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The patents and copyright that Lego held on its products expired many years ago, but the registered trademark LEGO has remained in force.
Mustafa Yikar was employed by Sir James Wallace and lived in his home. Yikar was charged with attempting to pervert the course of justice by trying to dissuade a witness from giving evidence against Wallace in ...
Matu Reid, 23, in March 2023 appeared for sentence on charges of strangulation, injuring with intent to injure, wilful damage and male assaults female.
The Employment Relations (Extended Time for Personal Grievance for Sexual Harassment) Amendment Act 2023 has been praised for giving sexual harassment victims more time to raise an employment personal grievance. ...
Among the Labour faithful, it must seem that their party just can’t catch an even break. The moment Labour struggles back to the surface, the fickle hand of fate once again plunges it into the depths.
Instances of hardship that Jain, a disability rights activist and professor of law at the National Law School of India University, has experienced.
Letter from CHCJ and CDCJ to the Benches - Wellbeing of the Profession. We are taking the unusual step of writing to all judges and judicial officers to highlight issues about the wellbeing of the profession which ...
Gaoxiang Yu (26) , his two co-defendants, Zhao and G, and the victim, Wang Baochang, were members of an organised crime syndicate that manufactured and supplied methamphetamine.
Beth Wolak claimed her dismissal for serious misconduct on 22 December 2021 was unjustified. She sought a finding of unjustified dismissal; lost wages; compensation for humiliation, loss of dignity, injury to ...
Julie Sarah Ryan’s property was subject to a second mortgage. The amount secured was repaid in 1992 but the mortgage was not discharged.
Gloriavale is a Christian community set in an isolated location on the West Coast of the South Island, with limited contact with the outside world. There are approximately 82 families and 600 individuals living at ...
On 7 May 2021, the High Court issued the landmark judgment Re Edwards (Whakatohea) (No 2) [2021] NZHC 1023. In this decision, the court granted recognition orders for customary marine title and protected customary ...
Validus FZCO is a Dubai corporation that is not registered to provide financial services in New Zealand. Validus came to media and FMA attention for offering financial services primarily to the Tongan community.
In South West Terminal v Achter Land & Cattle, the King’s Bench for Saskatchewan ruled a "thumbs-up" emoji sent via text constituted a valid form of acceptance of a contract.
Is your graduate a cheat? As law firms begin experimenting with ChatGPT and other forms of artificial intelligence, some worry that their graduates might not have the skills their academic transcripts suggest.
Is a “thumbs-up” emoji sent in a text message enough to form a legally binding contract? Yes, according to a decision by Justice Timothy Keene in the Court of King’s Bench for Saskatchewan, Canada.