The use of cheques by banks is ending this year. Law firms still using cheques should be preparing to change to electronic payments. The Law Society inspectorate has some guidance on substitute payments of cheques relating to trust accounts.

Decisions, proceedings and news from the highest courts in some common law jurisdictions in the past week.

This week the New Zealand Law Society | Te Kāhui Ture o Aotearoa co-hosted an event at Parliament to celebrate the enactment of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021. We were invited to co-host the event with the Parliamentary Counsel Office and the Attorney-General to reflect our broader contribution to the…

Professor Philip A. Joseph was joined by the Chief Justice, Dame Helen Winkelmann, to launch the fifth edition of his book, now titled Joseph on Constitutional and Administrative Law, at Russell McVeagh in Wellington. The launch marks the new era covering the change in Public Law thinking about New Zealand’s…

Decisions, proceedings and news from the highest courts in some common law jurisdictions in the past week.

The New Zealand Law Society | Te Kāhui Ture o Aotearoa recently provided feedback on MBIE’s Bullying and Harassment at Work Issues Paper to help shape upcoming changes to the way agencies will address bullying and harassment at work. 

The Supreme Court is proposing some changes to the way the record of appeal hearings is accessed by the public and is seeking feedback from the profession and others with a special interest in these issues.

The New Zealand Law Society | Te Kāhui Ture o Aotearoa has told a parliamentary select committee it supports a bill giving effect to the Government’s Christchurch Call commitment (a commitment by several governments and technology companies to eliminate terrorist and violent extremist content online) but recommends that the details…

Decisions, proceedings and news from the highest courts in some common law jurisdictions in the past week.

The New Zealand Law Society | Te Kāhui Ture o Aotearoa has told Parliament’s Privileges committee that it supports the introduction of a formal mechanism for the Government and Parliament to consider and respond to a declaration of inconsistency made under the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 or…