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Juries are often thought of as a quintessential institution of English law, just as the investigating magistrate is a quintessential institution of French law. Most members of the public, even those who have never ...
When the release of a government-commissioned report causes citizens to recoil in dismay, something is very wrong. The whole point of living under a democracy is that governments elected under its rules should find ...
ADLS will be exiting the Air New Zealand Airpoints programme and it will no longer possible to earn Airpoints Dollars™ through eligible ADLS purchases from 1 December 2022. For more information read the full notice here.
We wanted to let you know that ADLS will be exiting the Air New Zealand Airpoints programme and it will no longer be possible to earn Airpoints Dollars™ through eligible ADLS purchases from 1 December ...
The truncated consultation period for the proposed regulations that sit alongside the new act are exposing lack of awareness by societies and lawyers of what’s to come. Many are concerned with lack of understanding ...
Changes are now before parliament, which if passed into law will see amendments to section 131 of the Companies Act. These amendments have raised concerns for many causing a divide in standpoints. In this article ...
From local rugby clubs and pest eradication groups to unions and the New Zealand Automobile Association, tens of thousands of incorporated societies will grapple with impending and significant changes to how their ...
Changes are now before Parliament which, if passed into law, will see an amendment to s 131 of the Companies Act. That section is the foundation of the other duties as it contains the well-known phrase that ...
The one-page bill is designed to amend s 131 of the Companies Act to make it clear that when directors are considering what the best interests of the company might be, they may take into account environmental, ...
Lurid allegations in the early 1990s of bizarre child abuse rituals at a crèche in Christchurch produced convictions that stand alone in the level of public and judicial attention they have generated since. The ...
The Companies (Directors Duties), Amendment Bill is at risk of pleasing nobody. Should it go back to the drawing board?
The one-page bill is designed to amend s 131 of the Companies Act to make it clear that ...
Few cases will ever compare to the three-decade saga of Peter Ellis. Lurid allegations in the early 1990s of bizarre child abuse rituals at a crèche in Christchurch produced convictions that stand alone in the ...
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ADLS committees have made submissions to the independent panel which has been tasked with a wide-ranging review of the profession. The committees were asked to consider whether there should be an independent ...
Ellis had been granted an extension of time to appeal but died before the appeal could be heard. Therefore, a decision had to be made on whether to allow the appeal to proceed, which meant deciding whether the ...