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After a judge-alone trial in the District Court, Sarah Bell was found guilty of two charges of harassment and one charge of resisting a constable acting in the execution of his duty.
Part 6 of the Broadcasting Act 1989 empowers the Electoral Commission to allocate a fixed pool of public funds to eligible political parties for advertising purposes in the lead-up to a general election.
As a law student at the University of Sydney in the early 1960s, Michael Kirby would raise his hand and query and question. But at no point during his studies did the 84-year-old former judge of the High Court of ...
Access-to-justice issues remain a “continuing failure” and the knee-jerk preference to imprison offenders is not healthy for society, retiring High Court judge Ailsa Duffy said at her valedictory sitting in ...
This is a successful application for judicial review by Lawyers for Climate Action NZ Inc (LCANZI) of a Cabinet decision to ignore advice from the Climate Change Commission to tighten the settings for the Emissions ...
This is an unsuccessful appeal by Bushmere from a High Court decision upholding the council’s rating valuation of its SunGold kiwifruit orchard.
Chao Chen was found guilty of the manslaughter of Lele He. One evening, Chen, He and an associate attended a dinner. There, Chen allegedly described He as “stubborn”. He later called Chen around to his house; the ...
Growing up, Nathan Frost had a loving relationship with his mother, but little, if any, contact with his father, Stephen Frost.
The patents and copyright that Lego held on its products expired many years ago, but the registered trademark LEGO has remained in force.
Mustafa Yikar was employed by Sir James Wallace and lived in his home. Yikar was charged with attempting to pervert the course of justice by trying to dissuade a witness from giving evidence against Wallace in ...
Matu Reid, 23, in March 2023 appeared for sentence on charges of strangulation, injuring with intent to injure, wilful damage and male assaults female.
The Employment Relations (Extended Time for Personal Grievance for Sexual Harassment) Amendment Act 2023 has been praised for giving sexual harassment victims more time to raise an employment personal grievance. ...
Among the Labour faithful, it must seem that their party just can’t catch an even break. The moment Labour struggles back to the surface, the fickle hand of fate once again plunges it into the depths.
Instances of hardship that Jain, a disability rights activist and professor of law at the National Law School of India University, has experienced.
Letter from CHCJ and CDCJ to the Benches - Wellbeing of the Profession. We are taking the unusual step of writing to all judges and judicial officers to highlight issues about the wellbeing of the profession which ...
Gaoxiang Yu (26) , his two co-defendants, Zhao and G, and the victim, Wang Baochang, were members of an organised crime syndicate that manufactured and supplied methamphetamine.
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