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With the first reading of a new bill in Parliament last week, Aotearoa New Zealand’s plan to be smokefree by 2025 takes another tangible step forward. If the legislation is implemented effectively, this is ...
When beginning practice in the field of immigration law, it does not take long to identify the interplay between immigration and other areas of the law. We explore some of the issues that all criminal law ...
Keene, who was ADLS’ President from 2014 to 2016, also says the language used in parts of the paper, particularly around the constitutional status of the Treaty of Waitangi, suggests the outcome for many of the ...
Former ADLS President Brian Keene QC has lambasted the creators of the discussion document underpinning the current review of the legal profession, saying it is “ill-thought-out” and the review panel’s terms of ...
With the rapidly approaching submission date for the Independent Review Panel, Nick Kearney shares his thoughts and concerns regarding the opportunity to submit on the discussion document that proposes fundamental ...
Should bots providing legal services be regulated in the same way as lawyers who give regulated legal advice? The question is being pondered by members of the ADLS Technology & Law committee and the issue of ...
While the horse has bolted on the regulation of technology, it has not bolted on whether the companies running it should be pulled into legal advice regulation under the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act.
Referring to the practitioner’s living costs of $144,000 a year after tax, the High Court left intact the tribunal’s decision declining to view Gardner-Hopkins’ financial position as a mitigating factor. ‘A budget ...
Although deciding the meaning of the constitution makes up a small proportion of the court’s work, the principles involved are often so crucial and so divisive that these are the cases which most often make the headlines.
Read Marie Dyhrberg's opinion on why it is critical that ADLS members – and, in fact, all lawyers – provide comment and feedback on the rules and regulations of the New Zealand Law Society.
We consider the commission’s proposals represent an important step in the right direction which may improve access to justice while balancing the interests of plaintiffs, defendants, funders and the courts.
When the income thresholds increase next year, it will still be the case that a person working on the minimum wage and with one dependent will be considered too wealthy to get legal aid
Matariki is the time to check that your business is sufficiently prepared for the turbulent times ahead, to ‘re-stock’ the kumara pit, and consider the state of your structures and strategies
This isn’t just something that Kris Faafoi has run off and done without anyone knowing about. I think we’re going to see change. Whether it will be a wholesale adoption of all of the recommendations remains to be seen.
The Independent Review Panel examining how lawyers and legal services should be regulated in Aotearoa New Zealand published its discussion document on 14 June 2022.
When LawNews caught up with senior partner Arthur Young three years ago in his office at Chapman Tripp, the then 84-year-old wasn’t thinking of retirement.
He enjoyed the private client work, including family ...