New Zealand Law Society - New titles

New titles

Purchased in January 2026

New Zealand

Guarantees in New Zealand
Michael Lenihan
Wellington : Thomson Reuters (2025)

Provides commentary on contractual requirements, interpretation of guarantees, vitiating factors, liability of the guarantor, discharge of the guarantor, rights of the guarantor against the creditor and rights of the guarantor against the debtor.
Library Locations: Auckland, Wellington, Canterbury

Administrative law in Aotearoa New Zealand
Hanna Wilberg
Australia : Hart Publishing (2025)

Includes chapters on administrative justice, the grounds of judicial review, procedural fairness, illegality, rights as grounds of review, unreasonableness and modern extensions of substantive review. Also explores the role tikanga may come to play in administrative law. 
Library Location: Wellington

Heath and Whale : insolvency law in New Zealand (5th ed)
Paul Heath, Mike Whale
Wellington : LexisNexis (2025)

Covers both corporate and personal insolvencies. Drawn from the online version, it includes developments on topics such as liquidation, receiverships, personal insolvency, court procedure, and corporate rescue. The book provides legal and practical guidance on insolvency and restructuring issues commonly encountered.
Library Locations: Auckland, Wellington, Canterbury 

Understanding company law (5th ed)
Jonathan Barrett
Wellington : LexisNexis (2025)

User-friendly resource written specifically to support non-law students studying the law of companies and other business organisations. Covers the essential concepts of company law, business organisations, financial markets, takeovers and corporate governance in a straightforward manner.
Library Location: Canterbury 

International

Practical Privacy
Alec Christie
New South Whales: LexisNexis (2026)

Provides commentary on privacy and its regulation in Australia and incudes discussion of key definitions, concepts, and exemptions as well as necessary practices, policies, procedures and systems to ensure compliance.
Library Location: Auckland

McMeel on the construction of contracts (4th ed)
Gerald McMeel
London : Oxford University Press (2025)

Encompasses all the principal techniques by which the meaning and effect of agreements are ascertained, the interpretation of express language, the implication of terms, and the rectification of documents.  Further explores how the contra proferentem principle has become unfashionable in the eyes of English judges and superseded by the clear words principle.
Library Location: Auckland

Residential Construction Law : The UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand (2nd ed)
Philip Britton , Matthew Bell
London : Hart Publishing (2025)

Provides a systematic and analytical overview of the legal framework for residential construction. The new edition refers to over 350 new cases, along with reforms like the UK's Building Safety Act 2022 and anticipated planned reforms, including in several Australian states. Includes clear statements of the relevant law aided by case studies, diagrams, text tables and a glossary.
Library Locations: Auckland, Wellington

Legal aspects of contracts and third parties
Jan Biemans, Lorna Richardson (eds)
Cambridge : Intersentia (2024)

Covers common traditions in third-party rights, expanding contract and tort for the protection of third parties and expansion of the protective area of contract Law.
Library Location: Auckland

Research handbook on judging and the judiciary
Sophie Turenne, Mohamed Moussa (eds)
Gloucestershire : Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd (2025)

Discusses court adjudication in common and civil law systems. It includes studies of topical problems and debates in judicial studies, and examines the institutional framework within which judges operate. Explores explore the use of generative AI, normative expectations about judgement-making and the effect on inclusive or responsive judging.
Library Location: Auckland 

Designs Law and Practice (3rd ed)
Jeremy Drew
London : LexisNexis (2023)

Formerly published as Sykes: Intellectual Property in Designs, this is a substantially revised and updated new edition of the comprehensive yet practical reference source for the various IP rights protecting designs.
Library Location: Auckland 

The inquest book : the law of coroners and inquests (2nd ed)
Caroline Cross , Sir Neil Garnham (eds)
London : Hart Publishing (2025)

Guide to inquests, providing clear commentary on the relevant legislation and case law summaries in a single volume. The first half of the book is structured according to the elements of an inquest and the second half according to the subject matter of a coroner's investigation. Each chapter provides an overview of the legislation and relevant guidance, followed by case summaries and extracts.
Library Location: Wellington

The Cambridge handbook of generative AI and the law
 Mimi Zou, Cristina Poncibò (eds)
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press (2025)

Provides commentary on understanding generative AI from multidisciplinary perspectives, evolving regulatory and governance frameworks and the use of generative AI in legal and related sectors.
Library Location: Wellington

Cyber security: law and guidance (2nd ed)
Helen Wong
London : Bloomsbury Publishing (2025)

