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New website for Te Hunga Rōia Māori o Aotearoa The Māori Law Society
6 March 2019
Te Hunga Rōia Māori o Aotearoa, The Māori Law Society has launched a new website.The organisation is also to introduce…
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Irish Law Society launches gender and equality taskforce
6 March 2019
The Law Society of Ireland has launched a new gender, equality, diversity and inclusion task force.It says the task force…
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New Zealand has responsibility for ISIS man says law academic
6 March 2019
A law professor says a New Zealander who flew to Syria to join ISIS remains the responsibility of New Zealand…
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NZ lawyer assists with development of Pacific pro bono work
5 March 2019
New Zealand lawyer Iain Thain has been part of a DLA Piper initiative to help develop the legal knowledge and…
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Opinion fine, inaccuracy not, rules Media Council on biology altering claims
5 March 2019
The Media Council has upheld, in part, a complaint of discrimination and of inaccuracy against the New Zealand Herald over…
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Survey results show victims feel let down by criminal justice system
5 March 2019
More than half of victims of crime say they have had either had a poor or very poor overall experience…
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Consultation opens on ticket reselling
5 March 2019
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) has released a discussion paper on the issues raised by ticket reselling…
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Honour for incoming Chief Justice
4 March 2019
Incoming Chief Justice Helen Winkelmann has been appointed a Dame Grand Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit.Dame Helen’s…
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Use of hidden camera justified despite privacy breach
4 March 2019
The Broadcasting Standards Authority (BSA) has found high public interest in a broadcast on TVNZ’s Sunday programme investigating gay conversion…
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Former Greymouth courthouse for sale
1 March 2019
The Ministry of Justice is managing the sale of the former Greymouth courthouse.The building was constructed during a major period…
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Millennials not quite in a majority in the legal profession
28 February 2019
Millennials will soon make up over half of New Zealand's practising lawyers.New Zealand Law Society information shows that at 1…
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Law jobs among least applied for on SEEK
28 February 2019
The SEEK New Zealand online jobs website says jobs in the legal services industry dominate the top 10 least applied-for…
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KiwiBuild provides backgrounder for lawyers
28 February 2019
The Government's KiwiBuild scheme has been much in the news. A key element involves the purchase of a house and…
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Moral courage required from judges, says Lady Hale
28 February 2019
Several dimensions of moral courage are required from members of the judiciary, says the President of the Supreme Court of…
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2019 Senior Courts Civil Electronic Document Protocol in effect from 1 March
28 February 2019
The new Senior Courts Civil Electronic Document Protocol 2019 comes into effect on 1 March, revoking and replacing a protocol…
Last updated on the 28th June 2018