Issue 498 | 12 April 2021
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Did you know that our LexisNexis training webinars are complementary and most are
CPD compliant?
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Monday, 12th of April at 12pm
Have a look under the hood of Lexis Advance to get a better understanding of how CaseBase and LexCite work as our caselaw and legislation citators. Understand the sources from which they draw their information and how they can be used to aid your legal research and save you time.
Duration: 60 min
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Tuesday, 13th of April at 4pm
This session shows you how to browse and search your digital versions of your key LexisNexis publications. We show you how to quickly find, highlight and annotate content for effective offline use of publications when you are out of the office, offline or for deep reading in a user-friendly format.
Duration: 60 min
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Wednesday, 14th of April at 12pm
Regularly updated and available in its entirety on Lexis Advance and Lexis Red, The Laws of New Zealand is an encyclopaedic work providing a reliable statement of the whole of the law of New Zealand—statutory, regulatory and judicial, including extensive cross-referencing to Halsbury's Laws of England and Halsbury's® Laws of Australia. Authors of this prestigious work include Judges, academics and senior members of the profession. Learn how to use key words and browse features when accessing it on either Lexis Advance or Lexis Red to improve your research efficiency, collate your research results and save time.
Duration: 60 min
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Tuesday, 20th of April at 3pm
Lexis Draft is a legal drafting solution. It is a Microsoft Word and Microsoft Outlook add-in ribbon that helps you draft faster and more efficiently. Lexis Draft contains legal editorial review, research and analytical tools for accurate, consistent and efficient drafting. It checks for inconsistencies in documents, flags areas that need your attention and links directly to your LexisNexis services without leaving Word – saving you time.
Duration: 60 min
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Thursday, 22nd of April at 4pm
Regularly updated and available in its entirety on Lexis Advance and Lexis Red, The Laws of New Zealand is an encyclopaedic work providing a reliable statement of the whole of the law of New Zealand—statutory, regulatory and judicial, including extensive cross-referencing to Halsbury's Laws of England and Halsbury's Laws of Australia. Authors of this prestigious work include Judges, academics and senior members of the profession. Learn how to use key words and browse features when accessing it on either Lexis Advance or Lexis Red to improve your research efficiency, collate your research results and save time.
Duration: 60 min
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Tuesday, 27th of April at 4pm
Become more skilled and efficient in your research. Join this session to examine methods of conducting searches on Advance, from understanding the algorithm that runs behind the scenes, to applying advanced filters to generate effective results. Learn to set up alerts and folders, share documents, and customise your publications pod and favourites to ensure that the platform is working efficiently for your research needs.
Duration: 60 min
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LexisNexis ONDEMAND webinars are delivered by subject experts and accompanied by a short comprehension quiz. Our latest ONDEMAND webinars are as follows:
Guidance on the principles and practical issues associated with workplace disciplinary processes
and investigations.
Duration: 60 min
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The webinar looks at the recurring issues of fairness and reward that are commonly encountered during inheritance disputes and provides legal advisors, arbitrators and mediators with tools to advise and manage these when drafting or advising clients on wills, estates and succession.
Duration: 60 min
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This webinar examines the ongoing challenges of knowing your customer and practicalities of ensuring appropriate customer due diligence in an increasingly digital world in order to meet AML/CFT requirements.
Duration: 60 min
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Applying for a court order to administer a deceased estate when a person dies without a will is often complicated. This webinar appraises the requirements for an application of intestacy, the selection of appropriate evidence in support of the application and the recognition of factors that affect entitlement.
Duration: 60 min
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The application process for Letters of Administration with the will annexed differs from probate applications and knowing what matters need to be considered and addressed and supported by evidence, or indeed omitted, when making an application, is not always clear. This webinar provides guidance on recognising the key requirements for the preparation of a valid will and the requirements for making an improperly executed will declared valid.
Duration: 60 min
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Becroft and Hall’s Transport Law
Service 205 is now available online.
Commentary regarding the Land Transport Act 1998, Sentencing Principles and Practice, and Traffic Court Practice and Procedure have been updated.
Hall’s Sentencing
Service 177 is now available online.
Commentary has been updated to Introduction: Principles of Sentencing, Sentencing Act 2002, Parole Act 2002, Habeas Corpus Act 2001, and Appendix VII – Traffic Offences.
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Practical Guidance: Family
Latest legal updates
Number of self-represented litigants in family law system increasing
Court of Appeal allowed three Ethiopian children be adopted by New Zealand aunt
Parental alienation syndrome remains embedded in Family Court process
Timing of valuation of family home is significant for divorcing couples in booming property market
Previous District Court directive that judges, not registrars, are required to hear family violence bail applications quashed as "unlawful"
Child Support Bill passes third reading in Parliament
Judge dismisses father’s objections to vaccinating his 4-year-old daughter
NZLS submission on Bill allowing children’s participation in Family Court disputes
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The following precedent titles have been updated: Leasing of Chattels, Partnership and Joint Ventures, Guarantees and Indemnities, and Mortgages. The Trusts title has had extra precedents added.
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Hinde, McMorland and Sim Land Law
Service 81 – March 2021 is now available online.
