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The Chief Ombudsman is continuing to investigate how the Department of Corrections has responded to repeated calls to improve prison conditions, with findings expected around the middle of the year.
It comes as ...
Appeal against decision of Assistant Commissioner of Patents – Patents Act 2013, ss 3, 5(1), 9, 22, 71, 73 – Patents Regulations 2014, reg 50 – artificial intelligence – whether “inventor” must be natural person – ...
Sentencing – Young Persons – Murder – s 102, Sentencing Act 2002 – Life Imprisonment – MPI – Manifest Injustice – Neurological Immaturity – Culpability – Mitigating Factors
Dickey v R [2023] NZCA 2 (Miller, ...
Tracing property after a relationship split can be a difficult and complex process. When those assets include crypto currencies and other digital assets, as is increasingly the case, identifying, tracing, and ...
All 18 of New Zealand’s prisons have now resumed face-to-face contact between inmates and counsel while the Department of Corrections continues to “recruit, retain and train” to deal with staffing shortages.
But ...
“Chippy’s a killer.” The politico who vouchsafed this opinion of New Zealand’s new prime minister did not, of course, mean that Chris Hipkins was guilty of homicide – merely that he has an instinct for the ...
So, we’ve traced the history of the English split profession. We now know why we have the division between barristers and solicitors and what each of them does on a day-to-day basis. That brings me on to the ...
High Court Rules 2016 r4.24 – leave to commence a representative proceeding - power to stay proceedings under s 24 of the Trans-Tasman Proceeding Proceedings Act 2010 – factors to consider in determining whether ...
Successful appeal against refusal to grant discharge without conviction – s 106 Sentencing Act 2002 – discharge without conviction - possession of objectionable material...
Criminal Procedure – leave to appeal murder conviction on grounds trial counsel failed to tailor approach to accommodate vulnerable defendant and failed to provide adequate advice on giving or calling evidence...
Members of the legal profession are urged to provide feedback on how they should be regulated and represented following the release of a raft of “watershed” recommendations from an independent panel, including the ...
Criminal Procedure (Mentally Impaired Persons) Act 2003 (CPMIP Act) s 38 - declaratory judgment on procedures relating to court-ordered mental health assessment reports – time frames for the provision of s 38 ...
Timaru District Council v The Minister of Local Government [2023] NZHC 244 Declaratory Judgments Act 1908 - exercise of discretion to grant declaratory judgment – principle of legality – democratic ...
Family Proceedings Act 1980, s 27 – appeal from Family Court – application for declaration that dissolution order invalid – order for substituted service obtained by deception – undefended proceeding – inviolacy of ...
Senior Courts Act 2016 - unsuccessful leave application - application for leave to appeal to Supreme Court against Court of Appeal judgment refusing leave to appeal interlocutory matters to Court of Appeal – ...
Application to set aside judgment entered on formal proof - High Court Rules 2016, 15.10- miscarriage of justice - principles to be considered - reasonable explanation for failure to appear - substantial defence - ...
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