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Law Foundation brings leading UK Academic to NZ to discuss miscarriages of justice

A former Chairman of the world’s first independent body established to review miscarriages of justice will deliver public lectures at New Zealand law schools in August. Professor Graham Zellick will be the New Zealand Law Foundation’s Distinguished Visiting Fellow for … Continue reading

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Auckland women win prestigious Law Foundation Ethel Benjamin Scholarship

Auckland women win prestigious Law Foundation Ethel Benjamin Scholarship The winners of this year’s New Zealand Law Foundation Ethel Benjamin Scholarship were announced at the annual New Zealand Law Foundation Ethel Benjamin Commemorative Address held in Dunedin on 7 May. … Continue reading

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Child Witnesses face more injustice in criminal courts

Children becoming distressed under examination, language barriers and excessive delays are some of the issues raised in a Law Foundation-funded report about child witnesses being launched today. Child witnesses in the New Zealand criminal courts: a review of practice and … Continue reading

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Lady Hale to deliver Ethel Benjamin address

Lady Hale of Richmond, justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, will deliver this year’s New Zealand Law Foundation Ethel Benjamin Commemorative Address. This 14th annual address in the series will be given at the Dunedin Art Gallery … Continue reading

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