Author Archives: Lynda Hagen

A new award is now available to help human rights advocates report on New Zealand’s compliance with its international treaty obligations. The New Zealand Law Foundation Shadow Report Award worth up to $10,000 will be available each year to a … Continue reading →

At the launch of the first publication from the Law Foundation’s flagship research project, the Hon John Banks, Minister of Regulatory Reform acknowledged in his speech the foresight of the Foundation in making this project possible. The Regulatory Reform Project … Continue reading →

The second edition of the highly successful New Zealand Law Style Guide is out now and accessible from this site. The first edition, funded by the Law Foundation, and published in 2009, has quickly become the standard for the citation … Continue reading →

Thank you for your donation! Our online donation site has now closed but donations are still being accepted. If you wish to make a donation, please deposit it directly to: LawCan Fund, ASB Bank A/c No. 12-3140-0120163-00 Please follow this … Continue reading →

ANDREW ASHWORTH is visiting New Zealand in February and March 2012 as the New Zealand Law Foundation’s 2012 Distinguished Visiting Fellow. His visit is being hosted by the Faculty of Law at the University of Canterbury. Professor Ashworth is Vinerian … Continue reading →

Applications for our newest Human Rights award, the Shadow Report Award, close on 1 August. The International Research Fellowship applications close on 1 September and the Cleary Prize applications/nominations close on 30th September. Applications for the Doctoral Scholarship close on … Continue reading →

The Law Foundation has launched a special fund – LawCan – so lawyers and law firms around the country can support Christchurch people with urgent and ongoing legal needs following the devastating earthquake.

In 1877, in the case of Wi Parata v Bishop of Wellington, the justices of the New Zealand Supreme Court infamously dismissed the Treaty of Waitangi as ‘a simple nullity’. Castigated by judges, lawyers and commentators in recent years, the … Continue reading →

The effectiveness of New Zealand’s oceans governance regime will come under close scrutiny in a project being undertaken by a University of Canterbury environmental law specialist. Karen Scott, from the University’s School of Law, has been awarded $50,000 by the … Continue reading →

Due to the increasing concern that cases take too long to progress through the court system and that litigants are becoming increasingly frustrated with these delays, researchers at the Otago University Law Faculty conducted a preliminary investigation on the speed … Continue reading →