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A once-in-a-generation review of how New Zealand’s lawyers are regulated and represented has proven a watershed for the profession as it grapples with a key finding – that a “strong case” exists for a new, ...
The review report titled Regulating Lawyers in Aotearoa New Zealand, Te Pae Whiritahi i te Korowai Rato Ture o Aotearoa represents a watershed moment for the legal profession.
It foreshadows the loss of ...
We’ve already touched on the history of barristers as a profession, but let’s look at that in more detail. As I said earlier, originally the leaders of the profession were the serjeants. The serjeants had their own ...
Reprimands from the Financial Markets Authority (FMA) are piling up against Du Val Group, while the embattled property developer scrambles to block disaffected investors from leaking to the media.
The regulator ...
A body of useful legal precedent is emerging from the controversial covid-19 vaccine mandates, although key questions remain unanswered as companies and workers are reminded of the need to maintain good faith in ...
Jack Porus never particularly wanted to be a lawyer. And his mother, of Lithuanian Jewish stock, would have preferred him to be a doctor. But Porus, the former managing partner at Glaister Ennor and one of the ...
England and Wales have a split legal profession, with a traditional distinction between solicitors and barristers. This contrasts with many other countries, including many in the common law world, which have only ...
“I’m good, I’m good. I’m sweaty,” confesses incoming ADLS president Tony Herring. “I know you don’t need to know that but I’ve been racing around.”
That’s not surprising. Since learning at the ADLS annual ...
On 1 June 2021, the Supreme Court issued judgment in Lambie Trustee Limited v Addleman [2021] NZSC 54. The case involved the principles relating to disclosure of legal advice obtained by trustees to beneficiaries ...
As the “chatbot wars” rage in Silicon Valley, the growing proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI) tools specifically designed to generate human-like text has left many baffled.
Educators in particular are ...
A key part of our planning has been a review of the ADLS brand. ADLS is a national organization and as such, we would like our name to reflect our New Zealand footprint. To achieve this, the ADLS Council is ...
Cyclone Gabrielle will significantly widen New Zealand’s burgeoning infrastructure gap, with early cost-estimates of $13 billion adding to the current shortfall of hundreds of billions of dollars. With roads ...
Do we truly need judges? I’m going to lay my cards on the table here and say that the answer is yes.
It would be virtually impossible to maintain the rule of law and legal certainty without an independent ...
Regulating crypto can be like nailing jello to the ceiling. But while regulation of the emerging cryptocurrency technologies is necessary to protect consumers, it needs to be sufficiently flexible to allow ...
The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of members of ADLS will be held on Thursday, 2 March 2023, at 5.30pm, at the offices of Link Market Services, Level 30, PwC Tower, 15 Customs Street West, Auckland.
Three ...
Should it have the numbers to form a government in October, National is expected to take immediate and comprehensive action to fulfil its election promises, including the unwinding of a raft of Labour-introduced ...
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