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The Law Association acknowledges the ‘universal support’¹ for including Tikanga Māori as a compulsory subject within the study of a Bachelor of Laws following the New Zealand Council of Legal Education’s ...
If there is any solace to be taken from the mess the present government is making of its mandate, then surely it is the fact that the overwhelming majority of Kiwis can neither spell, nor define, gleichschaltung.
We write this open letter to our members in response to the recent complaint made by Gary Judd KC.
I have a question for lawyers of my age or older: in your student days, could you have imagined your law school dean writing that an eminent legal commentator, with years of senior court experience, was an “old ...
This factsheet will provide you with information on how to apply for legal aid, so you can have a lawyer represent you at your upcoming parole board hearing.
LawNews Issue 14 for 3 May 2024 published an article by Gary Judd KC. It was an edited version of a complaint to Parliament’s Regulations Review committee. The complaint is about a regulation making the study of ...
Kāinga Ora has been ordered to pay $6,000 in compensation and general damages to one of its tenants after taking weeks to file an eviction notice against a neighbouring tenant who allegedly pushed his partner off a ...
In Christiansen v Jackson and Dodd [2024] NZFC 2717, 1 March 2024 Judge Andrea Manuel ruled that a woman cohabitee had no right to an award under the Family Protection Act
Many of you will be aware of the Ratima decision from the High Court. The Board has decided to approach the question of bias and disqualification from sitting.
Dismissal of LF’s direct appeal to the Supreme Court against High Court refusal to grant permanent name suppression and M’s appeal to Supreme Court from Court of Appeal decision declining M’s application for LF’s ...
The East West Link (EWL) is a proposal by New Zealand Transport Agency | Waka Kotahi (NZTA) for the construction, operation and maintenance of a new four-lane arterial road connecting State Highway 20 at Onehunga ...
Raymond Ratima murdered his three children and four members of his extended family in 1992. He was sentenced to life imprisonment (and lesser concurrent terms for killing an unborn child and the attempted murder of ...
Justin Burke was an associate of the Nomads Motorcycle Club. After an altercation between the president of the Nomads and a less senior gang member, Shayne Heappey, it was decided Heappy should be punished by Burke ...
Section 7AA of the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989 imposes several duties on the Chief Executive of Oranga Tamariki to “recognise and provide a practical commitment to the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi (te Tiriti o ...
The tikanga regulations make it compulsory for all students commencing a law degree from 1 January 2025 to complete a subject on the general principles and practices of tikanga Māori | Māori laws and philosophy, ...
Of all the disruption that technology might wreak upon the legal profession, the most transformational could prove to be the demise of one of its most sacred cows – the way lawyers charge for their services.
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