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Towards a national emergency stockpile of interesting reserved judgments March 1, 2021
Commentary about the Trusts Act 2019 except the word trust is replaced by tryst January 29, 2021
Constitutional meta-principles in New Zealand December 23, 2020
Martial law “unable to be accessed by most New Zealanders” December 20, 2020
A public law fortune teller December 9, 2020
Article titles about Rylands v Fletcher arranged so they sound like an increasingly tired film franchise December 1, 2020
With apologies to AP Herbert – Haddock v Empire Television Holdings (a firm) October 16, 2020
New Zealand Law’s Tile Guide September 2, 2020
Equity: an exclusive interview August 9, 2020
New Court of Appeal Practice Note On Approach To Precedent July 15, 2020
A late entry for NZ law firm Employer of Choice Award 2020 May 26, 2020
On Covid and Advocacy May 17, 2020
Spin-off announced to popular “Legal System” May 8, 2020
The effect of Zhang v R on meth sentencings, or, very bad statistics May 7, 2020
Supplementary Remote Hearing Protocol for Courts of New Zealand April 21, 2020
I read all 562 paragraphs of the Court of Appeal’s Strathboss decision so you don’t have to April 13, 2020
Members of Supreme Court regretting choosing to bubble together April 3, 2020
On sparrows March 23, 2020
Latest Supreme Court decision bad news for Chief Justice March 12, 2020
Akuhata v R [2020] NZCA 19 – appellate consequences of a failure to engage s 27 of the Sentencing Act 2002 at first instance March 1, 2020