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*Two Law Foundation funded projects profiled in LawTalk cover important Environmental Issues – Review of the RMA – Gene Drive Study

Posted on 24/09/2018 by siteAdmin

Every month Lynda Hagen, our Law Foundation Director, writes a column for the NZ Law Society’s monthly LawTalk magazine, providing insight into the projects we fund. Our September column covers: Environmental Defence Society’s review of NZ’s Resource Management System At … Continue reading →

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*Third Working Paper released from EDS’s Resource Management Reform Project

Posted on 21/09/2018 by siteAdmin

This Law Foundation-funded project is taking a first principles look at how New Zealand’s resource management system operates and will provide an evidence-based perspective on how it could be improved for the coming decades. The third and final working paper … Continue reading →

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*Shaunnagh Dorsett’s book “Juridical Encounters – Maori and the Colonial Courts 1840-1852” a joint winner of 2018 Ian Wards Prize

Posted on 20/09/2018 by siteAdmin

The Law Foundation congratulates Shaunnagh Dorsett, Professor of Law at University of Technology Sydney, on becoming a joint winner of the 2018 Ian Wards Prize. Shaunnagh’s book “Juridical Encounters: Maori and the Colonial Courts 1840-1852” presents one of the first … Continue reading →

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*Research shows female lawyers greatly under-represented in New Zealand’s highest courts

Posted on 02/09/2018 by siteAdmin

Research carried out by the New Zealand Bar Association, and funded by the Law Foundation, has shown that female lawyers are greatly under-represented in appearances before the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court. In spite of there being an equal … Continue reading →

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Conference – New Horizons for Torrens – Current Reforms, Emerging Issues

Posted on 30/08/2018 by siteAdmin

~~~~29-31 AUG 2018, UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND This is a major international conference on the new Land Transfer Act 2017 (NZ) that will apply from later in 2018. The Act substantially reforms New Zealand’s Torrens system of land registration – a … Continue reading →

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*Conference to mark the retirement of the Chief Justice – save the date

Posted on 30/08/2018 by siteAdmin

The retirement of the Chief Justice in 2019 will be marked with a conference in Auckland. Save the date for 31 Jan, 1 Feb 2019 when distinguished international and NZ speakers will explore tradition and direction in the law. The … Continue reading →

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AMINZ Conference 2018

Posted on 29/08/2018 by siteAdmin

~~~~30 AUG-1 SEPT 2018 – TE PAPA, WELLINGTON The 2018 Arbitrators’ and Mediators’ Institute of New Zealand (AMINZ) annual conference is being held in Wellington from 30 Aug to 1 Sept 2018. The Law Foundation is providing funding to bring … Continue reading →

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NZLF 2018 Distinguished Visiting Fellow Professor Tim McCormack gives Public Lecture at University of Otago

Posted on 07/08/2018 by siteAdmin

~~~~7 AUG 2018, UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO – FACULTY OF LAW PROFESSOR TIM MCCORMACK is visiting New Zealand during July/August as the New Zealand Law Foundation’s 2018 Distinguished Visiting Fellow. While in New Zealand he will be hosted by the Faculty … Continue reading →

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*Top Wellington team wins NZ Law Foundation National Young Lawyers’ Mooting Competition against a strong Hamilton team

Posted on 02/08/2018 by siteAdmin

The final of the New Zealand Law Foundation National Young Lawyers’ Mooting Competition 2018 was held on Wednesday night in the Old High Court, Wellington before a bench of William Young, Glazebrook and O’Regan JJ. In a tightly-contested moot, Matthew … Continue reading →

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NZLF 2018 Distinguished Visiting Fellow Professor Tim McCormack gives Public Lecture at University of Canterbury

Posted on 02/08/2018 by siteAdmin

~~~~2 AUG 2018, UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY – FACULTY OF LAW (HOST) PROFESSOR TIM MCCORMACK is visiting New Zealand during July/August as the New Zealand Law Foundation’s 2018 Distinguished Visiting Fellow. While in New Zealand he will be hosted by the … Continue reading →

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