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Help Rachel fight MS

I’m writing this letter in support of my friend Rachel Fernando who is battling an aggressive form of Multiple Sclerosis. I met Rachel 17 years ago at high school in Christchurch. A friendly and gorgeous girl, Rachel had no shortage of admirers or friends. Rachel was a ballet dancer, a representative…

A following sea?

Parliament recently passed the Te Awa Tupua (Whanganui River Claims Settlement) Act 2017, which declares the Whanganui River to be a legal person with all the rights, powers, duties and liabilities that attach to such status. In this article we provide a brief overview of the background to the Act, we…

LCRO complaints procedure flawed

I note with interest that NZLS President, Kathryn Beck, recently praised the courage of lawyers around the world in January for standing up for the rights of their clients. It would be marvellous if the lawyers in New Zealand could perhaps stand up for their own rights in New Zealand and…

Turning pro bono willingness into action

There’s no shortage of Lawyers willing to do pro bono work – the problem is matching them up to clients whose unmet legal needs deserve attention. That’s the view of Darryn Aitchison, of the Auckland Community Law Centre, who is setting up a Law Foundation-backed pilot project that aims to better-connect…

New Enduring Power of Attorney forms

The new forms which we have been toiling with since mid-March, are not user friendly. They are unpopular with secretarial staff and practitioners. They are far too long. Since EPAs were originally introduced they have ballooned out from one to 14 pages. They are very hard to plough through to get…

The Structure(s) of Property Law

Most property lawyers are pragmatists – we aim to get things done. But property law, as a structure, is not entirely driven by pragmatism. The numerus clausus principle suggests there are fixed categories of “property”. While contract law can give rise to all sorts of agreements and arrangements, property law…

Negotiation styles: which one are you

Your negotiation style is both personal and general. Your personal style is you: how you interact and communicate with people, your personality. Imitation is suicide when you are under pressure during negotiations, so you need to decide on what works for you and how best to develop your personal competencies. There…

GST – a practical guide, 10th edition

Reviewed by Eugen Trombitas Alastair McKenzie recently released the 10th edition of GST – a practical guide. The 10th edition of this excellent text is a rare feat in tax literature both in New Zealand and internationally. It is the GST equivalent of Real Madrid’s La Decima in winning its 10th…

Bitcoin at a glance

Most of us have heard of Bitcoin and know that it’s some kind of digital currency, but for many of us that’s as far as our knowledge of it goes. The Law Foundation’s ILAPP project is examining the regulation of digital currencies such as Bitcoin (see issues 898 and 903…

The loss of anonymity in relationship property proceedings

Traditionally, fictitious names or initials have been used to anonymise the names of parties to Family Court proceedings. This meant that cases could be published setting out the legal issues, while still protecting the identities of parties in proceedings that are always intensely personal. However, there has been a recent shift…

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