Covers both the law and its practical application, helping to ensure that advisers and organisations have effective policies and procedures in place to deal with cyber security. Topics covered range from privacy and security in the workplace and built environment, to social media and cyber security, and international law and interaction between states.
Library Location: Wellington

Tomorrow's lawyers : an introduction to your future (3rd ed)
Richard Susskind
Oxford : Oxford University Press (2023)

Addresses the questions being asked across the legal ecosystem about probable futures for the sector. Covers law firms, in-house lawyers, alternative legal suppliers, judges and courts, legal education and educators, legal technologists, startups, and access to justice. Predicts more change in law in the coming two decades.
Library Location: Wellington 

Staying sane in family law
Annmarie Carvalho
Bath : Bath Publishing (2025)

Provides the practitioner the essential tools to preserve their own mental well-being and find contentment in their work. Brings in-depth psychological insight to provide a personal hands-on toolkit. Concepts from the world of psychology and neuroscience to help you understand your clients (and yourself) better; ground-breaking therapeutic techniques on working ethically with clients.
Library Location: Wellington 

Purchased in December 2025

New Zealand

Residential care subsidies handbook (3rd ed) 
Vicki Ammundsen 
Auckland : CCH (2025) 

Comprehensive guide designed for legal and financial practitioners navigating the complexities of New Zealand’s residential care subsidy system. It offers practical insights into both immediate subsidy eligibility and broader asset and estate planning strategies. 
Library Location: Wellington 

Professional responsibility in New Zealand (2nd ed) 
Matthew Palmer 
Wellington : LexisNexis (2025) 

Covers the regulation of the legal profession, professional responsibilities, practitioners, clients, and an annotated version of the Conduct and Client Care Rules. The updated edition reflects the amendments to the Conduct and Client Care Rules relating to bullying and harassment in the legal profession as well as a new chapter on professional responsibility and AI.
Library Locations: Auckland, Wellington, Canterbury 

Family law in New Zealand (22nd ed) 
Mark Henaghan, Bill Atkin 
Wellington : LexisNexis (2026) 

Comprehensive commentary on the current principles and trends of New Zealand family law with extensive commentary and updated legislation and case law. It emphasises succinct practical analysis of the current and historic principles and trends in family law. This text is  consolidation of selected commentary from the online publication, Family Law Service and is current to May 2025.
Library Locations: Auckland, Wellington, Canterbury 

International

Chitty on Contracts (36th ed) 
Hugh Beale (editor) 
UK : Sweet and Maxwell (2025) 
 
Updated edition which provides a comprehensive analysis of legislation and case law, practical guidance on complex issues from formation to remedies, and expert insight into sector-specific agreements.
Library Locations: Auckland, Wellington 

Duncan and Neill on defamation and other media and communications claims (5th ed) 
Adrienne Page 
UK : LexisNexis (2025) 

Comprehensive work on defamation, misuse of private information, malicious falsehood, harassment and data protection. Updated edition provides commentary on the meaning of defamatory addressing the latest case law on "serious harm" and substantive defamation defences.
Library Location: Auckland 

Business valuation in the law 
Jeff Hall, Winsome Hall 
UK : Thomson Reuters (2025) 
 
Examines the legal concepts, case law and judicial reasoning in relation to the valuation of businesses and shares. Incudes general valuation principles and business valuation methodologies, the appropriate methodologies to apply depending on the measure of damages and ethical considerations for business valuers.
Library Locations: Auckland, Canterbury 

The law and practice of human rights 
David Blundell (editor) 
UK : LexisNexis (2025) 
 
Examines the legal framework established under the European Convention of Human Rights, while also highlighting the enduring relevance of the common law in protecting rights and liberties. Provides an in-depth analysis of both substantive and procedural aspects of the law, detailed and practical chapters describe the content of applicable protections, the domestic application of the Human Rights Act 1998.
Library Location: Auckland 

Advocacy (22nd ed) 
City Law School : Snigdha Nag (editor) 
UK : Oxford University Press (2024) 

Bar Manual supporting students on Bar courses, providing detailed coverage of the key laws, rules and procedures alongside practical exercises. Provides practical guidance on all typical courtroom transactions and a variety of 'how-to-do-it' guides familiarise novice advocates with the operation of advocacy in both civil and criminal courts.
Library Location: Canterbury 

Remedies (22nd ed) 
City Law School : David Emmet (ed) 
UK : Oxford University Press (2024) 

Bar Manual which provides detailed coverage of remedies across a variety of legal settings providing trainee barristers with a strong foundational understanding and ensures they are thoroughly prepared to choose and advise appropriate remedies for clients.
Library Location: Canterbury 

