Technology is changing the world faster than ever before, and many conventional industries are at risk of being disrupted. If New Zealand want be successful in a changing environment it needs to be prepared to facilitate ...
The Commerce (Cartels and Other Matters) Amendment Bill will introduce criminal penalties for price fixing and other cartel offences. This law change has faced commentary and critique from several perspectives including ...
This dissertation examines takeover regulation in New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. It outlines the three systems of regulation before seeking to explain why differences exist between ...
This paper analyses the regulatory framework governing deceased organ donation in New Zealand. In particular, it provides an overview of the reform process that led to the Human Tissue Act 2008. By examining the complex ...
This paper examines New Zealand’s distance selling regulation, in particular the changes made in the course of the recent consumer law reform. First, the paper assesses the reforms with regard to telemarketing. While some ...
The Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 has been enacted and will come into force in April 2016. The purpose of the Act is to provide a balanced framework to secure the health and safety of workers and workplaces. The Act ...
As resources of conventional oil and gas have dwindled, the international industry has responded through utilising a raft of techniques to access “unconventional” energy sources. The most controversial technique is hydraulic ...
The Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013 (FMC Act) represents the most substantial overhaul of New Zealand’s securities law in recent history. The regulation of derivatives in particular featured high on the agenda as an ...
This paper aims to form a starting point for a discussion of the regulation of paid clinical research volunteers (professional volunteers) in New Zealand. It will argue that professional volunteers, who are currently ...
With ever-increasing multiculturalism and diversity within New Zealand, this paper explores the potential for religious vilification laws to be passed in order to promote community tolerance. New Zealand’s Human Rights Act ...
This paper considers legal interventions to facilitate an affordable housing market in New Zealand. In particular, it focuses on meaningfully increasing supply and facilitating intensification and options in growing cities. ...
Disputes concerning international watercourses have been resolved in a variety of ways in the past. This paper builds upon the dispute resolution framework put forward in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the ...
This essay critiques the British government’s mind-set towards government legal advisers in the lead up to the Iraq War and Suez Crisis. In both these uses of force situations, decision makers ignored or prolonged the ...
On 27 June 2016, Samoa’s Prime Minister announced in Parliament that a special Commission of Inquiry was to be established to investigate the Samoan Land and Titles Court (the LTC). Consequentially, the Special Inquiry ...