by Kaitlyn Yakas-Dance | Dec 1, 2023 | News
‘Some common law rights presumably lie so deep that even Parliament cannot overturn them’ – Taylor v NZ Poultry Board [1984] 1 NZLR 394,398 (Cooke J) A week ago, criminal barrister Lucy Rogers was arrested and hand-cuffed by police for holding up a hand-lettered sign....
by Kaitlyn Yakas-Dance | Nov 24, 2023 | News
Financial services businesses are in limbo after a bombshell revelation from the incoming government that it might scrap legislation designed to clean up the conduct of the banking and insurance sectors. Though passed in mid-2022, after banks, insurers and nonbank...
by Kaitlyn Yakas-Dance | Nov 17, 2023 | News
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...
by Kaitlyn Yakas-Dance | Nov 10, 2023 | News
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...
by Kaitlyn Yakas-Dance | Nov 10, 2023 | News
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...
