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Can Social Media be a Genuine Force for Good?
The live streamed March 2019 Christchurch attacks and the more recent synagogue attack in Germany remind us that hate speech and the use of social media platforms to propagate hatred…
Sealegs Saga Ends?
The long-running Sealegs saga seems to have drawn to a close, at least for now, with the Supreme Court declining leave to appeal the Court of Appeal’s decision. It did…
NZ Bar Association’s 30th Anniversary
Excellent article by Jacqui Thompson and Melissa Perkin, charting the first 30 years of the NZBA's life, from small beginnings to its central role in representing the independent bar in…
Lessons on Tyranny
I have just had the pleasure of reading "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century" by Timothy Snyder – a best selling author and Professor of History at Yale.…
NZBA 30TH ANNIVERSARY DINNER
It was a real honour and privilege to accept the challenge at the Bar Association's anniversary dinner at Te Puia, the New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute in Rotorua…
Sanitarium Wins Weet-Bix Court Battle
Pleased to have acted for Sanitarium in important trade mark infringement dispute, but also the first substantive case to deal with the border protection regime under the Trade Marks Act…
Auckland Bench and Bar Dinner
At the NZLS Auckland Branch Dinner on 17 August to honour recent judicial appointees, with Maria Dew, Associate Judge Andrew & Mai Chen.
Shorter Trial Scheme Adopted
Writing in the English Law Society Gazette on 7 September 2018 John Hyde reports on a 2015 pilot for shorter trials, which is now going permanent in England and Wales.…
Arbitration and Mediation Conference 2018
Just back from the AMINZ annual conference in Wellington where I spoke on IP and Dispute Resolution. Leading US mediator Lee Jay Berman gave a great address on how to…