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Anti-scammer chat-bot takes out film festival’s anti-fraud award
8 March 2018
An artificially intelligent chat-bot called Re:scam has won the Anti-Fraud Award at the end of the International Fraud Film Festival…
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Commission looking into possible breaches of its standards
8 March 2018
The State Services Commission has announced it will investigate whether a government agency and one of its contractors may have…
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Wages deducted after tourists gave negative feedback
7 March 2018
Alps Travel, a South Island-based tour company primarily aimed at tourists from China, has been ordered to pay $75,000 in…
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Chief District Court Judge’s statement on Marceau report
7 March 2018
The Chief District Court Judge, Judge Jan-Marie Doogue has issued a statement on the Coroner’s report into the death of…
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Dame Margaret Bazley to lead external review of Russell McVeagh
7 March 2018
Russell McVeagh has appointed Dame Margaret Bazley to lead the external review of incidents of sexual harassment within the law…
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Coroner makes recommendations on bail decisions
7 March 2018
A coroner’s report has identified a number of failings in the case of murdered student Christie Marceau and made a…
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Panel updates brace of guidance notes
7 March 2018
The Takeovers Panel has published two updated guidance notes on its website.The Guidance Note on Target Company Statements has been…
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Surplus in fund that helps initiatives to reduce crime and reoffending
7 March 2018
The Justice Minister Andrew Little has revealed that there is over $23 million in the Justice Sector Fund.In response to…
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Government to conduct review of insurance contract law
6 March 2018
The Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs has announced a review of New Zealand’s insurance contract law, and released the…
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New Land Transfer regulations consultation begins
6 March 2018
Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) has announced the start of consultation on new regulations, standards and directives to support the…
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Legal Aid expenditure on the rise
6 March 2018
The Justice Minister has revealed that the total legal aid expenditure for the fiscal year to the beginning of 2018…
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Techlaw intern programme announced
5 March 2018
Simmonds Stewart and the University of Auckland Law School have launched a techlaw intern programme. This offers law students paid…
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Standards authority clarifies what is and isn’t an ad
5 March 2018
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has released its new Guidance Note on Identification of Advertisements.The ASA says the Guidance Note…
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Statement made on media exclusion from High Court
2 March 2018
The Chief High Court Judge, Justice Geoffrey Venning, has issued a statement about the exclusion of media representatives from a…
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Law Society President explains new 'working group' on Breakfast TV
2 March 2018
New Zealand Law Society President, Kathryn Beck has been in the media a lot over the past fortnight.Much of the…
Last updated on the 28th June 2018