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21 July 2008
Indemnity arrangements for law practices
Property Law Conference a winner
Advice available when alarm bells ring
New law and mental health kit launched
Access to legislation vital to healthy democracy
Enacted Criminal Procedure Bill a little better
Fifth Dobbie's Probate launched
Invalid arrests of children and young people
Plan to enhance Auckland court services
Otago law student prizewinners
Input into LAC Guidelines sought
Good support for Marion Thomson trust
Expert panel should probe regulation enhancement
Civil Litigation & Tribunals Committee
Lawyers and educators working together
Victim can sue Corrections, Supreme Court rules
NZ Law Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal
Bill aims to help police tackle organised crime
Don't abolish SFO law professor says
Complying with credit contract law
Lawyer co-authors story of a great injustice
Restoration application withdrawn
Trans-Tasman securities offerings
Lawyers can plead for human rights
30 June 2008
Duncan Webb's "fascinating" new role
Legal Complaints Review Officer functions
Justice Goddard to give Ethel Benjamin address
E-litigation "the way of the future"
Focus on initiatives to eradicate child exploitation
How to fund legal claims by investors
Environment Court roster July to December 2008
NZLS welcomes 'P' trials in District Courts
Former lawyer lands role as lawyer
Invercargill court model unveiled
Inquiry into trial process recommended
A new costs regime in the Court of Appeal
Book review - New Zealand Family Law in the 21st Century
Top law student competitors found
IBA conference covers all areas of practice
16 June 2008
August start for new LCA regime
Property lawyers owe huge debt of gratitude to Land Titles Committee
Trust to honour Marion Thomson
District law society presidents
Two authors win J F Northey prize
Cleary prize nominations/applications open
ACC reviews, reviewers and the review process
New disciplinary tribunal members
PLS help for Blue Chip investors
Top deals, dealmakers recognised
Different, more difficult advocacy
Two types of inquiry recommended
Budget provision to 'strengthen justice system'
Commercial & Business Law Committee
Advanced Lawyer for the Child education
New law will attract international investors
US-NZ double tax tready update
Practical advice to feature at CLE intensive
End the death penalty worldwide, IBA says
Criminal prosecutions against finance houses
Pacific human rights charter desirable
2 June 2008
Legal aid rates up but not enough
NSW expertise provides invaluable help with LCA implementation
Ethel Benjamin winner to study at Yale
Bar Association celebrating 20 years
New community law service for the disabled
Do you provide immigration advice?
Learning about ADD/ADHD, Asperger's, autism
Insurance Prudential Supervision consultation
NZ constitution under spotlight
Punitiveness an extraordinary waste of public money
CLANZ delivers another phenomenal conference
Law in a rapidly changing world
Court waiting times under spotlight
Four law students receive Freemasons' scholarships
NZLS very concerned at Fiji's rule of law breaches
19 May 2008
Keep your Digital Certificate secure
Kiwis well represented in Australasian Law Awards
Wild card' slashes mistaken identifications
Genetic diagnosis parameters wider than planned
Third Cyberlaw Fellow will focus on privacy
Cartwright Report lessons under microscope
Lawyers have role in enhancing Family Court
Anti-money laundering : regulation applying to lawyers: 'coming attractions'
New anti-counterfeiting trade move welcomed
Bill aims to modernise apartment laws
Rules Committee consultation on proposed access to Court records rules
Fulbright seeks award applications
NZ has comparatively tough sentencing
Child Labour in New Zealand: a job for the nanny state?
