by Darcy | Dec 13, 2022 | News
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 Egypt, called for new rules to ensure emissions pledges...
by Polina | Dec 1, 2022 | News
The Privacy Commissioner says a “strong case” exists for tighter regulation of facial recognition technology amid concerns that the Privacy Act 2020 alone is insufficient to protect the public. This is a marked shift from an initial position paper dated October 2021,...
by markus@dilectite.com.au | Nov 24, 2022 | News
The Minister of Justice has released the long-awaited “hate speech” proposals. The press release dated 19 November 2022 states: Currently, under the Human Rights Act 1993, it is illegal to publish or distribute threatening, abusive, or insulting words likely to...
by Polina | Nov 24, 2022 | News
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 Court Rules to achieve more focused and proportionate...
by Darcy | Nov 23, 2022 | News
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 raped his daughter and destroyed her life was not...
