22 October 2019 Parliament's Environment Committee has released a report on the Climate Change Response (Zero Carbon) Amendment Bill and has recommended by a majority that it be passed with amendments.The bill would amend the Climate Change Response Act 2002 with the purpose of establishing a framework that New... More about Majority recommends passage of Climate Change bill.
22 October 2019 The rebuild of New Zealand's land title system Landonline will be finished in 2024, Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) says in its annual report for the year to 30 June 2019.It says Landonline needs to be future proofed against its ageing technology and Cabinet has approved... More about Landonline rebuild finished in 2024, LINZ says.
22 October 2019 The New Zealand Bar Association says it welcomes the Court of Appeal decision, Zhang v R [2019] NZCA 507, which gives detailed guidance on sentencing people convicted of offences related to the importation, manufacture and supply of methamphetamine.The court accepted submissions by the New Zealand Law... More about Bar Association welcomes revamp of meth sentencing guidelines.
21 October 2019 The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld a complaint about an election claim that a local board was massively over budget.In a pamphlet for local election candidates standing under the Communities and Residents (C&R) banner for the Waitemata Local Board, under the heading “Cut Council Waste”,... More about Election over-budget claim ruled misleading .
21 October 2019 The Commerce Commission has laid 10 charges under the Fair Trading Act 1986 against Ocean Contracting Ltd (also trading as Ocean Heatmaster) for representations made during servicing of heat pumps. The Commission alleges that Ocean Contracting misled consumers by telling them that their heat pumps were... More about Commission lays 10 charges against heat pump servicing company.
21 October 2019 The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has issued a formal warning to a non-licensed derivatives issuer and forex provider, Circle Markets Ltd, under the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act 2009 (AML/CFT).Following a review of a sample of client files at an onsite monitoring review,... More about FMA issues AML/CFT warning to Circle Markets.
17 October 2019 A room full of lawyers who took part in a master class called ‘Life with Law’ were given practical advice on how to better look after their wellbeing.A panel at the conference in Wellington included lawyer, Paul Hay, who is the General Manager of Regulatory Affairs... More about Lawyers encouraged to slow down and look after themselves, not just their clients.
17 October 2019 Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Iain Lees-Galloway says the Government has opened two consultations.Fair Pay AgreementsA discussion paper has been released on options for the detailed design of a new system to allow workers and employers to negotiate better minimum terms and conditions of employment for... More about Consultation opens on fair pay agreements and migrant worker exploitation.
17 October 2019 The Parliamentary Counsel Office drafted and published 60 Government bills in the 2018 calendar year, up from 45 in the previous year and 50 in 2016, its annual report for the year to 30 June 2019 states.During 2018 the PCO drafted and published 281 legislative instruments.... More about PCO-drafted bills up, legislative instruments down.
17 October 2019 The Ministry of Justice says it is supporting two judicial initiatives to improve delivery of services and adminstration of cases.In its annual report for the year to 30 June 2019, the ministry says electronic casebooks minimise the reliance on paper records, which can be damaged or... More about Ministry supports judicial case management initiatives.
24 January 2018
The second and final defendant in a Serious Fraud Office (SFO) case has pleaded guilty to fraud in the Auckland…
24 January 2018
The Government is trying to get lawyers on board with its New Zealand Business Number (NZBN).The NZBN is a unique…
24 January 2018
The Commerce Commission says 59 charges under the Fair Trading Act 1986 have been laid against Euro Corporation Ltd (EuroSteel)…
18 January 2018
Two Acting District Court Judges were appointed District Court Judges from 20 December 2017, a notice in the New Zealand…
18 January 2018
Further action is not warranted on a petition which requests a ban on plea bargaining negotiations initiated by Crown Prosecutors,…
18 January 2018
Justice Minister Andrew Little has released statistics which show there were 46 cases in the first half of 2017 where…
18 January 2018
International legal research company Acritas says research for its global Sharplegal study of senior in-house counsel found that male law…
17 January 2018
The Law Commission is seeking input from lawyers on cross-border issues and relationship property.The Commission is currently consulting on its…
17 January 2018
Information released by Courts Minister Andrew Little shows that the average length of prison sentences imposed appears to have steadily…
17 January 2018
The eighth annual Day of the Endangered Lawyer will focus on Egypt, on 24 January 2018.The Day of the Endangered…
17 January 2018
The Commerce Commission has issued a warning to the NZ Trustees Association Charitable Trust about invoices it sent to registered…
16 January 2018
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has partly upheld a complaint that a newspaper ad on the “power of prayer” was…
11 January 2018
The Broadcasting Standards Authority (BSA) has ruled that two similar terms using the Lord’s name were neither blasphemous nor offensive.The…
9 January 2018
The Commerce Commission has released a final version of its guidelines for assessing collaborations between competitors as a result of…
9 January 2018
The New Zealand Press Council is launching a new classification system and independent consumer complaints process for video-on-demand (VOD) programmes.…
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