Wills and insolvency - High Court Rules changes
Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers
NZ Bar Association's first international conference
5 May 2008
Major project to simplify criminal procedure
Search and surveillance law reform
Minister suggests liquor law working group
Territorial "employer of the year"
New history relevant to Waitangi lawyers
LCA Update - Lawyers Standards Committees
LCA Update - LCA training in hand
LCA Update - New rules seminars
Good results for NZ teams overseas
Accident Compensation Committee
Women's Consultative Committee
Multilateral IP agreement includes NZ
Pool fencing law to be reviewed
Unrealistic expectations lead to complaints, lay observers say
Chief Justice addresses alumni dinner
Lawyers shine in Oxfam trailwalk
Legal aid for victims and other support
E-discovery can slash costs to clients
Personal advocacy for the disabled
Regulating key services not subject to competition
Huge demand for RJ Conferences
One portal for public consultations
Free advice for Blue Chip investors
Changes for financial advisers bill
21 April 2008
LCA Update - New disciplinary tribunal vacancies
Property lawyers- looking to the future
Legal executives' earnings rise
LCA Update - Financial Assurance Scheme changes
Close Guantanamo, say law societies
No consensus on Easter trading
New R&D tax credit takes effect
Students practice sentencing skills
Videoconference learning grabs attention
Legal costs too high, say clients
Victoria third equal in Vis Moot
Marking 125 years of teaching law
Book review : Free and Frank - Making the Official Information Act 1982 work better
Organised crime agency to be launched 1 July
Outstanding penal reform speakers
Looking at current crime issues
NZ's new investment adviser regulations questioned
Change may scare foreign investors
7 April 2008
LCA Update - Free seminars on new rules
Charities' tax deadline approaches
CDLS president appointed HC judge
More data security now required
Lawyers could bring major benefit to real estate clients
New rules for immigration advisers
LCA Update - LCA implementation plans
Incentives for infrastructure innovation
Practice Note - Criminal Law - Preliminary Hearings, Youth Court
New law needed for franchise sector
A testing transfer - qualifying as a solicitor in England and Wales
Quotable Value website changes
Companies seek more creative funding strategies
Anderson Lloyd powers down for Earth Hour
Initiatives to cut re-offending
Book review - The Art of Argument - a guide to mooting
17 March 2008
Frequent rates reviews "vital" to legal aid
CLANZ conference offering a "makeover"
Investment disclosure rules now in force
NZ Law Practitioners Discilpinary Tribunal
Civil Litigation & Tribunals Committee
Minister welcomes privacy law report
NZLS submissions on trustee law
Judicial registrars promoted for Family Court
Family law book a real treasure
Prison contraband under spotlight
New insurance law being drafted
Confidentiality of employment mediation
Lawyer joins fundraising "marrowthon"
Financial advisers legislation introduced
New graffiti crime bill open for input
Bill will change competition regulation
Victim Support calls for "parallel justice"
Bill to fast-forward police into 21st century
Commission congratulates issuers
3 March 2008
Planning under way for national law library service
Incorporated law firm regulations
Justice Advisory Board to be set up
IBA visit to Fiji stopped in tracks
Mandatory e-filing with Companies Office
New disciplinary tribunal appointments
Minor changes to habeas corpus proposed
Accident Compensation Committee
When delegation goes wrong - and how to get it right
Spirited bidding for Lady Justice
MMP has delivered stronger Parliament
Summer clerks help leukaemia patients and families
"Very valuable book" on evidence regime
Students to take on world's best
International economic law draws attention
Views sought on emissions trading law
18 February 2008
IRD's liability to pay GST refunds
QC says NZ needs specialist trust bar
Six stunning decades in the law
Probing law to increase organ donation
4 February 2008
Entire criminal justice system needs examining
KiwiSaver - legislative changes
Stories from 2007
Leadership and management - essential competencies for the profession
Sentencing should use s27 more
Solicitors' undertakings - a salutary confirmation from the Court of Appeal
Taking fees by deduction - Heslop v Cousins
Equitable briefing practices - women barristers and the glass ceiling
Practice note on police questioning
Incorporating has advantages, CLE book says
Legal aid remuneration concerns MPs
Advancing the law and order debate
Change law to ban sex surgery on infants, professor says
Mixed reaction to innocence project
Legal aid rates - trenchant NZLS criticism
NZLS disagrees with court fee conclusion
New centre aims at improving legal system
New NZLS president, John Marshall, chose law as a way of helping people
The Privacy Act v solicitor's lien
Electronic banking for settlement payments: what's on offer?
Stories from 2006
Casebooks and the Court of Appeal, Criminal Division
Employees and 'subsequent contracting'
Reverse mortgages - reviewing the loan documents
Reverse mortgages code proposed
Rule of law the best response to terrorism
IBA rule of law initiative must be lasting
NZLII - the free online search resource
Money laundering and terrorist financing - where to from here for the legal profession?
Notice of legal aid to other parties and court: liability for non-compliance
Police powers to search legal offices
Copyright compliance not always patently obvious
Costs in favour of legally-aided parties
CA considers LARP's jurisdiction
Trade Marks: Madrid on its way to NZ
Is it time to lay the billable hour to rest?
Age discrimination and bank lending - eight years on
Walking the tightrope - good coaches provide a safety net
Morality and law essential in international relations
Legal aid for specialist reports
Lawyers and personal information requests
Avoiding the time limit on legal aid amendments
Limits on confidentiality when faced with client dishonesty (Ethics Committee ruling)
NZLS makes case for legal aid rates increase
Stories from 2005
Retention of legal records guidelines
Justice and peace could walk hand in hand
Electronic Banking: risks - old and new
Katrina swept in with vital lessons for lawyers
Legal aid for victims' claims proceedings
Legal aid rates breach fairness and equity - NZLS
Proposed anti-money laundering law changes will affect solicitors
Double jeopardy changes likely, despite strong opposition
Survey bears out legal aid concern
Heading towards definition: the law of privacy in NZ
Fraudulent instruments and the lawyer
Offenders and victims benefit from restorative justice, evaluation shows
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