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The AI Revolution
On 26 May it was a great pleasure to chair a roundtable discussion on AI, entitled the “AI Revolution”. The New Zealand Bar Association and Shortland Chambers jointly hosted the…
Budgets Were All About Wellbeing – But that’s no longer the case!
In discussing New Zealand's recent Budget, Marc Daalder of Newsroom reports that the wellbeing provisions are to be stripped from the Public Finance Act. These amendments were recently introduced to…
How to Trash a Famous Brand in a Moment!
Elon Musk made his name as an innovator who pushed the boundaries in terms of online payments (PayPal), space exploration (SpaceX), and electric vehicles (Tesla), and was feted for his…
The Rule of Law – “Preserving Government Under Law”
The rule of law is not only often maligned but also misunderstood. Here is a short lesson from the Duke University School of Law Community on what it’s about: Our…
Recalibrating IPONZ’s Practice and Procedure for Patent and Trade Mark Opposition Proceedings
Some practitioners still cling to the notion that procedural rules are the servants of the law, but all too often, and regrettably, they exert an influence suggesting they are less…
Voters’ Rights Rightly Curtailed ?
The National-led government has just announced a full ban on prisoners voting: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/559446/prisoner-voting-ban-to-be-brought-back-paul-goldsmith This is a reversal from a change allowing prisoners imprisoned for a term shorter than three years…
How do we deal with the current uncertainty?
We are certainly living in interesting times, as the world order in place since the end of the Second World War, starts to collapse. In his book, "Out of the Wreckage",…
A Dark Day for Democracy
For me and, I suspect for many others, the results of the recent US elections are still sinking in. Henry Giroux is an American author who has written extensively on…
Artists’ and Spouses’ Rights Collide
On Thursday this week, it was both a pleasure and a privilege to appear in the Supreme Court and argue an important case for my client and artist Sirpa Alalääkkölä…
