Bob Jones* The Green Party’s new intake included, scraping in in last place, a Mexican migrant called Ricardo Menendez March. His credentials for selection appear to be, He’s homosexual, something Green Party types view as a higher art form, and, His occupation as a cinema projectionist, that is on his own admission, simply pushing […]
Deborah Hart* 63 years to the day after my family found sanctuary in New Zealand, I am on my feet in the High Court, in Wellington, moving the admission to the bar of my son, Sam. The serendipitous timing of the admission ceremony added to the poignancy of a day that is packed with
The murderer of Grace Millane has lost his appeal against conviction and sentence, but the 28 year old still has name suppression. The man was sentenced to life imprisonment with a non-parole period of 17 years for the murder of Millane, 21, in a case that drew global attention for its defence relating to alleged
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The Supreme Court in the Southern Response Earthquake Services Ltd v Ross appeal has unanimously agreed class actions can proceed on an ‘opt out’ basis, pending development of a comprehensive legislative framework. The Supreme Court in Southern Response Earthquake Services Ltd v Ross has unanimously upheld the Court of Appeal’s decision that representative claims/class actions can proceed on
A recent report showed New Zealanders are under insured in several areas, including income protection and critical illness, two areas that are of critical importance to lawyers. This article looks at the issue from Medical Assurance Society. Life and income protection insurance helps build financial resilience for you and your family should the worst happen.
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Insurance barrister Steve Keall has had ample experience with clients discussing costs on civil claims, but the broad ‘best guess’ approach was not something that filled the bill for him, or the clients. He set about developing a smarter and accurate way to assess costs, developing an online calculator app that tallied costs under both
Creating a new digital accessibility app has been an interesting journey for two Rotorua lawyers whose iaccess app is designed to provide greater accessibility choices for website users who are impaired in some way. Lawyers Danielle Caudwell and Ros Morshead set up the app when they were seeking some challenges beyond their legal work. The
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In what is dubbed as the biggest change to trust law in 60 years, people entitled to benefit from trusts will soon receive basic information about them. For some, finding out they’re a beneficiary of a trust may come as a surprise. Following an 18-month lead-in, on January 30 the new Trusts Act takes effect.
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The Sun newspaper’s win in the Johnny Depp libel trial – the so called libel ‘trial of the century’ has seen some of Britain’s top lawyers battling it out in a bruising and eye wateringly expensive encounter that has paid dividends for the staunch view taken by Rupert Murdoch’s newspaper against the Hollywood actor in
Law firms have been subjected to cybercrime attacks and need high preparedness Sydney Kanda – Cybercrime continues to increase and Kiwi businesses need to protect themselves against the cyber criminals and hackers who are targeting businesses’ data. Sydney also recommends business owners consider investing in cyber insurance to provide peace of mind that in the
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