Legal Skills (10th ed) 
Emily Finch, Stefan Fafinski 
UK : Oxford University Press (2025) 
 
Legal skills guide covers all the practical and academic skills a student needs throughout their studies. Commentary on employability skills, the use of generative AI tools, the key differences between legal drafting and academic writing and advice on essay writing including the 'zero drafting' technique.
Library Location: Auckland 

The Law of Extradition and Mutual Assistance (2nd ed) 
Clive Nicholls, Clare Montgomery, Julian B Knowles 
UK : Oxford University Press (2025) 

Provides a comprehensive and authoritative treatment of the laws covering the extradition arrangements between the UK and other states, as well as international mutual assistance.
Library Location: Auckland 

Private law remedies 
Katy Barnett, Sirko Harder 
UK : Edward Elgar Publishing (2025) 

Outlines the remedies for private law wrongs such as breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of trust and tort with a focus on English law. The remedies are organised according to their function: compensation for loss, coercive, vindicatory, restitutionary and gain-based remedies and proprietary remedies.  
Library Location: Auckland 

Purchased in November 2025

New Zealand

Varying charitable trust deeds
Kimberly Lawrence, Kevin Lenahan (Presenters)
Wellington : NZLS CLE (2025)

This webinar addresses: Common variations being made to charitable trust deeds, when to use a variation power and when to apply to the High Court, and the more appropriate route when applying to the High Court. This webinar considers common variations being made, the availability of s130 Trusts Act to effect variations in circumstances where there is no variation power, when a potential variation could take place under the Trusts Act, and when the Charitable Trusts Act 1957 should be used instead.
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Undue influence - a growing concern
Gregory Ambler (Presenter)
Wellington : NZLS CLE (2025)

This webinar looks into undue influence in the context of succession law. It  explores the legal basis for the doctrine, and the way in which lawyers can: take steps to identify risks of undue influence, use appropriate medical professionals to determine whether a client may be at risk of undue influence, respond appropriately when a risk is identified and mitigate professional risks, and respond to claims of undue influence in court proceedings (in light of recent case law).
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Appellate work in the Family Court
Stephen Caradus (Presenter)
Wellington : NZLS CLE (2025)

The webinar refreshes  knowledge and skills, whether you are experienced or new to appeals in the Family Court. Topics covered include: an overview of procedural issues, cost and case management filing and direction on the preparation of written submissions and how you should present them.
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Health and safety update 2025
Greg Cain, Tracey Conlon  (Presenters)
Wellington : NZLS CLE (2025)

This webinar covers the latest case law and regulatory changes in health and safety, including recent cases on liability, sentencing and upcoming law reforms. Topics also include: an overview of WorkSafe’s strategy and key enforcement focus areas.
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Without notice applications - best practice
Judge Tim Black, Paolo Timajo  (Presenters)
Wellington : NZLS CLE (2025)

This practical session covers the basics and provide direct comments from a judge on preparing effective Without Notice applications. Topics include: judicial feedback – what does and doesn’t work well, behind the scenes of the judges’ e-duty platform, deciding whether a without notice application is appropriate or not and how to craft compelling and concise evidence, focusing on clarity, relevance, and structure.
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A new regime for High Court civil proceedings
Hon Justice Francis Cooke, Hon Justice Sally Fitzgerald, Daniel Kalderimis KC (Presenters)
Wellington : NZLS CLE (2025)

Overview of the new High Court (Improved Access to Civil Justice) Amendment Rules which implement the Committee’s recommendations in relation to the High Court in its 2022 report “Improving Access to Civil Justice”. The new regime is due to commence on 1 January 2026. This webinar outlines the background, content and implications of the new Rules once they are implemented.
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Tax Conference 2025
Helen Johnson (Chair)
Wellington : NZLS CLE (2025)

Updates and overviews on: Legislative design and practical implications for investment boosts, capital gains tax, charities and not-for-profits,  Financial Arrangements Rules: related-party debt remission,  characterisation of payments,  navigating tax issues for a fast-growing business, Foreign Investment Funds and Limited Partnerships.
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Legal Executives Conference 2025
Carmen Franich (Chair)
Wellington : NZLS CLE (2025)

Updates and overviews on: Estate administration, advising on a "small" business purchase, enduring powers of attorney, AI and how to make it work for you, retirement villages and the move to assisted care, complex wills, Overseas Investment Office (OIO) consent, subdivisions, three important tax issues for legal executives: brightline tests, GST, PRA and the trusts  and winding up a trust executives.
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Employment law : practical skills forum
Andrea Twaddle (Chair)
Wellington : NZLS CLE (2025)

