Mr Finlayson’s Third Party Legal Advice

Whatever happened to Chris Finlayson? Third party legal advice over pecuinary interests? Dame Margaret told him what he didn’t want to hear about his pecuniary interests register failings and the fact that he needs to register everything, regardless of whether he has a direct benefit or not. This lead to cries for the need to “clarify” the rules but they appear to be quite clear enough. Exempting some “interests” is like exempting fruit and veges from GST. It leads to all sorts of complications. The real issue here is that the opposition are out to get the attorney general in the same way that they’ve got Pete Hodgson stationed on Key duty. They’re trying to paint him black, which is odd because its Chris Finlayson’s preferred colour anyway. Attempts to dent his integrity, which are based upon his arguably tardy recusal from involvement in the Justice Wilson affair, will doubtless go nowhere, but little issues like the pecuniary interests register are designed to “build a case”.

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