Acting warrants announced for the District, Family, and Employment Courts Attorney-General David Parker has announced the following nine acting warrants for the District, Family, and Employment Courts
Nine acting judges appointed
Concern over inaccurate news story and lack of correction
The Waatea News website published an item on August 9, 2019 headlined “Hobson’s Pledge tries to roll Tauranga land return.” It reported historian Buddy Mikaere saying the local council needed to stand up to a campaign by Don Brash’s Hobson’s Pledge group trying to overturn a Tauranga City Council decision to return a block of land next to […]
Building bridges to new legal territory
Joining K3 Legal in 2015, Ding has worked across a variety of complex civil, commercial and family disputes, appearing in the District and High Courts – everything from murder trials and complex fraud to family-related issues has come under her purview at some point during her career. All of these experiences have led to a […]
Ad body has no issues with ‘poor taste’ zombie commercial
The ASA’s complaints board said the advertisement was classified as GXC (General Except Children’s Programmes) and was screened within the constraints of its classification. The board agreed the zombie characters did not behave in an anti-social way and the setting was clearly fictitious and humorous. Therefore it ruled that it did not reach the threshold […]
Three countries added to FATF high risk and monitored list
New Zealand is part of FATF, which is an international body established in 1989 with the objective of setting standards and promoting effective implementation of legal, regulatory and operational measures for combating ML/TF and other related threats.
New rules for tertiary education providers promised
The mandatory code will replace the voluntary code that was created in 2004. “The self-regulation approach has failed to maintain adequate and consistent standards across the board,” Mr Hipkins says.
Jury hits J&J with US$8bn in damages in case over male breast growth
A Philadelphia jury decided on the award Tuesday after finding J&J and its subsidiary, Janssen, failed to adequately warn men that the use of its drug Risperdal could result in the growth of breasts.
IPONZ updates hearing and evidence guidelines for trade marks
This includes the “Pre-Hearing Directions” to provide clarity around the applicable deadlines and filing requirements that parties must adhere to when filing their written submissions, common bundle of documents, and bundle of authorities in advance of a hearing.
FMA powers to be boosted by proposed new financial conduct regime
The proposal for policy changes comes as the government takes aim unfair practices such as target-based sales incentives, which put profits ahead of people. These practices have been identified in recent reviews by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand and the FMA, which have also highlighted problems in the banking and insurance system, including weak […]
Ad watchdog says fare comparisons must be substantiated
The television ad for OLA shows a split-screen comparison between it and another such company. The advertisement says in part: “Both companies have heaps of cars and probably the same drivers. … But when you arrive why pay the usual when OLA works out way cheaper … Download the OLA app and get 50% off rides […]