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What’s the Future of Contact Tracing in New Zealand – The Privacy Implications

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Karen Ngan, Simpson Grierson – “Contact tracing” is one of the phrases Covid-19 has introduced into our everyday vernacular and even our legislation. Most New Zealand businesses, including retail stores, malls, cafes, cinemas and gyms, are now able to operate if they comply with public health guidelines, including the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level

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Bob Jones On The Inane Dictates Of The Lockdown & The Worse Crisis To Come

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Bob Jones – The NZ Herald recently highlighted the suicide of a young self-employed butcher who saw his life’s work go down the drain by the utterly insane edict that meat could only be purchased at supermarkets. The farcical rule was subsequently wiped but here’s the question. Who made up all of these unnecessary and often mind-blowingly

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Survey Finds Six in 10 Law Office Workers Want to Stay Home After Lockdown Ends

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New research from Hitachi Capital UK* finds the majority of those working in law want to continue working from home once lockdown is lifted Lack of commuting is the number one reason those working in law want to continue home working 40% of UK workers reconsidering alternative eco-friendly commutes  61% of legal workers want more

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How Mediation Will Help Flatten the Curve in New Zealand’s Civil Courts

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Geoff Sharp* There is anticipation building around what our civil courts will look like once we leave Alert Level 4 both next week and beyond. And there is a dawning realisation that “beyond” maybe longer than we think as the world lives with COVID for some years. Will there be in person (suitably distanced) hearings,

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Bob Jones On Why We’re Headed For A Needless Depression And How We Permitted A Young Woman With Charm to Obtain Dictatorial Powers

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Sir Robert Jones’ latest blog post castigates the Prime Minister for the needless lockdown with “depression, suicides, family violence and despair” lying ahead. “For by the time the virus reached our shores we knew from the evidence elsewhere who it killed and why. Instead, the government acted as if it could kill us all, in

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The Barrister Shining a Legal Light on The Government’s Lockdown – Are We Now Living in a Police State?

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Barrister Warren Pyke has pointed out some important issues with the current Lockdown and the wide-ranging lockdown ‘laws’ that mimic the anti-picnic nonsense that has been seen in the UK. Arguing that an approach more similar to Australia, permitting some ongoing business activity and acknowledging that any attempt to eliminate a disease that is here

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The Lawyers Calling Out Jacinda Ardern as “Naive and Reckless”

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Despite the most unusual situation New Zealand has ever found itself outside of wartime, Jacinda Ardern’s popularity has remained high. That may all change, but two lawyers have taken her to task over the Bauer media shutdown, calling her comments “naive and reckless”. Anthony Harper lawyers Dan Hughes, the firm’s head of litigation, and senior

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Sir Bob Jones on Why Labour Will Lose the Next Election After Their Over-The-Top Pandemic Lockdown & Busy-Body Rules Create Havoc

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He’s not known for holding back on his views, but Sir Robert Jones has taken to task the Government’s reaction to the pandemic, saying it will probably cost Labour the election and lead to massive economic pain, layoffs and business failures. The government pursued a policy of “mindlessly aping Britain” with an array of nonsensical,

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The Long-Time Partner at Chapman Tripp Explains How He Survived and Thrived

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We know that becoming a senior lawyer in a Big Law firm means preparing to exit when you’re in anything from mid-50s and beyond. But for Chapman Tripp consultant Arthur Young, who has spent 60 years as a partner, he has gone well beyond what hundreds before him have achieved in terms of Big Law

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