by Kaitlyn Yakas-Dance | Aug 18, 2023 | News
Tennet v Wellington Standards Committee 2 [2023] NZHC 1932. Christopher Tennet is a well-known Wellington criminal defence barrister who has practised law for more than 40 years. On 26 October 2022 the Lawyers and Conveyancers Disciplinary Tribunal found a charge of... by Kaitlyn Yakas-Dance | Aug 18, 2023 | News
Fair Trading Act 1986 – appeal against conviction and sentence – cross-appeal against sentence – manifest inadequacy – trial judge error – state of mind – ‘characteristic’ of service as opposed to good – significance of commercial gain – means uplift – discounts... by Kaitlyn Yakas-Dance | Aug 11, 2023 | News
Civil procedure – unsuccessful application to remove counsel and solicitors for 19 respondents – court’s jurisdiction to disqualify counsel at the instance of an opposing party Zhong v Li [2023] NZCA 300. Xing Zhong applied to remove counsel and solicitors for... by Kaitlyn Yakas-Dance | Aug 11, 2023 | News
Judicial review – application for leave to appeal – Senior Courts Act – s 75(b) application for leave to bring direct appeal – no exceptional circumstances to meet the threshold – claim challenges the proposed legislation itself – comity – appropriate forum – Māori... by Kaitlyn Yakas-Dance | Aug 11, 2023 | News
Life sentence accepted – Sentencing Act 2002 – calculated or lengthy planning – brutality, cruelty, depravity or callousness – vulnerability – statutory purpose of s 104 – manifestly unjust 17-year minimum imprisonment period R v Singh [2023] NZHC 2040. ...
