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Online Dispute Resolution Seminar

This fast moving area has the potential to change almost all aspects of our justice system. This seminar examines ODR in New Zealand and how it is increasingly being utilised as a means to resolve disputes. You will also get an insight into what initiatives are currently being taken in the United...

$30

Francis Reynolds on Agency

When is an agents’ authority irrevocable? A paper delivered by Professor Francis Reynolds Q.C. to the New Zealand Legal Research Foundation in Auckland on 26 April 2017. Professor Reynolds wrote a paper on this topic in 1997 . The slightly unexpected appearance of a case in the Supreme Court of ...

$30

Unjust Enrichment and Restitution Update

Jessica Palmer updates you on recent cases in unjust enrichment and restitution. Topics include, the unjust enrichment principle and making claims, valuing enrichment, the change of position defence and subrogation and proprietary restitution. This includes powerpoint slides from the seminar.

$25.00

Developments in Tort Law Seminar

Developments in Tort Law Seminar 2016 by Professor Stephen Todd. The hand out from the lecture is available.

$25.00

Pecuniary Penalties by Sir Grant Hammond

These penalties are a comparatively new legislative form for enforcing legal rules and standards. They are monetary penalties that can be imposed by a court after a trial conducted under the rules of civil procedure and evidence. Paper by Sir Grant Hammond

$25.00

Declarations and Anticipatory Declarations

This paper dealt with how to best employ the remedy of declarations and how anticipatory declarations have been used in recent earthquake litigation. It will also explain how declarations differ from the Declaratory Judgments Act. By Tom Weston QC

$25.00

Standing on Shaky Ground?

The Christchurch earthquake has presented major challenges for Insurance Law, the New Zealand insurance industry, the EQC and for lawyers and the courts, in responding to the needs of the insured for prompt resolution of their claims in a unique and disastrous context. Chaired by Justice Patr...

$75.00

The Changing Landscape of Corporate Law

The Companies Act 1993 has now been in place for twenty years so it is timely not only to look back at the impact of those legislative innovations on the practice of corporate law, but also to look forward to see how our company law might adapt and develop in a fast changing world. The Compa...

$100.00

Access to Justice

Access to Justice in an Age of Austerity was held in March 2013. In difficult fiscal times, governments emphasise the importance of justifying all expenditure and noting the limitations on resources. At the same time, human rights obligations are supposed to secure priority in the allocation of r...

$75.00

International Litigation

International Litigation: The Present and The Future was presented in April 2013. The conference addressed both current practices and ways in which particular cross-border disputes may be resolved more effectively and efficiently in the future, in some cases through the use of advanced technology...

$100.00

Maori Legal Issues

The Legal Research Foundation was delighted to present this conference in association with Te Hunga Rōia Māori o Aotearoa The New Zealand Māori Law Society. The conference programme, chaired by the Honourable Justice Joe Williams, brings together an exceptional group of speakers and commentators ...

$50.00

Mapping the Common Law conference papers

The common law is broken down into divisions and subdivisions of causes of action (for example, within tort: trespass, negligence, defamation, nuisance) which generally works well. Problems arise when the same facts give rise to concurrent causes of action and when concepts from one division of c...

$100.00

Corporate, Financial Markets and Financial Services Regulation

Corporate, Financial Markets and Financial Services Regulation, held in Auckland in February 2012, brought together lawyers and business leaders who will be closely involved in applying the FMA regime and the legislation the FMA administers and enforces. The objective is to present a conference c...

$75.00

Tax Avoidance: A view from Crown Law and other perspectives

Tax Avoidance: A view from Crown Law and other perspectives was held in April 2010 in association with the Business School at the University of Auckland. Papers include powerpoint presentations from Harry Ebersohn (Crown Law), David McLay and Matthew Palmer; and papers from Harry Ebersohn and Mat...

$50.00

Judicial Review in Commercial Cases

Judicial Review in Commercial Cases - The Ongoing Struggle for Simplicity was held in Auckland in April 2011. The conference focused on the significant changes in the nature of judicial review over the last 20 years. The challenge has been to develop a coherent theory of judicial review when clai...

