The New Zealand High Court case of Taylor v. Attorney-General resulted in a formal declaration that the law removing the right to vote from all sentenced New Zealand prisoners is inconsistent with the New Zealand Bill of ...

By the time it was formally signed by New Zealand in February 2016, the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) had morphed from an unassuming regional bargain into a mammoth agreement embracing some 40 per cent of global ...

This article addresses one particular feature of New Zealand’s constitution: the continuing combination within a highly centralized system of government of formally unlimited legislative power and strong executive dominance ...

The use of criminal law sanctions to buttress social norms requiring civility or courtesy in public speech or action is widespread throughout the common law world. However, such sanctions inevitably limit the way in which ...

This article considers the legal issues around absolute privilege addressed in the Privy Council case of Jennings v Buchanan. The author begins by reviewing the basis for the Privy Council’s decision in that case, before ...

This article examines recent events in the United Kingdom, which reveal the potential for conflict between a judicial order prohibiting the publication of details relating to a matter before the courts, and the media’s ...

New Zealand's Supreme Court has on two occasions been required to consider the legal boundaries that apply to forms of dissenting behaviour. In Brooker v Police and Morse v Police, the Court simultaneously expands the ...

This article considers Lecretia Seales and her New Zealand High Court case to receive aid in dying. The author discusses the main issue in this case, specifically whether directly administering a lethal dose of medication ...