Overviews of: Employment and health matters, advocacy skills in the employment jurisdiction, consultation and restructuring and when employment law collides with other areas of law.
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A brief history of Māori judges : Nga Kaiwhakawa Māori
Lane Harvey, Aiden Warren
Wellington : LexisNexis (2025)

Bilingual book highlighting the history of the Māori Judiciary. The pukapuka focuses on honouring Māori Judges, Te Ao Māori and acknowledging the effect Te Tiriti o Waitangi has had on Māori and the advancement of tikanga within the NZ legal system over time.
Library Locations: Auckland, Wellington, Canterbury

Psychiatry and the law (2nd ed)
Warren Brookbanks, Jeremy Skipworth (eds)
Wellington : LexisNexis (2025)

Examines issues around intellectually disabled and mentally impaired defendants, including fitness to plead, insanity, sentencing, disposition, and services for mentally impaired defendants.
Library Location: Wellington

International

MacGillivray on Insurance Law (16th ed)
John Birds, Ben Lynch, Simon Milnes
UK : Sweet & Maxwell (2025)

Covers general principles of UK insurance law such as misrepresentation and good faith and gives a detailed examination of loss, explaining key themes like causation and the necessity for notice. It also looks at particular classes of business with chapters on third party risks and liability policies, the rights of third parties against the insurer  and the law governing double insurance.
Library Location: Auckland

Marsden and Gault on Collisions at Sea, 16th ed
Andrew Tettenborn, John Kimbell KC
UK : Sweet & Maxwell (2025)

Provides an in-depth guide to the specialist and self-contained area of Collision and Loss in maritime law examining recent cases and convention developments.  Covers:  developments in the law of limitation, changes in the rules on jurisdiction, developments in the law of damages relevant to collisions, new rules on collision statements of case and amendments to the Collision Regulations.
Library Location: Auckland

The Law of Contract Damages (4th ed)
Adam Kramer KC
UK : Sweet & Maxwell (2025)

Covers damages in contract law and commercial dispute. Commentary is structured according to the type of breach of obligation, loss of use of money, factual causation and actual loss, principles of remoteness, mitigation and legal causation.
Library Location: Auckland

How to win : the future of law with AI
Isabella Tisenhusen
Bloomsbury Professional : UK (2025)

The title provides advice on how lawyers and law firms can integrate new technology and improve their legal practice. It further explains how to make interactions between lawyers and clients a win-win for all parties involved, while increasing client retention and profit for the firm.
Library Location: Wellington

Buckley : the law of negligence and nuisance (7th ed)
Richard A Buckley
LexisNexis : UK (2025)

This new edition discusses recent UK and overseas cases. Buckley deals with the multiple duties owed at the interface of the principles of negligence with medical and personal injury law, employment law, consumer law and licensing.
Library Locations: Auckland, Wellington

Purchased in October 2025

New Zealand

Ia Tangata = Protections in the Human Rights Act 1993 for people who are transgender, people who are non-binary and people with innate variations of sex characteristics
Law Commission
(Wellington : Law Commission, 2025)

Reviews protections in New Zealand's Human Rights Act 1993 for transgender, non-binary, and people with innate variations of sex characteristics.
Library Locations: Auckland, Canterbury, Wellington

GST – A Practical Guide (11th ed)
(Auckland : Wolters Kluwer, 2025)

Discusses goods and services tax in New Zealand. Outlines the broad framework and operation of GST, special problem areas and contentious issues related to the Goods and Services Tax Act 1985.
Library Location: Wellington

International

Medical Law and Ethics (7th ed)
Pattinson, Shaun
(Sydney : Thomson Reuters, 2025)

Covers negligence, patient information, consent, reproductive medicine, research, transplantation and end of life. Considers the wider contextual pressures facing the law such as the impact of patient consumerism, the changing perceptions of medicine, and the impact of (international and domestic) recognition of human rights.
Library Location: Auckland

Sentencing in Australia (11th ed)
Bargaric, Alexander
(Sydney : Thomson Reuters, 2025)

Provides an overview of sentencing law in Australia, punishment, sentencing and the nature of criminal sanctions, judicial reasoning in sentencing, procedural and evidential matters, sentencing appeals, principle of proportionality and discusses the main sentencing objectives factors and indigenous background and sentencing.
Library Location: Auckland

