by Steven Moe | Feb 24, 2023 | In-house counsel
Billed as “leadership principles for legal professionals”, a new book The Heart of Practice has been released by New Zealand author Simon Tupman, a consultant to lawyers and law firms. The book, packed with insights from Tupman’s work and interviews with lawyers from...
by Diana Clement | Feb 24, 2023 | Bank / Finance
Regulating crypto can be like nailing jello to the ceiling. But while regulation of the emerging cryptocurrency technologies is necessary to protect consumers, it needs to be sufficiently flexible to allow companies to raise capital effectively and financial services...
by Professor Leslie Thomas KC | Feb 24, 2023 | General
Do we truly need judges? I’m going to lay my cards on the table here and say that the answer is yes. It would be virtually impossible to maintain the rule of law and legal certainty without an independent judiciary. And at its best, the judiciary genuinely does serve...
by Timothy Welch | Feb 24, 2023 | Property
Another extreme weather event has highlighted the weak points in New Zealand’s critical infrastructure. As Cyclone Gabrielle ripped across the North Island, nearly 225,000 people lost power. The cause is relatively obvious: many houses and buildings are connected to...
by Reweti Kohere | Feb 24, 2023 | Property
Cyclone Gabrielle will significantly widen New Zealand’s burgeoning infrastructure gap, with early cost-estimates of $13 billion adding to the current shortfall of hundreds of billions of dollars. With roads buckled, bridges washed away, power lines broken and some...
