Category Archives: News

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 →

Emeritus Professor in Environmental Law Ben Boer from the University of Sydney, the 2011 New Zealand Law Foundation’s Distinguished Visiting Fellow, has confirmed his public lecture series while he is in New Zealand. The dates and venues are: 11 April, … Continue reading →

Emeritus Professor in Environmental Law Ben Boer from the University of Sydney is the 2011 New Zealand Law Foundation’s Distinguished Visiting Fellow. Between 2006 and 2008, he was the international Co-Director of the IUCN (International Union for the Conservation of … Continue reading →

Two young lawyers, Rebecca Elvin and Matthew Windsor, have jointly won the Law Foundation’s Cleary Memorial Prize for 2010. The New Zealand Law Foundation presented the prizes at its fifth Annual Awards dinner in Wellington on 24 November. A former … Continue reading →

Professor Campbell McLachlan QC has received New Zealand’s premier legal research award, the 2010 NZ Law Foundation International Research Fellowship. The award was made at the Law Foundation’s Annual Awards Dinner on 24 November. Worth up to $125,000 annually, it … Continue reading →

At its recent board meeting the Law Foundation provided funding assistance to a variety of interesting projects. A study of the effectiveness of Youth Justice Family Group Conferences 21 years on has received a Law Foundation grant of $32,700. The … Continue reading →

Badly designed and poorly implemented regulation can cost the taxpayer billions, as evidenced by the leaky home issue. Good regulation can be expensive, but is often worth the investment. A $1.75 million research project led by Victoria University and funded … Continue reading →