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Another aspect of the current situation is that it has demonstrated the total powerlessness of our institutions
While electronic voting may remove the need for proxies, it can turn a meeting into a rubber-stamping exercise with the committee controlling the reports being sent to owners
Chancery Chambers, ADLS’ heritage building in downtown Auckland, has gone on the market this week.
Experts warn that New Zealand is a soft target because we think of ourselves as outside the world’s main areas of commerce and criminal activity
The Policing Act 2008 makes it clear that operational policing decisions can be made only by serving police officers. Politicians are barred from any direct role in determining what must be done, or when, to ...
I already had a couple of kids and was in a situation of not having much money or many prospects, so I thought I’d better do something. I decided to go to law school.
It is well understood by lawyers that trustees are entitled to take into account the settlor’s wishes when exercising their powers and discretions but that they are not required to do so.
How do you prevent poor performance issues being disguised as a redundancy if both a worker and business agree?
There seems to be an inherent contradiction in attempting to make an administrative machine run more smoothly while protecting the rights of individuals whose lives are affected by it
Litigants seeking orders from the courts without providing the court with adequate evidence of a settlor’s intentions are at risk of having their applications adjourned while evidence is obtained of the settlor’s ...
If I were a member of the public, this decision would knock my confidence in the legal profession. If I were a new or aspiring lawyer, it would do little to reassure me the profession is a safe space
The ADLS Annual General Meeting (AGM) scheduled for Thursday 3 March 2022 at 5.30 pm will be a virtual event. To enable online participation, ADLS members will be sent a link to the meeting along with a member ...
Brett Harris has taken up the reins as convenor of the ADLS Health and Safety Committee, replacing Fletcher Pilditch who was the committee’s inaugural convenor when it was established in 2015.
This profile is part of a series on ADLS committee convenors.
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