Issue 98

News

Practising certificate fees invoices raise profession’s ire - By Darise Ogden

Highly successful NZBA seminar to be repeated

Letter to the Editor - What’s happening at the Auckland District Law Society?

Judge’s gag order highlights problems with online reporting - By Matthew Winthrop

Consultation sought on draft Anti-Money Laundering Bill

Anderson Lloyd’s tireless advocate for environmental protection awarded

Are we creeping towards a surveillance state? - Proposed new search and surveillance powers have been strongly criticised by lawyers and other commentators. Catriona MacLennan reports

A J Park client care charter makes plain English finals - By Darise Ogden

NSW study shows law students most at risk of depression - By Darise Ogden

Features

Insubordination on trial - By Greg Cain, partner, and Nick Belton, solicitor, Minter Ellison Rudd Watts

Wellington Watch - Setting the scene: The Electoral Finance Act 2007 in context - By Mai Chen, partner, and Nick Russell, principal, Chen Palmer Public Law Specialists

Good valuations are invaluable - For firms considering incorporation or a prospective merger, Jackie Russell-Green and Shane Burton have some advice on how to identify the value of your business

RMA alternatives – an exception to Fleetwing? - Martin Taylor investigates the “alternatives” under the Resource Management Act 1991

Alarm over Alam - Is the IRD refusing to recognise the High Court decision in Alam and Begum v CMR of Inland Revenue? Timothy Chemaly discusses

It’s official – lawyers care - The authors’ earlier articles (“Client care? – yeah, right”, 11 July, and “Client care Q&A”, 25 July) provoked huge interest from practitioners. Ron Pol and Ashley Balls have again agreed to share their dialogue with the profession