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Nonsense on Twitter – week of 1 April 2019 April 7, 2019
The Reweti shuffle, or, a plea for a principled fudge March 22, 2019
Eventual findings of the just-announced inquiry into intelligence services March 18, 2019
Ten legal pseudonyms listed in order of plausibility March 1, 2019
The most lawless place in New Zealand February 26, 2019
Template statement for law firms on innovation and legal tech February 24, 2019
Editorial: the Tax Working Group’s proposed changes are unworkable, by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel February 21, 2019
Editorial: The majesty of the Court of Appeal hearing centre, by the designer of the Court of Appeal hearing centre February 15, 2019
The #CJfest Chief Justice Conference Dinner in full January 31, 2019
Viva la revolución! January 30, 2019
A short rant of incoherent thoughts on the Taylor costs decision January 22, 2019
Answers to the quiz, or: fact-check this, you nerds January 10, 2019
Strictly Obiter’s quiz for the recently-returned-to-work January 10, 2019
Chief Justice spends summer break barricading herself in chambers January 9, 2019
New legal trends for 2019 December 31, 2018
Opera singer or lawyer? December 16, 2018
EXCLUSIVE: Five questions with the Supreme Court of New Zealand December 15, 2018
7 good opening paragraphs in New Zealand judgments (and 3 kinda okay ones to make it an even 10) December 11, 2018
The world’s only jurisprudence joke December 1, 2018
New QCs announcement causes dozens of workplace injuries November 28, 2018