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Going on a frolic of his own. Distinguished Fellow at the Robert Muldoon Centre for Constitutional Law.
Please send all complaints
c/- Rt Hon Dame Helen Winkelmann GNZM
Supreme Court of New Zealand
85 Lambton Quay
Wellington
Please send all complaints
c/- Rt Hon Dame Helen Winkelmann GNZM
Supreme Court of New Zealand
85 Lambton Quay
Wellington
Strong test of the government's ability to run an inquiry without Simon Mount KC.
A new release is available from Hon Judith Collins KC.
Inquiry into the Phillips children disappearance
Attorney-General Judith Collins has today announced a Public Inquiry will be held into the disappearance of the Phillips children.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Strong test of the government's ability to run an inquiry without Simon Mount KC.
Jones v Dunkel-ing on the evidence at sentencing? Team, what is going on?
R v M [2025] NZHC 3631
R v M [2025] NZHC 3631
November 26, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Jones v Dunkel-ing on the evidence at sentencing? Team, what is going on?
R v M [2025] NZHC 3631
R v M [2025] NZHC 3631
legislation.govt.nz is getting its buccal fat removed.
November 26, 2025 at 6:45 PM
legislation.govt.nz is getting its buccal fat removed.
I bet the best thing about being promoted from Associate Judge to Judge of the High Court is you get to do judicial review.
November 25, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I bet the best thing about being promoted from Associate Judge to Judge of the High Court is you get to do judicial review.
Roger Partridge say one nice thing about the Supreme Court challenge. Difficulty level: impossible.
lawnews.nz/employment/a...
lawnews.nz/employment/a...
Analysing Uber: the critical point the Supreme Court failed to properly consider - Law News
How can employees owe their employer a duty of loyalty while at the same time taking jobs from competing platforms? The Supreme Court’s Uber judgment has delivered clarity of a sort.
lawnews.nz
November 24, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Roger Partridge say one nice thing about the Supreme Court challenge. Difficulty level: impossible.
lawnews.nz/employment/a...
lawnews.nz/employment/a...
Lol wut. The original bill was an increase from 55 to 57 and suddenly we’re at 65?
November 23, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Lol wut. The original bill was an increase from 55 to 57 and suddenly we’re at 65?
Through the CA in Kim and then Mallon J in the climate cases, we've had the last few years prodding the Supreme Court to say something about intensity of judicial review. Now with Cooke J appointed to the Supreme Court we will get our answer and that answer is Absolutely Not.
November 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Through the CA in Kim and then Mallon J in the climate cases, we've had the last few years prodding the Supreme Court to say something about intensity of judicial review. Now with Cooke J appointed to the Supreme Court we will get our answer and that answer is Absolutely Not.
Choosing to believe this a photo of our Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment.
November 23, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Choosing to believe this a photo of our Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment.
Hutchinson v Davis, a 1940 NZCA case, is always cited for a passage about counsel not acting as witnesses and not for the fact it’s about a woman agreeing to have sex on the basis of the man’s promise that if she got pregnant he’d marry her, then suing after he refused to follow through.
November 23, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Hutchinson v Davis, a 1940 NZCA case, is always cited for a passage about counsel not acting as witnesses and not for the fact it’s about a woman agreeing to have sex on the basis of the man’s promise that if she got pregnant he’d marry her, then suing after he refused to follow through.
Happy to attend the dinner celebrating the appointment of all our new skills.
November 21, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Happy to attend the dinner celebrating the appointment of all our new skills.
I must not call the other side’s submissions “pure cope”. I must not call the other side’s submissions “pure cope”. I must not call the other side’s submissions “pure cope”. I must not call the other side’s submissions “pure cope”.
November 21, 2025 at 2:57 AM
I must not call the other side’s submissions “pure cope”. I must not call the other side’s submissions “pure cope”. I must not call the other side’s submissions “pure cope”. I must not call the other side’s submissions “pure cope”.
I didn't even know Lenny Kravitz read Gary Judd's Substack.
November 16, 2025 at 12:29 AM
I didn't even know Lenny Kravitz read Gary Judd's Substack.
Chilling with the MOJ staff and other juniors at the terminal after a week long inquest. The Coroner went into the regional lounge and made the big firm fancy lawyers come out and admit us all with their guest privileges. Total class.
November 14, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Chilling with the MOJ staff and other juniors at the terminal after a week long inquest. The Coroner went into the regional lounge and made the big firm fancy lawyers come out and admit us all with their guest privileges. Total class.
The same again, except one week and a second printing of Megarry’s first Legal Miscellany.
“My much less talented husband spent two weeks in the regions and all he brought back was a near-mint copy of Rishworth et al that he found in a secondhand book shop, and which he’s excited to take to his chambers.”
November 14, 2025 at 4:25 AM
The same again, except one week and a second printing of Megarry’s first Legal Miscellany.
Lol at the government's position description for the vacancy.
November 12, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Lol at the government's position description for the vacancy.
Pegasus Scholar.
November 12, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Pegasus Scholar.
When the Oravida person has the moral high ground it’s time to go.
November 11, 2025 at 7:34 AM
When the Oravida person has the moral high ground it’s time to go.
We did it! Well done, team!
November 10, 2025 at 7:54 AM
We did it! Well done, team!
If we need fight clubs at hospitals we’ll definitely circle back.
The outsourcing firm tells the Government it is uniquely positioned, and its services could be of great value
Prisons operator Serco eyes NZ's public health infrastructure needs
newsroom.co.nz
November 8, 2025 at 7:12 PM
If we need fight clubs at hospitals we’ll definitely circle back.
I would read the hell out of a piece where a Crown prosecutor sits down with the leads from an Agatha Christie country house murder and tries to cobble together enough admissible evidence to prosecute the case in court.
November 8, 2025 at 7:12 AM
I would read the hell out of a piece where a Crown prosecutor sits down with the leads from an Agatha Christie country house murder and tries to cobble together enough admissible evidence to prosecute the case in court.
Monty Python's constitutional peasants but for the Law Society President.
November 6, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Monty Python's constitutional peasants but for the Law Society President.
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I had to apply for permission to give evidence early in a trial because I was going on my honeymoon. He granted it (“Her honeymoon will be a seminal event in the life of Miss Franks”) but the defendant then fell over
November 6, 2025 at 2:24 AM
I had to apply for permission to give evidence early in a trial because I was going on my honeymoon. He granted it (“Her honeymoon will be a seminal event in the life of Miss Franks”) but the defendant then fell over
Brewer J to leave the High Court and go be the new Inspector-General of Defence. Such a loss to the High Court. His judgments light on footnotes, direct, assertive.
www.beehive.govt.nz/release/new-...
www.beehive.govt.nz/release/new-...
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November 5, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Brewer J to leave the High Court and go be the new Inspector-General of Defence. Such a loss to the High Court. His judgments light on footnotes, direct, assertive.
www.beehive.govt.nz/release/new-...
www.beehive.govt.nz/release/new-...
Judicial independence means the CJ can't ban you from posting judgments on Decisions of Public Interest.
November 4, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Judicial independence means the CJ can't ban you from posting judgments on Decisions of Public Interest.