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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 ...
How judges should be appointed is often one of the most contentious issues in constitutional law. In some countries, the executive and/or the legislature play a decisive role in appointing judges. Federal judges in ...
Let me start with three quotes.
First: “There can be no free society without law administered through an independent judiciary. If one man can be allowed to determine for himself what is law, every man can. That ...
After last week’s widespread flooding and property damage in Auckland, Northland, the Coromandel and the Bay of Plenty – and with a cyclone said to be on the way – many people are likely to be seeking help from ...
It’s been a long day. As you are shutting down your computer a client calls and asks for an urgent memo on a complicated legal issue. You sigh deeply as the sun is setting. You would rather be at home, and this ...
Even if the government moves to claw back some of the more draconian provisions of the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act 2003 (CCCFA), the good old days of relaxed assessments and easy access to mortgage ...
Bruce Jesson (1944-1999) would not have made a good courtroom lawyer. With his coke-bottle glasses and his tendency to mumble, Jesson’s rapport with the average jury was not likely to have been much better than Mr ...
For some years the property market has been rising and the issue of vendor negative equity has not been a key concern. But with property prices falling and some vendors having purchased at the peak of the market, ...
Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of members of ADLS will be held on Thursday, 2 March 2023, at 5.30 pm (NZ time), at the offices of Link Market Services, Level 30, PwC Tower, 15 Customs ...
ADLS CALL FOR COUNCIL NOMINATIONS
ADLS is calling for nominations from eligible members who are interested in serving as President or elected Councillor.
Nominations for the office of President and elected ...
The United Nations this week slammed corporate greenwashing and said organisations cannot claim to be net-zero while supporting fossil fuel projects. The report, released at the global COP27 climate conference in ...
The ice caps melt, the planet heats up, living costs rise, and real wages stagnate. The middle class struggles, the poor barely survive, economies shrink and labour shortages hit businesses. Conspiracies flourish, ...
Attorney-General David Parker has warned that Parliament will disregard senior court orders declaring legislation inconsistent with fundamental human rights legislation if judges were to go “mad” in deciding every ...
How far back should we go for the answers? To 1932? Or 1952? Too far? What about 1982? Closer? Very well, let us begin our investigation in 2019. Let’s begin in the hours, days and weeks following the Christchurch ...
Led by Chief Justice Dame Helen Winkelmann, tributes are flowing in for former High Court judge Sir Ian Barker KC who died last Friday at the age of 88. “Sir Ian was an outstanding judge and a true leader,” the ...
Led by Chief Justice Dame Helen Winkelmann, tributes are flowing in for former High Court judge Sir Ian Barker KC who died recently at the age of 88.
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