by Rod Vaughan | Feb 10, 2023 | Legal Technology
A high-powered legal battle to ban e-scooters from New Zealand’s footpaths to protect the safety of pedestrians has failed and there now appears to be little or no chance of pursuing the matter any further. Late last year the High Court dismissed three major claims...
by Steven Moe | Feb 10, 2023 | Privacy Law
It’s been a long day. As you are shutting down your computer a client calls and asks for an urgent memo on a complicated legal issue. You sigh deeply as the sun is setting. You would rather be at home, and this will take lots of research and effort. But instead of...
by Kate Dickson | Feb 10, 2023 | Property
After last week’s widespread flooding and property damage in Auckland, Northland, the Coromandel and the Bay of Plenty – and with a cyclone said to be on the way – many people are likely to be seeking help from their lawyers. While the storms have passed and...
by Professor Leslie Thomas KC | Feb 10, 2023 | General
Let me start with three quotes. First: “There can be no free society without law administered through an independent judiciary. If one man can be allowed to determine for himself what is law, every man can. That means first chaos, then tyranny.” Justice Felix...