Practical Guidance: Insurance
Latest Legal Update
Financial Markets Authority files civil proceedings against insurer IAG for fair dealing breaches
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Hall's Sentencing
Service 200 is now available online.
The Corrections Act 2004 and the Bail Act 2000 have been amended. Commentary has been updated for Introduction: Principles of Sentencing, Sentencing Act 2002, Child Protection (Child Sex Offender Government Agency Registration) Act 2016, Sentencing Levels, and Appendix II. A new Practice Note has been added. An updated index has been included.
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New Zealand Family Law Journal
Issue (2025) 11 NZFLJ No 8 (April 2025) is now available online. This issue includes the following articles:
- International perspectives on family law by Nigel Lowe KC (Hon)
- Valuation of cryptocurrency by Jae Lee
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Practical Guidance: Family
Latest Legal Updates
Legislation passed repealing Treaty provisions from s 7AA of the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
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Guardianship of court action by Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora and Oranga Tamariki after parents withdraw young girl from chemotherapy for life-threatening leukaemia
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The Alternative Dispute Resolution and Releases and Compromises titles have been reviewed and updated.
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New Zealand Conveyancing and Property Reports
Volume 25 Part 8 is now available online.
Body Corporate 201036 v Whai Rawa Railway Lands LP — (2024) 25 NZCPR 556
Unit titles — Body corporate — Payment of ground rent — Primary obligation on body corporate to levy and to pay ground rent to lessor — Unit owners mere guarantors of ground rent — Body corporate unable to lawfully suspend collection or payment of ground rent — Unit Titles Act 2010, s 87.
Unit titles — Leasehold interest — Application for appointment of administrator by lessor — Position of lessor relative to other creditors not markedly different — Proper approach to exercise of power of appointing administrator upon application by lessor — Relevant considerations — Apparent dysfunction or impropriety of body corporate relevant — Unit Titles Act 2010, ss 141 and 165.
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Federated Mountain Clubs of New Zealand Inc v Griffin Creek Hydro Ltd — (2024) 25 NZCPR 584
Easements — Interpretation — Concession to construct, operate maintain run-of-river hydroelectric power scheme — Water take — Conservation Act 1987, ss 2, 3B and 5 — Resource Management Act 1991, s 5.
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Beca Carter Hollings & Ferner Ltd v Wellington City Council — (2024) 25 NZCPR 609
Building contract — Limitation period — Longstop limitation — Contribution claim — Building Act 2004, ss 390, 392, 393 and 420 — Law Reform Act 1936, s 17 — Limitation Act 1950, s 14 — Limitation Act 2010, ss 4, 30, 34 and 50.
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Practical Guidance: Property
Latest Legal Update
Changes to the Residential Tenancies Act 1986 now in force
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Weine (as trustees of the Ruth Weine Family Trust) v Tadd Management Ltd — (2024) 25 NZCPR 526
Sale of land — Misrepresentation — Mistake — Seismic capacity of building — Whether seismic capacity misrepresented by vendors — Whether purchasers induced into sale by common mistake relating to seismic capacity — Contextual interpretation — Whether statements relating to seismic capacity true — Expert opinion versus statement of fact — Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017, ss 24 and 35 — Fair Trading Act 1986, s 9.
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Immigration and Protection Law Reissue 1
The first reissue of the “Immigration and Protection Law” title, written by Sharelle Aitchison, Annabel Clayton, Bridget Dingle, Debra Smallholme, and Judge Martin Treadwell, all of whom are members of the Immigration and Protection Tribunal, has been completed in full and is now available online. Besides the previously released sections of the title offering new coverage on essential topics such as arrivals and departures, visas, refugee and protection status, classified information, the Immigration and Protection Tribunal, compliance and information, offences and penalties, and detention and monitoring, the title is now featuring new content on deportation, written by Annabel Clayton and Bridget Dingle, as well as new sections on appeals and judicial review, written by Judge Martin Treadwell. Judge Treadwell also wrote the concluding Part of the title on immigration adviser licensing in New Zealand, which has now also been added to the title.
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Susan Barker
RRP*incl GST: $150.00 $135.00
ISBN: 9781991015198 (book)
Publication date: April 2025
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RRP*incl GST: $70.00
ISBN: 9781991015235 (book)
Publication date: January 2025
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This is a two-volume set.
RRP*incl GST: $160.00
ISBN: 9781991015211 (book)
Publication date: February 2025
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RRP*incl GST: $30.00
ISBN: NZWLJ2024VOL9 (book)
Publication date: April 2025
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Jason Goodall KC
RRP*incl GST: $242.00
ISBN: 99780473619749 (book)
Publication date: March 2025
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Wills, Probate, and Succession
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John Earles, Greg Kelly, Chris Kelly, & Kevin Lenahan
RRP*incl GST: $450.00
ISBN: 9781988598949 (book)
Publication date: December 2024
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