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On 29 June 2023, the Supreme Court declined the trust’s application for an extension of time to seek leave to appeal. The court recorded the trust’s proposed arguments and said they were “largely the same as in the ...
The appellant, Tina Steedman, was convicted in July 2022 in the District Court of breaching the Covid-19 Public Health Response Act 2020 and the Covid-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level Requirements) Order (No ...
Electricity company Mercury challenged a decision of the Māori Land Court (MLC) to dismiss its application to strike out claims brought by the Pouākani claimants, who seek orders that a section of the Waikato River ...
Public concern about the mistreatment of adult and adolescent patients at Lake Alice Hospital started surfacing in the 1970s. Between 1976 and 2022, there were several investigations and reports by state and ...
Near Te Tii Marae at Waitangi, the Far North District Council owns and manages a recreation reserve and accessway situated, which were being occupied by unknown persons who had erected various structures and ...
The plaintiff, Richard Parore, sought compensation (Baigent damages) for breach of rights in a tax proceeding under the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 (NZ BORA).
Sue Thoms was employed as a primary service provider (PSP) for Blind Low Vision New Zealand (BLVNZ), a registered charity governed by the Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind. BLVNZ supports people who are ...
Mathias Ortmann and Bram van der Kolk face sentencing, having pleaded guilty to one charge of conspiring to cause loss by deception, one charge of conspiring to dishonestly obtain documents, and two charges of ...
Fiona Mead and Lilach and Brett Paul lived together in a relationship in Fiona’s house, sharing the same room and bed. They agreed this relationship was their main relationship, but they were also free to love ...
The defendant, David Benbow, has been charged with murdering Michael McGrath. An eight-week trial, which commenced 13 February 2023, resulted in a hung jury and a retrial date is scheduled for 21 August 2023.
Jury trials have been the commonest mode for hearing sexual violence cases in the past 10 years, compared to judge-alone hearings.
The New Zealand Independent Community Pharmacy Group (ICPG), a group of community pharmacists, sought judicial review of a decision by the Ministry of Health to issue licences under the Medicines Act 1981 to a ...
Xavier Valent appeared for sentencing after being found guilty of 86 charges spanning the importing, manufacturing, possession for supply, and supply of significant quantities of predominantly methamphetamine, but ...
The Minister of Climate Change initiated a review of the New Zealand Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) pursuant to s 160 of the Climate Change Response Act 2002 (CCRA) in September 2022. The Cabinet decision minute ...
To describe barrister Roderick Mulgan as something of an overachiever is a complete, and some might say, outrageous understatement.
After nearly half a century surrounded by the law, Judge Philip Recordon is hanging up his gown. The District Court judge’s acting warrant may be expiring but he’s got a few more months left to write decisions and ...
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