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Chris Bishop, attorney-general, has announced and Helen Winkelmann, New Zealand’s chief justice, has welcomed the appoin...
08/09/2026

Chris Bishop, attorney-general, has announced and Helen Winkelmann, New Zealand’s chief justice, has welcomed the appointment of Sarah Elizabeth Wroe, an Auckland-based barrister, as an associate judge of the New Zealand High Court in Auckland as of 14 September 2026.

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She became appeals commissioner for New Zealand Olympic Committee last year

The Ngāti Ruapani mai Waikaremoana Claims Settlement Bill has passed its final reading in Parliament, resolving historic...
08/09/2026

The Ngāti Ruapani mai Waikaremoana Claims Settlement Bill has passed its final reading in Parliament, resolving historic claims between the Crown and Ngāti Ruapani mai Waikaremoana.

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It resolves historic claims regarding Crown actions in the Waikaremoana district, minister says

Arran Hunt from Lane Neave discusses his career transition from designing computer systems to fulfilling his childhood d...
07/09/2026

Arran Hunt from Lane Neave discusses his career transition from designing computer systems to fulfilling his childhood dream of working in law. He shares insights into his legal practice, immigration work, and advocacy for special needs children.

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The Lane Neave partner especially enjoys helping special needs children

The New Zealand Employment Court struck out a challenge brought by a woman adjudicated bankrupt on 12 February 2026 for ...
07/09/2026

The New Zealand Employment Court struck out a challenge brought by a woman adjudicated bankrupt on 12 February 2026 for lack of standing, as well as denied her interlocutory applications for a stay and interim non-publication.

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Chief judge also denies requests for stay and interim non-publication

The New Zealand Supreme Court has dismissed an application to recall a 4 June 2026 judgment in which its majority partly...
04/09/2026

The New Zealand Supreme Court has dismissed an application to recall a 4 June 2026 judgment in which its majority partly allowed the appeal of the Whangarei District Council upon finding no exceptional circumstances to do so.

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Ruling sees no exceptional circumstances warranting a recall

Paul Goldsmith, justice minister, has appointed eight inaugural members of the Fi****ms Licensing Review Committee, laun...
04/09/2026

Paul Goldsmith, justice minister, has appointed eight inaugural members of the Fi****ms Licensing Review Committee, launched under the Arms Act 2026, for initial 18-month terms beginning on 31 August 2026.

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Committee’s inaugural members include Wellington-based lawyers Gordon Davis, Digby Livingston

Twenty-two positions will be removed from the Centre for Family Violence and Sexual Violence Prevention per the governme...
03/09/2026

Twenty-two positions will be removed from the Centre for Family Violence and Sexual Violence Prevention per the government’s final calls on proposed reforms.

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The restructuring will “sharpen the Centre’s focus”, justice secretary Andrew Kibblewhite says

Auckland District Court judge David Clark has ordered ex-Stripe Studios managing director and television producer Alex B...
03/09/2026

Auckland District Court judge David Clark has ordered ex-Stripe Studios managing director and television producer Alex Breingan to return to New Zealand immediately to be tried on 33 fraud and forgery charges, reported the NZ Herald.

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Auckland judge David Clark decided the risk was too high that Breingan would not come back willingly

A new Act. Old duties. Same blind spot.The Incorporated Societies Act 2022 rewrote the rulebook for tens of thousands of...
03/09/2026

A new Act. Old duties. Same blind spot.

The Incorporated Societies Act 2022 rewrote the rulebook for tens of thousands of NZ organisations, yet charities law experts Susan Barker and Steven Moe say the real gap isn't the legislation — it's that fiduciary duties like good faith and proper purpose have been sitting unenforced for years.

Barker and Moe have just revised Incorporated Societies and Other Associations, a LexisNexis New Zealand title within The Laws of New Zealand, unpacking what the new framework means in practice, and were both interviewed in the NZ Lawyer, when they discussed developments affecting that area of law - from governance culture to where AI does (and doesn't) belong in advising the sector.

Available now at LexisNexis New Zealand. Full interview + free preview here: https://hubs.la/Q04tYZc10

Guide's authors ask how far regulation should go before it crowds out what works

In an applicant’s proceeding to set aside a statutory demand arising from a District Court judgment in the respondent’s ...
02/09/2026

In an applicant’s proceeding to set aside a statutory demand arising from a District Court judgment in the respondent’s favour, the High Court refused a request by the applicant’s counsel to recall its judgment awarding scale costs personally against him.

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Judge rejects counsel’s argument that issue estoppel barred costs order

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