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9/4/2025

Construction Adjudication: What can you do when it goes wrong?

Barrister Polly Pope discusses options to consider where construction adjudication goes wrong, including dealing with solvency concerns, overturning the decision, and legal options to resist enforcement.

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8/3/2025

Dr Simon Foote KC and Bridgette White on DEI and gender equity in law

To mark International Women’s Day, Dr Simon Foote KC and Bridgette White discuss DEI and the legal profession, the ongoing challenges women face, and the steps needed to drive greater gender equity in law.

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26/2/2024

Bahaman Courts Further Affirm Arbitration of Trust Disputes

Jeremy Johnson and law clerk Callum Hackston review the latest judgement handed down by Justice Loren Klein of the Supreme Court of the Bahamas re the never-ending Volpi dispute.

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31/1/2024

Vendors as associates under the Overseas Investment Act 2005 – a door left ajar?

Bankside Employed Barrister Nic Lawrence considers the decision in Future Sustainable Development Limited v Wenjing Liu and whether, following the Court of Appeal judgement, there is some relief for vendors in not being misconstrued as associates under the Overseas Investment Act 2005 (OIA).

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21/8/2023

John Hannan: Section 6 of the Employment Relations Act an ‘unruly horse’

Bankside Barrister John Hannan considers recent high profile cases, including those involving Uber and Gloriavale, that highlight Section 6 as an "extremely unruly horse."

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12/7/2023

Reviewing contractual discretions: the New Zealand Court of Appeal considers the Braganza Test

In Woolley v Fonterra Co-op Group Ltd [2023] NZCA 266, the New Zealand Court of Appeal recently considered the approach to the review of contractual discretions adopted by the UK Supreme Court in Braganza v BP Shipping Ltd [2015] UKSC 17, [2015] 1 WLR 1661. In his opinion piece, Peter Watts KC examines the controversial nature of the Braganza test, and how the Court of Appeal’s decision was not surprising.

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13/3/2023

Quincecare in the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal

International expert on the law of agency Peter Watts KC considers a recent decision of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal where it was assumed by both parties and the Court that the dishonesty of the customer’s mandataries automatically removed the bank’s actual authority to follow their instructions.

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8/3/2023

Women in law: reflections on International Women’s Day 2023

To mark International Women’s Day and this year’s theme of “Equality versus Equity”, Julie Ding reflects on her experience as a young woman and immigrant, starting out in law.

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18/2/2023

Sweating the Assets: Market Efficiency and Infrastructure Development

Bankside Arbitrator and Commercial Mediator John Walton considers the devastating effects of Cyclone Gabrielle, and posits that privatisation and corporatisation of much of Aotearoa’s essential infrastructure have revealed a failure in long term planning and properly targeted investment.

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14/9/2022

Kate Davenport KC on the impact of New Zealand’s pandemic response

Kate Davenport KC was a guest speaker at the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple’s online event Pandemic and Practice: Australasia. She discussed the impact of New Zealand’s Covid-19 response on the legal profession, her experience as President of the New Zealand Bar Association at the time of the first lockdown, and the judicial review proceedings brought against the Government with regards to MIQ and its restrictive entry requirements.

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16/8/2022

An interview with Mark Kelly at the end of his term as AMINZ President

Mark Kelly’s time as President of AMINZ has just concluded. We ask him about his highlights and key challenges from the last two years.

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27/10/2021

Courts, Covid and a possible prescription

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21/5/2020

Leave granted to appeal to the Supreme Court in regard to trustee privilege

Lady Deborah Chambers QC obtained leave from the Supreme Court to appeal the Court of Appeal decision for Lambie Trustee Limited.

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13/5/2020

An important Supreme Court competition law case

John Land’s article on the first NZ Supreme Court price fixing decision has now been published in LawTalk.

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10/1/2020

Law Points Article penned by John

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23/7/2019

Christine Meechan QC and John Walton present at the Society of Construction Law conference

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13/5/2019

John Land writes - Competition law issues beneath the surface with mergers for Law Talk May 10 Issue

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1/5/2019

Appointment to Court of Appeal - David Goddard QC

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7/4/2019

LawTalk - Commerce Commissionfailed attempt to obtain an interim injunction against Viagogo

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31/3/2019

Bankside Chambers expands and welcomes another 7 new members

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3/3/2019

Book Launch for John Katz QC

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25/2/2019

Bankside Junior Barrister Michael Greenop named third best speaker in the world

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24/2/2019

A new member at Bankside

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11/2/2019

Court of Appeal decision in Lodge

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26/11/2018

Simon Foote appears in the Supreme Court for New Zealand Bar Association on vexed costs issue

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