by Brenda Newth | Mar 22, 2024 | General
Where do you work, what’s your role? I’m an in-house employment lawyer at Fisher & Paykel Healthcare. My official job title is Workplace Relations Business Partner. Where did you study? University of Auckland, where I completed an LLB (Hons). What’s been...
by Suzanne Smith and Daniel McLaughlin | Mar 22, 2024 | Wills & Trusts
Where parties have agreed to arbitration, the England and Wales High Court (Chancery Division) in Grosskopf v Grosskopf [2024] EWHC 291 (Ch) has determined that a claim for a court-appointed trustee for a trust does not prevent the issues in dispute from being...
by Reweti Kohere | Mar 22, 2024 | Civil Litigation
Changes to the rules governing hearsay evidence, particularly from witnesses who are too afraid to testify and experts in mātauranga and tikanga, have been recommended by the Law Commission in its third and final review of the Evidence Act 2006. Other recommendations...
by Reweti Kohere | Mar 22, 2024 | Administrative / Public
A “legacy of chronic underfunding” in courthouse maintenance, the threatened sustainability of the criminal and family bars, and signalled public service cuts to the courts are just three of the issues Chief Justice Dame Helen Winkelmann has raised with...
by Reweti Kohere | Mar 22, 2024 | Employment
With the reintroduction of 90-day trial periods for all businesses, employers are facing significant pitfalls amid mounting case law which is strictly interpreting the boundaries of employment practice. Meanwhile, lawyers with whom LawNews has spoken say trial periods...
