[second of a two part series] We have witnessed New Zealand judges’ attempts to exercise jurisdiction they do not have give the appearance New Zealand is a global backwater when it comes to the law but […]
Judicial Conduct Affairs
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New Zealand Police have been asked to prosecute former Court of Appeal Judge Rhys Harrison for selling legal services without a practising certificate, a criminal […]
In another page from the secret court files of New Zealand’s highest court is the cloak and dagger appeal of Rabson v Judicial Conduct Commissioner […]
Two revelations last week raise concerns about abuse of power among the New Zealand judiciary. One is Dame Lowell Goddard bullying the New Zealand Herald […]
It could have been one of those inconsequential $100,000 pig-fests on the public teat. What made this one different is most of the government porkers […]
A response from the Ministry of Justice yesterday claims a 4 year backlog in determining reviews of New Zealand Law Society decisions by the Legal Complaints […]
Lewis Carroll’s menagerie might find validation in a decision earlier this month by Court of Appeal Judge Rhys Harrison, appealed last week to the New […]
“Everyone else is doing it” is a common retort of children. This culture is perhaps the biggest stain on a judiciary where the government runs […]
Reality is commonly stranger than fiction when it comes to the insular and secret New Zealand court practices. Its players appear ever determined to further […]