This service includes updates to Chapter 6 The Extent of the Landholder’s Rights, Chapter 9 Title by Registration, Chapter 13 Concurrent Interests in Land, as well as substantial revision of Chapter 12 Residential Tenancies and Dwellinghouses covering the “phase 2” amendments made by the Residential Tenancies Amendment Act 2020. The service also includes legislative updates to the Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017, Residential Tenancies Act 1986 and Property Law Act 2007.
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New Zealand Conveyancing and Property Reports
Part 7 of Volume 21 is now available online.
Moeke v Raukawa Iwi Development Ltd — (2019) 21 NZCPR 493
Land transfer — Fraud — Tortious conspiracy — Conspiracy to injure by unlawful means — Land transfer fraud as unlawful means — Summary judgment for liability — Difficulty in establishing loss — Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017, s 43 — High Court Rules 2016, rr 12.2 and 12.3 — Land Transfer Act 2017, ss 6, 51 and 52.
AAL Holdings Ltd v Dai — (2020) 21 NZCPR 506
Interests in land — Cross lease — Declaration — Declaration in inherent jurisdiction — Whether there was dispute — Privity of estate — Cross lease containing agreement to lease — Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017, ss 12 and 17 — Declaratory Judgments Act 1908, ss 2 and 3 — High Court Rules 2016, r 12.2 — Property law Act 2007, ss 4, 231, 232, 233, 303, 339, 342 and 343.
Infinity Enterprises NZ Ltd v Kinara Trustee Ltd — (2020) 21 NZCPR 528
Easements — Easements by implied grant — No continuous use or necessity of right of way — Land transfer fraud — In personam exception — Knowledge — Estoppel — Estoppel by silence — Constructive knowledge — No duty to speak out — Land Transfer Act 1952, ss 62, 90E and 182 — Local Government Act 1974, s 309 — Local Government Amendment Act 1978, s 2.
Official Assignee of Samoa v Tapusoa — (2020) 21 NZCPR 559
Joint family homes — Cancellation of joint family home registration — Property where neither husband nor wife resided — Wife deceased — Husband living overseas — Joint Family Homes Act 1964, ss 9, 10 and 16.
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Environmental and Resource Management Law online
Service 52 – March 2021 is now available online.
This service includes updates to Chapter 1 — Environmental Law — Sources, legislation, and governance, Chapter 2 — Resource Management Act 1991 — Purpose and national direction, Chapter 3 — Resource Management Act 1991 — Regional and District policy and plans, Chapter 11 — Hazardous substances, and contaminated land, Chapter 12 — New organisms and biosecurity, Chapter 15 — Heritage, and Chapter 16 — Landscape and visual.
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District Courts Practice (Civil)
Service 182 – March 2021 is now available online.
This service includes updates to the District Court Rules commentary in Part 7 — Case Management, Part 9 — Evidence, Part 14 — Costs, Part 18 — Appeals to District Court.
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Sarah Parsons
RRP*incl GST: $160.00
ISBN: 9781988546254
Publication date: December 2020
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Bill Patterson
RRP*incl GST: $200.00 $180.00 (pre-order price)
ISBN: 9781988546506 (book)
ISBN: 9781988546513 (ebook)
Publication date: May 2021
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Sarah Parsons
RRP*incl GST: $160.00
ISBN: 9781988546278
Publication date: December 2020
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Commercial Law in New Zealand
Service 70 is now available online.
This Service includes updates to Part 3: Fair Trading, Part 4: Specific Contracts, Part 5: Competition Law, Part 6: Insolvency, Part 7: Dispute Resolution, and Part 8: Secured Transactions and Hire Purchase.
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Intellectual Property in New Zealand
Service 92 is now available online.
This Service includes updates to the following commentary:
The Patents Act 2013: History and an overview, Part 1 – Preliminary, Part 2 Patentable inventions and patent rights, Part 3 Process for obtaining grant of patent and other matters, Part 5 – Administrative and miscellaneous provisions.
The Trade Marks Act 2002: Part 1 Preliminary, Part 2 Registrability of trade marks, Part 3 Process for obtaining registration trade mark and other matters has been updated.
The Copyright Act 1994: Part 1 Description, ownership, and duration of copyright, Part 2 Infringement of copyright, Part 3 Acts Permitted in relation to copyright works, Part 11 Miscellaneous provisions.
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Paul Roth & Blair Stewart
RRP*incl GST: $200.00
ISBN: 9781988546469
Publication date: December 2020
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Ursula Cheer
RRP*incl GST: $200.00
ISBN: 9781988546117 (book)
ISBN: 9781988546124 (ebook)
Publication date: February 2021
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Ross Carter
RRP*incl GST: $180.00 $162.00 (pre-order price)
ISBN: 9780947514983 (book)
ISBN: 9780947514990 (ebook)
Publication date: May 2021
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Disclaimer: This service is intended to provide a summary of information recently made available on the LexisNexis online legal platform. The contents of Summing Up do not purport to be professional advice on any particular matter. The publishers therefore accept no liability for any claim or other action that may arise from the use of the information provided in this publication.
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