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*2019 Common Ground Nation Building Governance CANZUS Symposium*

Posted on 10/11/2019 by siteAdmin

~~~~10-16 NOV 2019, WAIKATO/TAUPO/BAY OF PLENTY REGIONS Te Mata Hautu Taketake Maori – Maori & Indigenous Governance Centre (MIGC) will host the Symposium being run from Waikato. It’s anticipated that fifty international delegates from representative Indigenous Governance Institutions will take … Continue reading →

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***2019 NZLF Ethel Benjamin Commemorative Address, by Solicitor-General Una Jagose QC

Posted on 24/10/2019 by siteAdmin

~~~~24 OCTOBER, 2019 New Zealand’s Solicitor-General Una Jagose QC will present the annual New Zealand Law Foundation Ethel Benjamin Commemorative Address in Dunedin on 24 October. Ethel Benjamin’s 1897 graduation speech was titled “The heart must be developed as well … Continue reading →

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*New technology aids access to justice – Oct LawTalk column by Law Foundation Director Lynda Hagen

Posted on 07/10/2019 by siteAdmin

In recent years, the Foundation has filled a rapidly-growing law and policy gap by backing research into the legal and public policy impacts of emerging new technologies through its Information Law and Policy Project (ILAPP) fund. It’s therefore fitting that … Continue reading →

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***Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd – NZ Law Foundation 2019 Distinguished Visiting Fellow

Posted on 02/10/2019 by siteAdmin

~~~~11 SEPT – 2 OCT, UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO (host) Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd is visiting New Zealand from 9 Sept to 12 Oct 2019 as the New Zealand Law Foundation’s 2019 Distinguished visiting Fellow and will give public lectures on … Continue reading →

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*Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd – NZ Law Foundation 2019 Distinguished Visiting Fellow

Posted on 30/09/2019 by siteAdmin

Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd is visiting New Zealand from 9 Sept to 12 Oct 2019 as the New Zealand Law Foundation’s 2019 Distinguished visiting Fellow and will give public lectures on the effect of the digital revolution on law. Lord … Continue reading →

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*”Default” union enrolment widely supported – Sept LawTalk column by Law Foundation Director Lynda Hagen

Posted on 29/09/2019 by siteAdmin

A Law Foundation-backed research project has found that nearly two-thirds of New Zealanders support automatic trade union enrolment for new job starters, provided they also have the right to opt out afterwards. What’s more, support for a “union default” policy … Continue reading →

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***Mental Capacity Law Conferences – in 7 NZ centres in Sept 2019

Posted on 19/09/2019 by siteAdmin

~~~~2-19 SEPT Mental Capacity Law Conferences will be held in seven New Zealand Centres during September 2019. The conferences will be of interest to lawyers, health professionals and others working with people who may lack capacity to make certain decisions. … Continue reading →

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***2019 Shirley Smith Address by Professor Vanessa Munro – “Judging Juries: The ‘Common Sense’ Conundrums of Prosecuting Violence Against Women”

Posted on 29/08/2019 by siteAdmin

~~~~29 AUG 2019, GRAND HALL PARLIAMENT, WELLINGTON The Law Foundation is pleased that Professor Vanessa Munro, an international expert of rape law reform from the University of Warwick (UK), will be delivering the 2019 Shirley Smith Address. The address entitled … Continue reading →

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***Workshops – options for reforming trial process in acquaintance rape cases

Posted on 27/08/2019 by siteAdmin

~~~~28 AUG 2019, AUCKLAND ~~~~30 AUG 2019, WELLINGTON Professor Elisabeth McDonald and Paulette Benton-Greig will present findings and reform proposals from their research into rape cases – adult acquaintance cases and comparator cases from Specialist Sexual Violence Court Pilot. Workshop … Continue reading →

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*Animal welfare watchdog needed – Aug LawTalk column by Law Foundation Director Lynda Hagen

Posted on 19/08/2019 by siteAdmin

A Law Foundation-backed report is helping drive a push for more effective enforcement of animal welfare law. The report, Animal Welfare in New Zealand: Oversight, Compliance and Enforcement, gained considerable publicity when released at the end of May around its … Continue reading →

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