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Leaking Sieves and Government Spies

DimPost took a look at the leaking Government noting that documents supplied to them call for a ‘robust system and harsher penalties’ to identify and discipline public servants who supply documents to media sources. “Speaking on deep background, a source close to the Prime Minister indicated frustration at the lack of progress in discovering the [...]

Oct 6 2010 | Posted in The Hill | Read More »

Shaky Law

Did it take this site to alert 27 legal academics who have put their names to a letter expressing their concern about the powers granted under the Canterbury Response and Recovery Earthquake Act, as reported last week? The turbo-driven law-making has bypassed or overriden a few centuries of legal safeguards in the click of a [...]

Sep 29 2010 | Posted in Law Life,The Hill | Read More »

Fastest Lawmakers In The West – Or East

We may be the fastest lawmakers in the West, but the passing of the Canterbury Earthquake Response and Recovery Act was an Act to behold. Although lawyers nationally have rallied in an impressive way to help Canterbury lawyers deal with the many, novel challenges facing those with earthquake-related issues, the passing of the CERRA was [...]

Sep 28 2010 | Posted in The Hill | Read More »

Henry the Eighth Quake Measures

Vic Uni lecturer Dean Knight is not particularly happy with the speed-of-light passing of the Canterbury Earthquake emergency law. To quote: The Bill contains a massive Henry VIII’s clause, allowing the Minister to re-write any legislation that is “reasonably necessary or expedient for the purpose of the Act”. The power to direct the Governor-General to [...]

Sep 22 2010 | Posted in Screaming Headline,The Hill | Read More »

The Day of the Garrett – R18

It’s just not ACT’s decade, we guess. Legal problems plague them l ike locusts, now even Rodney’s come clean on a drunken brawl issue. But David Garrett’s issue with the ‘Day of the Jackal’ was taking his fiction-reading a little too far. See the report over here – and the video.

Sep 16 2010 | Posted in Featured,Legal Exotica,The Hill | Read More »

Power Off! For Now

Simon Power’s planned speech to outline his ongoing quest to rebuild a broken justice system was delayed by the funeral of the young soldier killed in Afghanistan. The Minister’s ongoing quest to become the most reformative Minister of Justice since the beginning of time shows no let-up as he works towards the adoption of an [...]

Aug 11 2010 | Posted in Photos,The Hill | Read More »

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 [...]

Jul 1 2010 | Posted in The Hill | Read More »