by Kaitlyn Yakas-Dance | Sep 29, 2023 | News
A specialist High Court panel could be set up to help weave tikanga into domestic law, as could an expanded jurisdiction for the Māori Land Court and the appointment of tikanga experts as lay members of the court. These are just some of the options explored by the Law...
by Kaitlyn Yakas-Dance | Sep 22, 2023 | News
Tēnā koutou katoa. This is the last time I’ll be speaking to you as President of ADLS. The next time you hear from me, it will be as President of The Law Association. From 1 October 2023, this will be our organisation’s new name. The decision to change our name...
by Kaitlyn Yakas-Dance | Sep 15, 2023 | News
If elected, a National-led government has pledged to roll back “three years of damage” that CCCFA amendments have caused to the credit and mortgage industry and refocus regulations on loan sharks and other high-risk lenders. But commerce spokesperson Andrew Bayly...
by Kaitlyn Yakas-Dance | Aug 18, 2023 | News
Netflix does it. So do Microsoft, LinkedIn and Salesforce. And here in New Zealand, software company Actionstep and game developer Rocketwerkz are some of the first businesses to offer employees unlimited annual leave. With only a handful of workplaces offering this...
by Kaitlyn Yakas-Dance | Aug 11, 2023 | News
This is shaping up to be a definitive year for one of the thorniest issues in employment law – whether ostensibly self-employed workers offering services through tech platform-based providers are employees of the platform provider or independent contractors. In the...
