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Proposed Short Causes Procedure in High Court
Pleased to have participated in a really interesting roundtable-type discussion at Shortland Chambers last night. Great feedback received from a number of practitioners who gave up their time to attend.…
Big Data in Sport
Big Data Wins Big!! Have just read a very interesting item on Red Bull racing - How an upstart came to dominate Formula 1 with superfast internet and tons of…
TRADE MARK NON-USE
Very pleased to have presented in Wellington and Auckland this week for IPSANZ on the ever-live topic of trade mark non-use. Here are the opening and closing (takeaway) slides. Give…
Lessons on Tyranny
I have just had the pleasure of reading "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century" by Timothy Snyder – a best selling author and Professor of History at Yale.…
NZ Bar Association’s 30th Anniversary
Excellent article by Jacqui Thompson and Melissa Perkin, charting the first 30 years of the NZBA's life, from small beginnings to its central role in representing the independent bar in…
NZBA 30TH ANNIVERSARY DINNER
It was a real honour and privilege to accept the challenge at the Bar Association's anniversary dinner at Te Puia, the New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute in Rotorua…
Sanitarium Wins Weet-Bix Court Battle
Pleased to have acted for Sanitarium in important trade mark infringement dispute, but also the first substantive case to deal with the border protection regime under the Trade Marks Act…
Shorter Trial Scheme Adopted
Writing in the English Law Society Gazette on 7 September 2018 John Hyde reports on a 2015 pilot for shorter trials, which is now going permanent in England and Wales.…
Auckland Bench and Bar Dinner
At the NZLS Auckland Branch Dinner on 17 August to honour recent judicial appointees, with Maria Dew, Associate Judge Andrew & Mai Chen.