Contract Law
Christensen, Dixon and Lumb
(Sydney : Thomson Reuters, 2025)

Analysis of Australian contract law, it examines  consumer guarantees, unfair contract terms, and misleading and deceptive conduct, with in-depth analysis of recent High Court jurisprudence in the areas of restitution for services rendered and recovery of money paid by mistake, the doctrine of penalties, remoteness of damage, frustration and estoppel.
Library Location: Auckland

Principles of Contract Law (7th ed)
Robertson and Paterson
(Sydney : Thomson Reuters, 2025)

Overview of Australian contract law. It discusses electronic transactions, agreement and formalities has been revised and updated, estoppel, restitution, implied terms, unfair contract terms, consumer guarantees, waiver, damages and misleading conduct.
Library Location: Auckland

Discrimination Law (3rd ed)
Connolly, Michael
(London : Sweet & Maxwell, 2025)

Discusses several areas including employment law and human rights and covers the Equality Act 2010, the Human Rights Act 1998 and European Convention on Human Rights, as well the Codes of Practice. Also includes Canada and Australia. Presents different theories and definitions of what is classed as discrimination and explains the application of discrimination law in practice.
Library Location: Auckland

Miller's Australian Competition & Consumer Law Annotated (47th ed)
(Sydney : Thomson Reuters, 2025)

Annotated discussion of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010. Covers accessorial liability, contracts arrangements and understandings, misuse of market power, misleading and deceptive conduct and penalties.
Library Location: Auckland

Wills, administration and taxation law and practice (14th ed)
Lesley King
(London : Sweet & Maxwell, 2024)

Applies a practical approach to the subject of will drafting, probate, and taxation. Includes discussion on recent decisions on testamentary capacity, changes to the treatment of low income estates and trusts.
Library Location: Auckland

Artificial intelligence, robots and the law (2nd ed)
Guihot and Moses
(NSW : LexisNexis, 2025)

Discusses  critical ethical and legal issues relating to developments in AI and robotics. The new edition includes the implications of generative AI, challenges to privacy and legislative and regulatory developments around the world.
Library Location: Wellington

The hidden world of the legal aid lawyer : upholding the heart of justice
Cooke, Emma
(Bristol : Bristol University Press, 2025)

Study of how cuts have transformed the professional identity of legal aid lawyers. Documents the first-hand experiences of those on the front line and how these professionals navigate the landscape while maintaining their commitment to justice.
Library Location: Wellington

Purchased in September 2025

New Zealand

New Zealand Tax Regulations, Determinations 
(Wolters Kluwer : NZ : 2025) 

New edition provides the most up-to-date tax regulations and determinations. Key features: Consolidates all relevant regulations and orders in council; includes determinations, providing detailed guidance on specific tax issues; updated to 1 April 2025, ensuring the most current legal information. 
Library Location: Wellington 

New Zealand Master Tax Guide 
(Wolters Kluwer : NZ : 2025) 

New edition provides the most up-to-date tax regulations and determinations. Key features: Concise Summaries: Clear summaries of legislation, cases, and Inland Revenue rulings affecting the 2024-25 tax years. Practical Examples: Real-world scenarios to illustrate the application of tax concepts. Tax Calendars: Easy-to-follow calendars outlining payment due dates
Library Location: Wellington 

Guide to Competition Law (3rd ed) 
Dellow & Parker 
(LexisNexis : NZ : 2025) 

Discusses: the scheme, administration and reach of the Commerce Act 1986, general prohibition section,  cartel conduct,  misuse of market power,  resale price maintenance and business acquisitions.
Library Location: Wellington 

International

Charlesworth & Percy on Negligence (16th Ed) 
Mark Armitage (ed) 
(Sweet & Maxwell : UK : 2025) 

Sets out the general principles covering duty of care and liability issues under the tort of negligence. Shows how the principles developed through the application of common law and how the law of negligence has been applied in the UK and Commonwealth jurisdiction. Explains what remedies may be available, the burden of proof and standard of care in negligence cases.
Library Location: Christchurch, Wellington 

Winfield & Jolowicz on Tort (21st ed) 
James Goudkamp, Donal Nolan 
(Sweet & Maxwell : UK : 2025) 

New edition extensively revised. Chapters on negligently inflicted psychiatric injury, pure economic loss, privacy and extinction of liability, as well as a new chapter introducing the tort of negligence and analysis of new legislation including the Building Safety Act 2022
Library Location: Auckland, Christchurch, Wellington 

Purchased in August 2025

International

Interpretation of testamentary documents (2nd ed)
GE Dal Pont 
(NSW : LexisNexis : 2025) 

