Category Archives: News

The Law Foundation congratulates Joanna Mossop, Senior Lecturer in law at VUW, on becoming the joint winner of the 2016 JF Northey Memorial Book Award. Her book published in 2016, “The Continental Shelf Beyond 200 Nautical Miles – Rights and … Continue reading →

PROFESSOR STEPHEN SMITH is visiting New Zealand during August as the New Zealand Law Foundation’s 2017 Distinguished Visiting Fellow. While in New Zealand he will be hosted by the Faculty of Law at AUT and tour all law schools giving … Continue reading →

A major review of New Zealand’s environmental management system has been launched in anticipation of fundamental reform of the Resource Management Act. The Environmental Defence Society review launched today, New Zealand’s Resource Management Law: the Next Generation, is made possible … Continue reading →

The Foundation is New Zealand’s major funder of legal scholarships and achievement awards. The scholarships provide several different support options for advanced legal research, post-graduate legal study and human rights research. The awards recognise current or potential achievement for lawyers … Continue reading →

The Law Foundation-funded discussion paper authored by Zoe Lawton, “One Court, One Judge: An Integrated Court System for New Zealand Families Affected by Violence” was released today. In her research, Zoe has explored the possibility of redesigning of the District, … Continue reading →

Changes including establishing a Personal Injury Commissioner are needed to help the hundreds of thousands of injured New Zealanders whose claims are declined each year by ACC, important new research has found.   The Law Foundation-backed research, published today, also … Continue reading →

The Animal Law Conference, run by the New Zealand Animal Law Association (NZALA), will be the first of its kind in New Zealand on the topic of animal law. The conference, supported by the Law Foundation, will provide a unique … Continue reading →

Johanna McDavitt is the 2017 winner of the New Zealand Law Foundation Ethel Benjamin Scholarship, an award that supports postgraduate research in law that will protect and promote the legal interests of the New Zealand public. Johanna studied at Victoria … Continue reading →

Forensic brainwave analysis – or ‘brain fingerprinting’ – could add a revolutionary new dimension to criminal investigations in New Zealand, a NZ Law Foundation-backed research project led by the University of Canterbury has found. Brain fingerprinting measures involuntary brainwave responses … Continue reading →

Professor Alan Page, one of Scotland’s leading constitutional lawyers at the University of Dundee, is visiting New Zealand this month. He is one of many international speakers the Law Foundation is supporting this year.   While in New Zealand Professor … Continue reading →