October 13, 2024

LEX & LORE Episode 5: A Legislative Wish

Synopsis In this episode of LEX & LORE, Geoff, Dean, Nessa and Eddie huddle around the fireplace in the Old Government Buildings and in festive fashion, contemplate their seasonal wish lists for legislative reform. Dean shares his thoughts on the possibilities of clarifying state sector legislation and democratic infrastructure, while Nessa discusses the potential to reform pertinent areas of youth justice. Eddie...

October 12, 2024

LEX & LORE Episode 2: The Big Hot Ball of Wax: Legalities of the Lockdown

Synopsis During a national emergency arising out of a global pandemic that many countries are still struggling to contain, the government provided advice on voluntary compliance measures to isolate the threat by restricting contact between everyone but those we lived with, on a nationwide scale. The voluntary compliance approach was predicated on government press conference messaging to co-opt the goodwill of a “team...

October 11, 2024

LEX & LORE Episode 1: The Push-Me-Pull-You of ACC Coverage | The Safety Valve of Three-Strikes Sentencing

Synopsis From whose perspective should the risk of an unforeseen medical consequence be considered for the purposes of ACC compensation? Should unforeseen consequences be approached holistically by the courts, or broken up into a series of events? How do courts distinguish between injury and illness? Geoff and Dr Eddie Clark discuss the critical cases that provide an insight into these divisions in our healthcare system...

October 10, 2024

The Law Down Under Podcast with Chris Patterson (Chris Patterson Barrister Limited)

Episode 31: Construction Law – With Michael Weatherall (Partner at Simpson and Grierson) On this podcast, Chris Patterson interviews Michael Weatherall, an expert in construction law and dispute resolution. Michael has been with Simpson Grierson since 1997, currently serving as a partner and head of the construction law team. With specialist expertise in nearly all areas of construction law, Michael previously...

April 13, 2021

LEX & LORE Episode 4: Drive-By Surveillance | Desperately Seeking a Platform for Repugnant Opinions | Borrowdale & the First 9 Days of Lockdown

Synopsis Welsh police acquire digital images of Mr Bridges face while he is in Cardiff central city, and later at a protest. Facial recognition software extracts Mr Bridges' facial biometric information in real time and compares it with the information of persons on specific watchlists. Is this type of activity moving into a "search" by the state, even though the expectation of privacy in a public space...

April 11, 2021

LEX & LORE Episode 3: The Lockdown: Resurgence | A Constitutional Brouhaha

Synopsis How do constitutional conventions play into the Government’s announcement that the 2020 election is delayed due to the resurgence of COVID-19 in New Zealand? Geoff, Dean, Nessa and Eddie gather in an urgent fashion to discuss the drums beats of a constitutional crisis…or lack thereof. Also in this episode, the panel dives deeper into how the Government is approaching lockdown post-Borrowdale...