Discusses the role, process and rules of interpretation to ascertain testamentary wishes. It also discusses the interpretation of terms used in wills to describe beneficiaries and the various interpretational challenges surrounding the share of an estate received by beneficiaries.
Library Location: Auckland 

Advocacy in practice (8th ed)
James Glissan 
(NSW : LexisNexis : 2025) 

Includes a new chapter on the benefits and risks of the use of AI and practical strategies to mitigate those risks. It also provides greater coverage to the place and function of written submissions and argument in the context of appeals and first instance hearings. Provides a thorough consideration of practical advocacy.
Library Location: Auckland 

Charlesworth & Percy on Negligence (16th Ed)
Mark Armitage (ed) 
(Sweet & Maxwell : UK : 2025) 

Sets out the general principles covering duty of care and liability issues under the tort of negligence. Shows how the principles developed through the application of the common law and explains how the law of negligence has been applied in the UK and Commonwealth jurisdiction. Explains what remedies may be available and the burden of proof and standard of care in negligence cases.
Library Location: Auckland 

The Conflict of Laws, 11th Edition
David McClean 
(Sweet & Maxwell : UK : 2025) 

Covers all the main aspects of private international law. It traces the development of the ideas and fundamental principles of the subject and examines the current practice of the English courts. New ed includes: reflection of the changing patterns in the English rules of the conflict of laws and the recognition of foreign judgments.
Library Location: Auckland

Shareholders' Agreements 9th Edition
Sean Fitzgerald, Graham Muth 
(Sweet & Maxwell : UK : 2025) 

Practical guidance on the nature and effect of shareholders’ agreements and articles of association. The new edition has been substantially updated to provide more practical guidance on drafting shareholders’ agreements and other related documentation through the use of detailed drafting notes.  
Library Location: Auckland 

Purchased in July 2025

New Zealand

Criminal Procedure in New Zealand 
Debra Wilson & Jeremy Finn 
(Wellington : Thomson Reuters, 2025) 

Colinvaux's law of insurance in New Zealand (3rd ed) 
Robert Merkin KC, Chris Nicoll 
(Wellington : Thomson Reuters, 2025) 

Law Association CLE Seminar Papers 
2025 Volume 1 
(Auckland : Law Association : 2025) 

Elder Law Conference 2025 
Vicky Ammundsen (Chair) 
(Wellington : Continuing Legal Education, NZLS) 

Residential Tenancies Amendment Act 2024 
Elizabeth Rabier (Presenter) 
(Wellington : Continuing Legal Education, NZLS) 

Drafting wills  -  s55 PPPR Act applications
Theresa Donnelly (Presenter) 
(Wellington : Continuing Legal Education, NZLS) 

Incorporated Societies Act – 11 months to deregistration
Steven Moe, Sophie Tremewan (Presenters) 
(Wellington : Continuing Legal Education, NZLS) 

Solicitor-General’s Prosecution Guidelines
Charlotte Brook (Presenter) 
(Wellington : Continuing Legal Education, NZLS) 

International 

Administrative Law (10th ed) 
Paul Craig 
(London : Sweet & Maxwell, 2025) 

Commercial Tenancy Law (5th ed) 
Clyde Croft 
(Chatswood, NSW : LexisNexis : 2025) 

Sutton on Insurance Law (5th ed) 
Robert Merkin 
(Sydney : Thomson Reuters : 2025) 

Defences in Tort 
Andrew Dyson 
(Oxford : Hart Publishing : 2017) 

Tort Law Defences 
James Goudkamp 
(Oxford : Hart Publishing : 2016) 

Blackstone's criminal practice 2025 (35th ed) 
David Ormerod (Ed) 
(Oxford : Oxford University Press : 2024) 

Lawyers' professional responsibility (8th ed) 
GE Dal Pont (ed) 
(Sydney : Thomson Reuters : 2025) 

Financial technology and digital commercial law 
George Walker (ed) 
(Oxford : Oxford University Press : 2025) 

Purchased in June 2025

New Zealand

Tikanga Māori and State Law
Jayden Houghton
(Wellington : Thomson Reuters, 2025)

International

Arbitration Clauses and Third Parties
Asli Arda
(Oxon : Informa Law from Routledge, 2025)

Bean on Injunctions 15th ed.
David Bean, Andrew Burns, and Fitzrene Headley
(London : Sweet & Maxwell, 2025)

Buckley : the Law of Negligence and Nuisance 7th ed.
Richard A Buckley
(London : LexisNexis, 2024)

