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Young Professional Package: 3 Hours
Learn strategies for managing and reducing stressors, presented by Lead Researcher of the “Law in Distress” research project Georgina Patel and Executive Coach for lawyers Katie Gray, with commentary from a Senior Associate in practice. Find out how to best present...
Murder trial abandoned after serious procedural failures, costs awarded against Crown, police
Award of costs - disclosure obligations - procedural failures - s 364 Criminal Procedure Act 2011- fair trial rights - murder R v Johnson & Anor [2023] NZHC 2948- per Ellis J Joseph Johnson, Chea Hemara and William Hines were charged with the 2017 murder of...
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New report casts spotlight on ‘irredeemably racist’ criminal justice system
Treat alcohol and drug abuse and addiction as a public health issue. Remove benefit fraud prosecutions from the criminal jurisdictions. Overhaul the legal aid system and invest more in community law centres. Improve access and resourcing to therapy in prisons and...
CPD Packages
On Demand -CPD PackagesWe are committed to connecting the legal profession and do so through a diverse events programme. All bundles include a bonus of at least30 minutes CPD.[dpdfg_filtergrid custom_query="advanced" multiple_cpt="cpd-packages" post_number="20"...
AI and the law
AI and the lawPolicy / Reform: A white paperPublished by the Technology and Law Committee of The...
Governance group fails to nail MSD for ‘pay and walk away’ approach to covid-19 wage subsidy payments
Judicial Review Procedure Act 2016 – Crimes Act 1961 ss 220(1), 228, 240 & 246 – definition of fraud – actual practice – reviewability of resource allocation decisions – scope of judicial review – reviewability of decisions not to prosecute – judicial restraint...
No gavels, no hearsay and lots of drinking: a law expert ranks legal dramas by their accuracy
From Elle Woods in Legally Blonde to Jennifer Walters in SheHulk, Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird to Denny Crane in Boston Legal, our popular culture is often where we first see and witness legal practice. Sometimes this comes via the silver screen; other times...
Chief Judge: employment lawyers, institutions must ‘go back to the drawing board’ to address court delays
Employers and employees continue to face “inordinate” delays in having their cases heard, despite the Employment Relations Authority clearing a backlog of unallocated claims built up during covid-19. Employment lawyers say the logjam has not improved in the face of...
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Do you trust AI to write the news? It already is – and not without issues
Businesses are increasingly using artificial intelligence (AI) to generate media content, including news, to engage their customers. Now, we’re even seeing AI used for the “gamification” of news – that is, to create interactivity associated with news content. For...
Banking inquiry told BNZ tried to ‘sack’ controversial religious community as a client
After a recent run-in with the Bank of New Zealand, Gloriavale has warned the country’s competition watchdog that customers are being segregated into “desirable” and “undesirable” consumers. In a submission to the Commerce Commission on its personal banking services...
Does the market need standards around greenwashing?
After more than a year of tough talk and other regulatory sabre-rattling, action from the financial services watchdog to combat “greenwashing” appears to be on hold. Overseas watchdogs, including the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, are taking...
Unpacking the Fair Digital News Bargaining Bill
Governments love to regulate. It’s what they do. For years, they have regulated aspects of our daily lives. Little by little, our liberties are eroded incrementally with every regulatory interference. Governments have become aware of a largely unregulated ecosystem in...
A decent government
It wasn’t all peace, love and mung beans in the early 1970s. Not in New Zealand, anyway. When the Norman Kirk-led Labour government barnstormed to power in 1972, social-conservatism was still the default setting of most New Zealanders, meaning that it was also the...