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For years, Professor Andrew Shelling has been lobbying for insurers to be banned from using genetic test results to determine cover, but his campaign took a personal turn last month when his own daughter ...
Local Government Mutual Trustee Limited’s (Riskpool) applied to strike out Auckland Council’s claim for payment for non-weathertight building defects. This was denied.
Paran Mudaliar and Rohineet Sharma were old friends, going back to when they were living in Fiji. They reconnected in New Zealand.
Lauren Dickason appeared for sentencing on 26 June 2024 after a jury found her guilty of murdering her three daughters, Liané, Maya and Karla.
Ward Demolition Ltd was removing asbestos and undertaking demolition work for Aoraki Construction Ltd at a site in Lambton Quay, Wellington.
On 26 June 2024, Frederick Gilbert Hobson was sentenced for the murder of Janak Patel. The murder occurred in the wake of an aggravated robbery of the Rose Cottage Superette in Sandringham, committed with two accomplices.
In a recent LawNews article, Anthony Grant states it is a fundamental rule of trusts that “judges do not exercise jurisdiction to initiate the distribution of trust assets.
I wish to make a few observations about the heated debate about compulsory education about tikanga, as proposed by the New Zealand Council of Legal Education.
After decades of mass confusion for employers, resulting in workers being underpaid by billions of dollars, the government has pledged to improve the Holidays Act 2003 – but experts warn there’s no easy fix.
Law Association - response to letter victims & media applications - 21 June 2024
A rethink on the residential property foreign buyers ban is needed to offset the loss of millions of dollars in property and business investments heading to Australia, according to Caleb Paterson of Paterson ...
The courts face a challenge maintaining public confidence in a “post-truth” world of polarised opinion, underlining the need for open justice and transparency to help people understand the decisions that judges make.
In 2018, Benjamin McPadden was sitting in the AODTC, high on methamphetamine, when Judge Lisa Tremewan asked him a question that took him by surprise: “how are you today?”
Amanda Turner was employed by the Wairarapa District Health Board as a registered palliative care nurse, working in the community
This matter follows Isac J’s decision in the High Court that the suppression order made by the District Court should be revoked (R v Dallison [2022] NZHC 2968.)
On 4 August 2022, Ian Dallison, a Christchurch eye surgeon, attempted to kill the landlord of his business premises, Alberto Ceccarelli.
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