Company Directors : Principles of Law and Corporate Governance 2nd ed.
Ian Ramsay
(Chatswood, NSW : LexisNexis, 2023)

Construction All Risks Insurance 4th ed.
Paul Reed
(London : Sweet & Maxwell, 2025)

Disclosure in Criminal Proceedings 2nd ed.
Paul Jarvis and Oliver Glasgow (Editors)
(Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2025)

Drafting 22nd ed.
David Emmet
(Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2024)

Equity and Trusts 11th ed.
Alastair Hudson
(Oxon : Routledge, 2025)

Fridman's the Law of Contract in Canada 7th ed.
Jason W Neyers (Editor) and GHL Fridman
(Toronto : Carswell, 2024)

Intellectual Property : Patents, Copyright, Trade Marks and Allied Rights 10th ed.
David Llewelyn and Tanya Aplin
(London : Sweet & Maxwell, 2023)

Judges, Judging, and Judgment : Character, Humility and Wisdom in a Polarized World
Chad M Oldfather
(Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2024)

Law of Code : Blockchain and the Law in Australia
Michael Bacina and Steven Pettigrove
(Chatswood NSW : LexisNexis Australia, 2025)

The Law of Contract 16th ed.
Treitel the Law of Contract
Edwin, Peel
(London : Sweet & Maxwell, 2025)

The Law of Construction Disputes 4th ed.
Cyril Chern
(Oxon : Informa Law from Routledge, 2025)

Lawyers' Professional Responsibility 8th ed.
Gino Evan Dal Pont
(Sydney : Thomson Reuters (Professional) Australia Ltd, 2025)

Legal Opinions in Commercial Transactions 4th ed.
Wilfred McKinnon Estey
(Toronto : LexisNexis, 2022)

Remedies in Construction Law 3rd ed.
Roger Ter Haar and Camilla Ter Haar
(Oxon : Informa Law from Routledge, 2025)

What Clients Want from Law Firms
Alex Davies (Editor)
(Milton Keynes : Globe Law & Business, 2025)

Purchased in May 2025 

New Zealand 

Taxation of Charities in Aotearoa New Zealand
Susan Barker
(Wellington : LexisNexis NZ, 2025) 

Zest : Climbing from Depression to Philosophy
Daniel Kalderimis
(Karapiro, Waikato : Ugly Hill Press, 2024) 

International 

Animal Law in Australasia : a Quiet Crisis
Jane Kotzmann and Joanna Kyriakakis (Editors)
(Annandale, NSW : Federation Press, 2025) 

Civil Procedure 2025 (The White Book)
Peter Coulson (Editor-in-Chief)
(London : Sweet & Maxwell, 2025)  

Commercial Agreements : Principles and Practice
Jeremy Leong
(Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024)  

Equity and Trusts 5th ed.
Michael Evans, Theresa Power & Joseph Power
(Chatswood, NSW : LexisNexis, 2024)  

The Ethics and Conduct of Lawyers in England and Wales 4th ed.
Andrew Boon
(Oxford : Hart Publishing, 2023) 

Hewitt on Joint Ventures 8th ed.
Ian Hewitt, Simon Howley & James Parkes
(London : Sweet & Maxwell, 2025) 

The Legal Brain : a Lawyer's Guide to Well-being and Better Job Performance
Debra S Austin
(Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2024) 

Misrepresentation, Mistake and Non-disclosure 7th ed.
John Cartwright
(London : Sweet & Maxwell, 2025)  

Munkman on Employer's Liability 18th ed.
Marcus Pilgerstorfer (General editor)
(London : LexisNexis, 2025)  

Remedies in Australian Private Law 3rd ed.
Katy Barnett and Sirko Harder
(Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2025) 

Sexual Assault Trials : Challenges and Innovations
Greg Byrne and Jacqui Horan (Editors)
(Chatswood, NSW : LexisNexis Australia, 2025) 

Purchased in April 2025 

New Zealand 

Aotearoa New Zealand Law : Foundations and Method 3rd ed.
Stephen Penk, Mary-Rose Russell & Jayden Houghton
(Wellington : Thomson Reuters, 2025) 

Goodall and Hinde on Commercial Leases 5th ed.
Jason Goodall
This book is a hard copy version of chapter 11 from the loose-leaf "Hinde, McMorland and Sim : land law in New Zealand"
(Wellington : LexisNexis, 2025) 

Without Fear or Favour : a Life in Law
Kenneth Keith
(Wellington : Te Herenga Waka University Press, 2024) 

