by Jonathan Ayling | Jul 19, 2024 | General
Free speech is the cornerstone of democratic societies. Likewise, it is difficult to overstate its significance for the legal profession. Our justice system, like our democratic systems of representation, is built on an adversarial system of debate, interrogation and...
by Ben Cleland | Jul 19, 2024 | Employment
Does a large employer have greater obligations than a small one? This is an interesting question. Employment lawyers know an employer’s resources should be taken into consideration when assessing whether its actions were justifiable; this is clear from the test of...
by Michael Andrew | Jul 19, 2024 | General, Premium
Sarah remembers the exact moment she decided to quit her promising job as a junior at a law firm and exit the profession. It was at a staff dinner and one of the senior lawyers made a racist joke at her expense. Unlock this article and all PREMIUM content by...
by Sally Lindsay | Jul 19, 2024 | Property
The government’s plan to make it easier and cheaper to build dwellings of up to 60m2 without resource consent may not be a windfall that property investors expect. According to Peter Lewis, an Auckland property investor and the Property Investors’ Federation’s...
by Neil Sands | Jul 19, 2024 | Administrative / Public, General
For years, Professor Andrew Shelling has been lobbying for insurers to be banned from using genetic test results to determine cover, but his campaign took a personal turn last month when his own daughter experienced a cancer scare. Shelling, a director of Auckland...
