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The government’s Contracts of Insurance Bill has been hailed as a “once-in-a-generation” reform of insurance law, but critics say the long-awaited changes – slated to pass through Parliament by the end of the year ...
The Tenancy Tribunal has been able to evict a Whangarei squatter, even though the woman had no tenancy agreement with the property owner who was also her former partner.
Attorney-General Judith Collins KC has weighed into the debate about what she describes as the Waitangi Tribunal’s recent and “highly unusual” attempt to summons Minister for Children Karen Chhour for ...
With respect, Brookbanks’ suggestion of a statutory amendment to “resolve” the problem caused by the High Court’s decision in Teika completely misses the point.
Julius Te Hivaka appeared for sentencing on 31 May 2024 after a jury found him guilty of murder. On the 3 June 2022 Benjamin McIntosh, a lower-level drug dealer, was shot.
This case involved a murder and two separate violent assaults on three different victims. Motu Smith’s spree of offending started with an assault on a supervisor, victim J, where the accused was working as a labourer.
Jiawen Mao, a property investor, is suing accounting firm Golden Abacus & Associates (GAA) for $1.5 million in damages for losses she claims to have suffered on the mortgagee sale of four properties because GAA ...
Sarah Dilworth and her brother Christopher Redpath’s father Ian Redpath bequeathed them a loan he made to their grandfather, William Redpath, in 1994.
Scott Watson was convicted of the murders of Olivia Hope and Ben Smart in 1999. He was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 17 years.
The Ministry of Justice is preparing a draft code of conduct for lobbyists – people it defines as “engaging in advocacy activities to influence government policies and decisions”.
Three years after the Trusts Act 2019 came into force, the first two judgments reviewing trustee decisions under ss 126 and 127 of the Act have been released.
“There’ll be hell to pay if [David Seymour’s Treaty Principles Bill] goes beyond first reading, there’ll be hell to pay.” So says the Māori King’s spokesperson, Tukoroirangi Morgan, towards the end of his 30-minute ...
The rules governing unfitness to stand trial are prescriptive. The Criminal Procedure (Mentally Impaired Persons) Act 2003 (CPMIP) is a statutory code that must be applied according to its strict terms.
The laws relating to trusts change so quickly that all trust deeds should have a wide power of variation. But not all trusts deeds have this power, giving rise to difficulties.
Nearly 17 years after its inception, KiwiSaver is pulling in big bucks. According to the Financial Markets Authority’s (FMA) most recent KiwiSaver annual report, the scheme now has $93.7 billion in funds under management.
On the 24 May 2022, Christian Eteuati engaged in what was described by Gault J as a “vicious, frenzied, and unprovoked attack” on Tom Coombes, using a knife.
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