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An unsuccessful application under s 143 of the Land Transfer Act 2017 to sustain a caveat lodged against the title of land known as Lot 2 at Little Akaloa in Canterbury.
This is the last time I’ll be speaking to you as President of ADLS. The next time you hear from me, it will be as President of The Law Association. From 1 October 2023, this will be our organisation’s new name.
When Merepaia King (Ngāti Māhanga/Ngāti Te Wehi – Tainui) was sworn in as a judge earlier this month, she notched up two milestones: it was the first time an Employment Court judge had been sworn in on a marae and ...
If the privacy watchdog doubles down on a proposed biometrics code of practice, Westfield shopping malls will likely be banned from using smart billboards that scan shoppers’ faces in order to target them with ...
On 14 October, as New Zealanders are voting in their general election, Australians will be participating in an important referendum.
When Russia invaded Ukraine on 22 February last year, New Zealand fund managers, companies and other entities scrambled to announce that they would divest their Russian assets. Many did. But for others, Russia has ...
If elected, a National-led government has pledged to roll back “three years of damage” that CCCFA amendments have caused to the credit and mortgage industry and refocus regulations on loan sharks and other ...
Kara Pompey pleaded guilty in the Auckland District Court to six charges of burglary of commercial premises in Auckland and New Plymouth and was sentenced to six years’ imprisonment. Pompey appealed this sentence ...
This is an unsuccessful appeal by New Zealand Forest Owners Association (NZFOA) after the High Court dismissed its application to review the Wairoa District Council’s decision to set a higher differential for the ...
Desmond Bourne appeared for sentencing, having been found guilty of one charge of murder and one charge of wounding with reckless disregard.
Brent Tiddy appeared at the Dunedin High Court, having pleaded guilty to a charge of manslaughter causing the death of Katherine Broad.
A couple (RDJ and ZEL) co-owned a business, SGF, for several years in Hamilton. Their relationship ended in 2016 and RDJ consequentially cut his financial ties to the business. In 2019, RDJ agreed to return to work ...
Davina Reid (née Murray), a former criminal barrister, was counsel to Liam Reid, a prisoner serving a sentence of preventative detention in respect of rape, murder, and attempted murder. Reid had, and retains, a ...
The collapse of one of New Zealand’s largest construction companies more than a decade ago and the ensuing legal wrangling has culminated in the Supreme Court’s long-awaited decision on directors’ duties.
In this application for judicial review, a group of women prisoners formerly serving their sentences at Arohata Prison in Wellington challenged the legality of the decision by the Department of Corrections to ...
Stephen McCullah lives in the US and describes himself as an entrepreneurial chief executive officer of companies operating internationally within the finance and investment sector.
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