South Corrections Facility. On or about 10 November 2022, he is alleged to have smeared whole walls of his cell and parts of the ceiling in his faeces. The stench was so ...
Ngāpuhi and Ngāti Kahu elder Michael Smith is a spokesperson on climate change for the Iwi Chairs Forum, a national forum of tribal leaders. In August 2019, Smith sued seven large New Zealand companies for what he ...
Local solutions lie at the heart of Te Ao Mārama, says Chief District Court Judge Heemi Taumaunu, who is encouraging lawyers to get involved in deciding what the landmark justice initiative will look like in their ...
Serious concerns about the dire condition of courthouses in the upper North Island are once again being raised by members of the legal fraternity.
Extending our parliamentary term from three years to four will not fix the problem of governments having too much power, according to an electoral law expert Graeme Edgeler.
Story published in LawNews Issue- 12 2021: Several Auckland lawyers say they are battling debilitating respiratory illnesses after being exposed to toxic mould at the Pukekohe courthouse, with one being ...
The Chief Justice is pleased to announce the appointment of two acting Court of Appeal judges. These appointments are made by the Governor-General acting on the advice of the Attorney-General.
In 1960, the first Waitangi Day Act was passed by the second Labour government, enabling any area of the country to substitute a Waitangi Day holiday for its provincial anniversary day.
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