International 

Australian Competition Law 5th ed.
Alex Bruce
(Chatswood, NSW : LexisNexis, 2024)

Legal Professional Privilege in Australia 4th ed.
Ronald J Desiatnik
(Chatswood, NSW : LexisNexis, 2025) 

Plain Language for Lawyers : A Practical Guide to Clear Communication 5th ed.
Michèle M Asprey
(Sydney : Federation Press, 2024) 

Unjust Enrichment and Countervailing Obligations
KV Krishnaprasad
(Oxford : Hart Publishing, 2025) 

Purchased in March 2025 

New Zealand 

New Zealand Employment Law Guide 2025 ed.
Simon Schofield
(Auckland : CCH, 2025) 

International 

Delay and Disruption in Construction Contracts 6th ed.
Andrew Burr (Editor)
(Abingdon, Oxon : Informa Law, 2025) 

Horsley & Lang’s Meetings : Procedure, Law and Practice 8th ed.
Anthony David Lang
(Sydney : LexisNexis Butterworths, 2025) 

Insurance Disputes 3rd ed.
Mance, Jonathan (Editor)
(Oxon : Informa Law from Routledge, 2024) 

Sackville and Neave Australian Property Law 12th ed.
Andrew Godwin [et al.]
(Chatswood, NSW : LexisNexis, 2025) 

Social Media and the Law 4th ed.
Patrick George (Editor)
(Chatswood, NSW : LexisNexis, 2023) 

Purchased in January and February 2025 

New Zealand 

Dobbie's Probate and Administration Practice 7th ed. 
Arthur Evan Dobbie [et al.] 
(Wellington : LexisNexis NZ, 2025) 

The Law and Practice of Charities in Aotearoa New Zealand 2nd ed. 
Susan Barker [et al.] 
(Wellington : LexisNexis, 2025) 

Mahoney on Evidence : Act and Analysis 2nd ed. 
Scott Optican (General Editor) 
(Wellington : Thomson Reuters, 2024) 

Teaching Contract : My Way  
David McLaughlan 
(Wellington : Thomson Reuters, 2025) 

International 

Copinger and Skone James on Copyright 19th ed. 
Gwilym Harbottle, Nicholas Caddick & Uma Suthersanen 
(London : Sweet & Maxwell, 2025)  

Corones' Competition Law in Australia 8th ed. 
Yane Svetiev 
(Sydney : Thomson Reuters, 2023) 

Dealing with Delay and Disruption on Construction Projects 2nd ed. 
Kim Rosenberg & Erin Miller Rankin 
(London : Sweet & Maxwell, 2024) 

Derham on the Law of Set-off 5th ed. 
Rory Derham
(Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2024) 

Gale on Easements 22nd ed. 
Jonathan Gaunt & Paul Morgan 
(London : Sweet & Maxwell, 2025) 

Hanbury and Martin Modern Equity 23rd ed. 
Jamie Glister & James Lee 
(London : Sweet & Maxwell, 2024) 

Injunctions in Private Law 
David Capper 
(Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024) 

Keating on Construction Contracts 12th ed. 
Vivian Ramsey, Simon Hughes & Piers Stansfield 
(London : Sweet & Maxwell, 2025) 

The Law of Liability Insurance 4th ed. 
Desmond Derrington, Ronald Ashton
(Chatswood NSW : LexisNexis, 2025) 

The Law of Privacy and the Media 4th ed. 
Nicole Moreham & Adam Speker (Eds.) 
(London : Oxford University Press, 2024) 

Legal Professional Privilege in Criminal Investigations and Proceedings 
Vivien Cochrane & Will Hayes 
(Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2024) 

Mitigation in the Law of Damages 
Andy Summers 
(Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2024) 

Mustill and Boyd : Commercial and Investor State Arbitration 3rd ed. 
David Foxton (General editor) 
(London : LexisNexis, 2024) 

A Practical Guide to Effective Dispute Resolution : Methods and Clauses 
Natalia Perova & Peter Fields 
(London : Sweet & Maxwell, 2024) 

Principles of the Law of Restitution 4th ed. 
Graham Virgo 
(Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2024) 

Smith, Hogan & Ormerod's Criminal Law 17 ed. 
David Ormerod, Karl Laird & Matthew Gibson 
(Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2024) 

Snell's Equity 35th ed. 
Elliott, Steven (General editor) 
(London : Sweet & Maxwell, 2025) 

Unjust Enrichment 3rd ed. 
Kit Barker & Ross Grantham 
(Chatswood NSW : LexisNexis, 2025)