Features
Wellington Watch - Section 19 of the Crown Entities Act: does illegality mean invalidity? - By Mai Chen, partner, Chen Palmer, Public Law Specialists
The case for reform of legal requalification in New Zealand - By Richard Best
Living at the cutting edge: women’s experiences of protection orders - By Neville Robertson, senior lecturer in psychology, and Ruth Busch, associate professor of law, University of Waikato
Get up and let nothing get you down! - Darise Ogden investigates those firms who believe in walking the talk when it comes to promoting firm wellness
Under pressure - What’s the big stress about stress? - Amy Mansfield talks to PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Dr Scott Cresswell, a leading international consultant and researcher on optimal human performance, stress, and burnout
Teaching old lawyers new tricks - Animal law is a subject to which few will previously have turned their minds, but the legal issues involving animals in Australasia, where agriculture is a critical industry, are increasingly gaining the attention of academics and lawyers alike. Amy Mansfield talks to Peter Sankoff, animal law lecturer at the University of Auckland
How many goats do you have? - Fraud has been around for many, many centuries, Nick Paterson explains the best way to detect it – before it’s too late
Earn-outs: friend or foe? - Ian Thursfield and Sasha Cleaver describe some of the potential pitfalls of earn-outs
Crossing the “fine line” – litigation skills on trial - By Kathryn Maxwell, lawyer, Public Defence Service