A list of posts in reverse chronological order.
Can you identify the Supreme Court of New Zealand from these headlines?
Great Capital Letter editorials from history
What is a guideline judgment? By the President of the Court of Appeal
All Grounded Kiwis judgment commentary in one place
New approach from judiciary to reduce large number of outstanding jury trials
Sovereign citizens and lawyers: how to tell them apart
Strictly Obiter Law Awards 2021
The Supreme Court’s pizza order
A short account of hazards faced in court
Strictly Obiter Alert Level 4 Quiz – Friday 27 August 2021
Strictly Obiter Alert Level 4 Quiz – Thursday 26 August 2021
Strictly Obiter Alert Level 4 Quiz – Wednesday 25 August 2021
Strictly Obiter Alert Level 4 Quiz – Tuesday 24 August 2021
Strictly Obiter Alert Level 4 Quiz – Monday 23 August 2021
Strictly Obiter Alert Level 4 Quiz – Friday 20 August 2021
Strictly Obiter Alert Level 4 Quiz – Thursday 19 August 2021
Strictly Obiter Alert Level 4 Quiz – Wednesday 18 August 2021
Where will the Supreme Court sit in Auckland?
The best of the High Court – 1988 edition (or, yet more proof NZLII is excellent)
Reports suggest justice system costs money
Bold, novel, ambitious, and valiant
Towards a national emergency stockpile of interesting reserved judgments
Commentary about the Trusts Act 2019 except the word trust is replaced by tryst
Constitutional meta-principles in New Zealand
Martial law “unable to be accessed by most New Zealanders”
With apologies to AP Herbert – Haddock v Empire Television Holdings (a firm)
Equity: an exclusive interview
New Court of Appeal Practice Note On Approach To Precedent
A late entry for NZ law firm Employer of Choice Award 2020
Spin-off announced to popular “Legal System”
The effect of Zhang v R on meth sentencings, or, very bad statistics
Supplementary Remote Hearing Protocol for Courts of New Zealand
I read all 562 paragraphs of the Court of Appeal’s Strathboss decision so you don’t have to
Members of Supreme Court regretting choosing to bubble together
Latest Supreme Court decision bad news for Chief Justice
Fitzgerald v Muldoon [1976] 2 NZLR 615 (SC) told in memes
The New Zealand senior court hierarchy if seniority was determined by surname Scrabble score
A template memorandum for a procedural hearing
Answers to the second back to work quiz, or, “technically I’m not sure that counts”
The second Strictly Obiter quiz for the recently returned to work
The only New Zealand lawyer Power list you will ever need
A short history of the seal of the High Court of New Zealand
You can only read this post if you promise to make a submission to the Rules Committee
Strictly Obiter’s 2019 Law Awards
Chief Justice: judiciary will send “much stronger signals” to executive on sentences
The second-to-last nail in the coffin
The Court of Appeal’s recipe for a chocolate cake
Uncollected thoughts on Zhang v R [2019] NZCA 507
The first case note on Zhang v R: meth sentencing pipe dreams
On co-defendants’ statements and admissibility
Real Jock Anderson headline or pale imitation?
A farewell to the Auckland High Court Crown Room
Famous songs as written by lawyers
Famous musicals as written by lawyers
Advice on not thinking about law all the time
A coronial constitutional curiosity
Sena v Police [2019] NZSC 55 as applied to sentencing appeals
A draft Court of Appeal Practice Note regarding legal tests on appeal
A short report from the launch event of the Aotearoa Legal Workers Union
Nine of the best puns in Otago law student Honours dissertations
Coroners’ powers to prohibit publication of the name of a deceased person
Nonsense on Twitter – week of 1 April 2019
The Reweti shuffle, or, a plea for a principled fudge
Eventual findings of the just-announced inquiry into intelligence services
Ten legal pseudonyms listed in order of plausibility
The most lawless place in New Zealand
Template statement for law firms on innovation and legal tech
The #CJFest Chief Justice Conference Dinner in full
A short rant of incoherent thoughts on the Taylor costs decision
Answers to the quiz, or: fact check this, you nerds
Strictly Obiter’s quiz for the recently-returned-to-work
Chief Justice spends summer break barricading herself in chambers
EXCLUSIVE: five questions with the Supreme Court of New Zealand
7 good opening paragraphs in New Zealand judgments (and 3 kinda okay ones to make it an even 10)
The world’s only jurisprudence joke
New QCs announcement causes dozens of workplace injuries
The two problems with rule 2.8
Moot problems what I done wrote
A (perhaps partially) complete list of Colin Craig’s recent litigation
An ambitious list of respondents
There is no High Court in Whanganui
Supreme Court Guess Who, or, who will hear a Lundy Supreme Court appeal?
Supreme Court insists it has already delivered decision in Attorney-General v Taylor
Thoughts on Solicitor-General v Heta [2018] NZHC 2853
Serious legal resource to teach toddlers about the hierarchy of courts
Chief Justice talks about the C word
Chief Justice’s camp confirms fitness for Friday’s fight
Law Society applies for hyperinjunction to prevent people talking about its superinjunction
Alternative law-related names for famous artworks
Thoughts on a new National Standards Committee
The fox, the chicken and the grain – the Supreme Court decision in New Health
What is the “one legal change” that has seen the prison population skyrocket?
Diverting offenders or stifling prosecution?
Bail appeals as general appeals: a case not on T v R [2018] NZCA 56
New proposed varieties of declarations of inconsistency under NZBORA
Famous novels as written by lawyers
Job vacancy – enforcement officer, New Zealand Law Style Guide
Template statement for law firms in light of the Russell McVeagh revelations
Thoughts on Z v R [2016] NZCA 312, [2017] 2 NZLR 433
Case of the day – “stop hitting yourself” edition
The original McKenzie friend became a QC
Meanwhile, at the ceremonial opening of the Dunedin courthouse
The function of appellate judges (part two)
Inspirational judicial quotes, vol 1
The best New Zealand law firm URLs
How to be a better lawyer in 2018
High Court judges and modern conveniences
Sentencing notes in R v Santa Claus
The function of appellate judges
Desire paths, or, brief thoughts on guideline judgments prompted by Setu v R [2017] NZHC 1839
The Supreme Court’s new ceremonial robes
The lyrics of Taylor Swift’s “Love Story” as a unilateral offer in contract law
Woodhouse J on ducks and disorder
Kidnapping with a few extra elements
Famous movies as written by lawyers
RNZ interview with Dame Judith Potter
Case notes on recent Australian coronial law
How many charges is a “raft” of charges?
With apologies to Steve Braunias – an account of Morgan v TVNZ [2017] NZHC 2178
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