$100.00

Expert Advice

The last decade has seen important developments in the area of expert evidence and Expert Evidence brings together many of those at the forefront of that development. Papers included are from Justice Finkelstein of the Federal Court of Australia, Jim Farmer QC, John Billington QC, Ian Gault of ...

$100.00

Miscarriages of Justice

In 2005 the LRF published Sir Thomas Thorp’s paper calling for the creation of an independent body to review claims of miscarriage of justice. The conference brings together an international panel of speakers to assess the measures in place in New Zealand and overseas to avoid and correct miscarr...

$75.00

Leaky Homes

The scale of the leaky homes problem in New Zealand is immense and traditional legal processes often fail to deal with the issues efficiently and fairly. Leaky Homes: Saving the Titanic? Examined what has been done and what is currently planned to address these issues. Papers included were prese...

$50.00

Criminal Law

Included in the LRF Criminal Law Series 2010 (formerly Movements and Markers in Criminal Law) papers are case references from Mathew Downs of Crown Law, powerpoint notes from Warren Young of the New Zealand Law Commission, and papers from Judge David Wilson QC and Johnathan Down, Public Defender.

$50.00

A Modern Law of Trusts

A Modern Law of Trusts addressed some of the pressing issues arising in practice regarding express trusts, focusing on trustees’ duties, the abuse of discretionary trusts and powers, and the position of beneficiaries and creditors. Some of these issues may be addressed in the Law Commission’s cur...

$100.00

Sports Law

Sports Law: The Changing Game was held in Auckland in November 2009 and attracted speakers from the global sporting community. Included are papers from Paul David, Barry Paterson QC (powerpoint handout), David AR Williams QC, and powerpoint handouts from Stephen Cottrell, Torrin Crowther and Andr...

$50.00

Movements and Markers in Criminal Law

Movements and Markers in Criminal Law papers include a powerpoint presentation from Simon Mount and a paper from David Johnstone, partner at Meredith Connell.

$50.00

Modern Challenges to the Rule of Law

In 2009 the LRF presented Modern Challenges to the Rule of Law in the New Zealand Legal Method Series. Papers included were presented by the Hon Justice Dyson Heydon of the High Court of Australia, Professors Philip Joseph, Jim Allan and Bruce Harris, Hon Christopher Finlayson MP, Dr David Collin...

$100.00

Civil Litigation - Beyond the Crisis

Civil Litigation in Crisis – Beyond the Crisis? builds on the very successful conference held in 2008 Civil Litigation in Crisis – What Crisis? which generated numerous suggestions for improvement in the civil litigation system. This conference, held in association with the NZ Bar Association, ...

$50.00

Regulation of New Zealand Capital Markets

Regulation of New Zealand Capital Markets was held in May 2009. Included are powerpoint handouts from Ruben Lee, Adrian Orr, Jane Diplock, Warwick Hunt and Cathy Quinn; and a paper from Associate Professor Pamela Hanrahan.

$50.00

Human Rights at the Frontier

In September 2008 the LRF held a conference Human Rights at the Frontier: New Zealand’s Immigration Legislation – an international human rights perspective. The following presenters provided papers for this conference: Rodger Haines QC, Dr Michelle Foster, Jane McAdam, Claudia Geiringer and John ...

$75.00

Court of Appeal

The LRF was delighted to hold a conference on The Permanent Court of Appeal: A Celebration of 50 Years in March 2008, in the Beehive, Parliament Buildings, Wellington. Papers are included from the following presenters: Emeritus Professor Jim Evans, Professor Philip Joseph, Professor Mark Henaghan...

$100.00

Civil Litigation - In Crisis

The Legal Research Foundation joined with the New Zealand Bar Association to hold this conference on the topical and timely theme Civil Litigation in Crisis – What Crisis? Papers available from this conference are from Sir Gavin Lightman QC, Hon Robert Fisher, Justice John Hansen, Justice Robert...

$100.00

Whose Law is it Anyway?

Conference papers for Whose Law Is It Anyway? Harmonising Australian and New Zealand Business Laws include powerpoint handout notes from Woods, Peter Mumford, Dr David Skilling and Paul Ridley Smith, as well as papers from Cheryl Saunders, Colin James, Phillippa Mein-Smith, Woods and David Goddar...

$75.00