In a considered judgment spanning 44 pages, Justice Mander yesterday sentenced the Mosque terrorist to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for murdering 51 people, concurrent sentences of 12 years on each of the charges of attempted murder and life imprisonment for committing a terrorist act ([2020] NZHC 2192).

The COVID-19 pandemic is creating once-in-a-lifetime challenges and change. For lawyers, creating a new work from home routine and establishing boundaries has been the critical first step in establishing a new normal. In this series, we talk to lawyers from different areas of the industry about how their firms adapted to the different stages of this global pandemic.

The COVID-19 pandemic is creating once-in-a-lifetime challenges and change. For lawyers, creating a new work from home routine and establishing boundaries has been the critical first step in establishing a new normal. In this series, we talk to lawyers from different sectors of the industry about how they’ve adapted during the early weeks of this global pandemic.

A visual guide that plots out the increased powers of the Privacy Commissioner, new obligations and the fines associated with them.

It is hard to aspire to be something that you cannot see. With such low rates of representation, pursuing a legal profession is not something many young Māori students could picture themselves aspiring to be.

The US Department of Justice has pressed the button on its landmark antitrust lawsuit against the search giant.

The first shipment of the Pfizer vaccine is due to reach New Zealand by April and will be available to border staff and essential health workers in the first instance.

Wrongful convictions and miscarriages of justice

Justice Joseph Williams, in his seminal paper, “Lex Aotearoa: An Heroic Attempt to Map the Māori Dimension in Modern New Zealand Law”, describes New Zealand law in a third stage of evolution.

Legal Analytics helps law firms understand the idiosyncrasies of legal data to make better decisions and get clearer answers. Greg Dickason, Managing Director – LexisNexis Pacific talks about global adoption of analytics and how law firms in the Pacific could use Analytics to drive efficiencies.

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