27 January 2020 Samoan Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sa'ilele Malielegaoi has called for judges who take more than three months to make decisions to tender their resignations, according to RNZ International.Quoting TV1Samoa, RNZ says Tuilaepa's call came in Samoa's Parliament on 24 January. It was made in response to Vaimauga... More about Samoan PM calls for tardy judges to resign.
27 January 2020 The Office of the Privacy Commissioner has considered whether the Criminal Disclosure Act 2008 overrode the Privacy Act 1993 in disclosure of information to the lawyers of two men accused of killing the son of a couple.The Office has released a case note on its resolution... More about Privacy complaint considers effect of Criminal Disclosure Act.
24 January 2020 New Zealand and Denmark are first equal in being ranked by Transparency International as being seen as having the least corrupt public sectors in the world.The Corruptions Perception Index is compiled annually and ranks 180 countries by perceived levels of public sector corruption.Over the past eight... More about NZ first equal with lowest perceived corruption level.
23 January 2020 New Zealand Superannuation and Retirement Income Amendment Bill received the Royal assent on 13 December 2019. Associate Finance Minister David Parker was in charge of the bill.The bill was formerly part of the Venture Capital Fund Bill as reported from the Finance and Expenditure Committee. The... More about NZ super and retirement income bill enacted.
23 January 2020 During Parliament's last sitting week in 2019 and so far this year, four new bills have been introduced.Bill introduced for new regulatory regime for financial market infrastructures The Financial Market Infrastructure Bill was introduced on 17 December 2019. The Minister for Finance, Grant Robertson, is in... More about Four new bills in Parliament at end of 2019.
23 January 2020 A court in Shenzhen, China has decided that an article generated by artificial intelligence (AI) is entitled to copyright, according to the China News Service.The proceedings arose after an online loan information website operated by Shanghai Yingxun Technology Co Ltd copied an AI-generated report on the... More about Chinese court says AI-generated article has copyright protection.
23 January 2020 The Regulatory Systems (Economic Development) Amendment Act 2019 came into force on 13 January 2020.The Act provides amendments to existing intellectual property legislation, including the Trade Marks Act 2002, the Plant Variety Rights Act 1987, and the Geographical Indications (Wine and Spirits) Registration Act 2006.Following the... More about Regulatory Systems Development Amendment Act 2019, in force.
23 January 2020 Three parliamentary select committees have released reports and recommendations on legislation.Committee recommends prohibition on smoking in cars billThe Health Committee has reported on the Smoke-free Environments (Prohibiting Smoking in Motor Vehicles Carrying Children) Amendment Bill and recommends that it be passed without amendment.The bill amends the... More about Three select committees report on legislation.
23 January 2020 Parliament's Governance and Administration Committee has reported on a petition to remove religion from parliamentary prayer, oaths, and national anthem and recommends that the House take note of its report.The committee received written submissions from the petitioner and the Speaker of the House and oral evidence... More about Committee considers petition to remove religion from parliamentary prayer.
22 January 2020 A report looking at culture change in the legal profession has been released.Purea Nei - Changing the Culture of the Legal Profession, comes almost two years after harassment and bullying in the legal profession made the national news.The report’s authors, Allanah Colley, Ana Lenard and Bridget... More about Purea Nei report focuses on changing the culture of the legal profession.
27 September 2018
The Financial Advisers Disciplinary Committee has released two recent decisions in which two Authorised Financial Advisers were censured for breaches…
27 September 2018
A shortage of notaries public in rural areas is prompting a call from the New Zealand Society of Notaries for…
27 September 2018
The number of charges made under the Harmful Digital Communications Act 2015 has soared in just two years, according to…
27 September 2018
Parliament has given a third reading to the Maritime Powers Extension Bill, which will come into force on 1 October…
27 September 2018
Justice Minister Andrew Little has announced the first two expungements of unjust historical convictions under the Criminal Records (Expungement of…
27 September 2018
The Justice select committee has submitted its final report on the Psychoactive Substances (Increasing Penalty for Supply and Distribution) Amendment…
27 September 2018
The Ministry of Justice has responded to the New Zealand Law Society's call for an independent evaluation of a recent…
26 September 2018
The Court of Appeal has dismissed the appeal by NZME Ltd and Fairfax Media Ltd (now Stuff Ltd) against the…
26 September 2018
Online and store retailer NZSALE has been fined $74,000 in the North Shore District Court after pleading guilty to four…
26 September 2018
The Environment Court has granted resource consent for the 36th America's Cup bases in Auckland and the associated infrastructure and…
26 September 2018
The Takeovers Panel has released an updated version of its Guidance Note on Costs Recovery.The Panel says the guidance note…
26 September 2018
The Overseas Investment Office says transitional provisions in the Overseas Investment Amendment Act 2018 mean that transactions entered into before…
25 September 2018
Energy and Resources Minister Megan Woods has introduced the Crown Minerals (Petroleum) Amendment Bill to Parliament.The bill amends the Crown…
25 September 2018
A 2018 survey of Scottish solicitors shows that one-third of its respondents have been victims of violence or threatening behaviour…
25 September 2018
A mussel processing company has been fined more than $200,000 and ordered to pay $60,000 in reparations after a worker…
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