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A long-awaited report from the judiciary’s Rules Committee has recommended a three-point plan for improving access to civil justice.
Three years in the making, the report suggests amending the procedural High ...
Anthony Grant's last article was on the Court of Appeal’s decision in D v A [2022] NZCA 430. Can a child sue a parent for a breach of fiduciary duty? Read the courts decision and the majority decision in D v A here.
The Rules Committee has today released the Access to Civil Justice Report, the culmination of a three-year review by the Rules Committee which aims to address the increasingly unmet need for civil justice in ...
My last article was on the Court of Appeal’s decision in D v A [2022] NZCA 430. Can a child sue a parent for a breach of fiduciary duty? The court held, by a majority of two to one, that a father who had repeatedly ...
As the government throws hundreds of millions of dollars at the first phase of a decade-long effort to digitise New Zealand’s courts and tribunals, tech-savvy practitioners are warning of potential fishhooks that ...
The United Nations this week slammed corporate greenwashing and said organisations cannot claim to be net-zero while supporting fossil fuel projects. The report, released at the global COP27 climate conference in ...
Today the Attorney-General has announced new appointments to the rank of King's Counsel.
Appointment of King's Counsel 2022
Today the Attorney-General has announced the appointment of the below to the rank of King's Counsel. The below are listed in order of appointment reflecting their original ...
Senior criminal defence counsel have not been consulted about plans by Justice Minister Kiritapu Allan to review the law around name suppression and say the minister’s comments raise a raft of red flags.
Gary Judd submission challenges the presupposition in the NZLS discussion document reviewing the legal profession that theTreaty of Waitangi should be incorporated into the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006.
Peek inside the most recent edition’s cover – with its light blue shade a nod to Cambridge and the calligraphic scrawl of a 1986 deed a gesture to history – and you’ll notice how much contract law underpins the ...
Senior criminal defence counsel have not been consulted about plans by Justice Minister Kiritapu Allan to review the law around name suppression and say the minister’s comments raise a raft of red flags. These ...
This submission challenges the presupposition in the NZLS discussion document reviewing the legal profession that the Treaty of Waitangi should be incorporated into the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006.  The ...
For almost six decades, Don McMorland and the law have been inseparable.
The 79-year-old is perhaps best known for writing and publishing the seminal legal textbook Sale of Land, now in its fourth edition. ...
At ADLS, our committees are at the heart of everything we do. We’d therefore like to thank and congratulate the 2022-2024 ADLS Committee Members who are now confirmed!
Juries are often thought of as a quintessential institution of English Law just as investigating magistrate is a quintessential institution of French Law. However, there is a divide in opinions as to whether we ...