The Criminal Bar Association is holding a commemoration get-together in memory of its colleague and friend, Roger Chambers, who died on 5 October. Paul Dacre KC will MC the event and those who knew ...

Members of the judiciary, the legal profession, local iwi and the wider community gathered well before 5am on Thursday 22 October at the new Papakura District Court for a dawn blessing, marking a ...

Solicitor-General Anna Adams KC has told The Law Association’s members at a luncheon that the Crown will approach legal questions through an “orthodox black letter” method, with the text Parliament ...

Members attending The Law Association’s Committee Conveners Thank You event on 29 October will get the chance to put on a virtual reality headset and walk across a Sydney skyscraper. Emma Hall the ...

The High Court has overturned a ban on puberty blockers for transgender adolescents, finding it was discriminatory and implemented with inadequate consultation. But the court rejecting claims the ban ...

Neil Sands The case against Scott Watson is “overwhelming”, even without an eyewitness identification that placed him with ...

Mahvash Ikram A senior lawyer barred from practising on her own account – but ran her firm anyway – has been censured, ...

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A lawyer who turned up to court drunk has been censured and barred from practising on her own, with a disciplinary tribunal also noting that she will undergo 12 months of alcohol counselling and face ...

Neil Sands A group involved in a high-profile dispute involving transgender rights and free speech has expressed frustration ...