by Rod Vaughan | May 19, 2023 | General
Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier has taken a swipe at MBIE, and by extension the government, for denying New Zealand seafarers adequate access to the MIQ booking system during the covid-19 pandemic. Hundreds of seafarers were stranded in countries all over the world,...
by Sally Lindsay | May 19, 2023 | Civil Litigation
Adina Thorn, the lawyer behind one of New Zealand’s biggest class actions, says the Law Commission’s year-old report recommending new class actions legislation appears to be gathering dust on a shelf in the Justice Minister’s office. Thorn was a member of the...
by Gary Judd KC | May 19, 2023 | Treaty / Māori
In June 2021, Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta brought her three waters proposals to Cabinet which authorised her to prepare legislation to implement them. After the papers and associated Cabinet decisions were publicly released, it quickly becoming obvious to...
by Jenni McManus | May 19, 2023 | Company / Commercial
An amendment bill that fails to amend. Even worse, an amendment bill that is opposed by five leading law firms, NZLS, MBIE and Parliament’s Legislative Design and Advisory Committee. Worse still, an amendment bill that failed to get a tick from the Economic...
by Reweti Kohere | May 19, 2023 | General
Executors of wills are waiting up to four months for the High Court to grant probate. The backlog is being blamed on covid-19 lockdowns, exacerbated by sick staff and the temporary closure of Wellington’s registry during last year’s anti-vax protest at Parliament....
