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X sues India over alleged censorship – report

The platform alleges the government is bypassing Supreme Court rules and creating a parallel system to block content. Elon Musk’s social media platform X is...

Victorian government loses legal battle to keep COVID lockdown briefings secret

The Victorian state government in Australia has lost its bid to keep secret the internal communications and briefings that informed its COVID lockdown decisions,...

Greenpeace ordered to pay US $660m in defamation case over Dakota pipeline protests

A North Dakota jury has ordered Greenpeace to pay over USD $660 million in damages to oil company Energy Transfer after finding the environmental...

Decision on Sam Bailey’s medical licence cancellation released

Dr. Sam Bailey, a former TVNZ presenter and prominent New Zealand doctor, has had her medical licence cancelled following a long and contentious battle...

Covid-19 Inquiry seeks more public feedback on jab and lockdown decisions

Grant Illingworth KC, leading phase two of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into New Zealand’s Covid-19 response, is urging more Kiwis to share their...

High Court hears Whangarei District Council’s bid to delay fluoridation

On Tuesday the High Court in Wellington heard Whangarei District Council’s (WDC) application for an interim injunction to delay the start of fluoridation until...

Judge challenges judicial inquiry over NZ First event incident

Judge Ema Aitken is contesting a judicial review at the High Court in Wellington after the Judicial Conduct Commissioner recommended an inquiry into her...

Northland lawyer struck off for sharing child sex abuse material

Vaughn Hill, a 46-year-old lawyer and former co-director of a Far North law firm, has been permanently banned from practicing law after being caught...

Gang Patch Ban challenged as ‘human rights violation’ in landmark legal case

A legal challenge against the Coalition Government's gang patch ban has likened the law to oppressive regimes such as Nazi Germany and the Taliban. Lawyer...

Judicial adventurism can imperil democracy

The only period of legal authoritarian rule in India was June 1975–March 1977 following the declaration of an Emergency by Prime Minister (PM) Indira...

The International Criminal Court should be abolished

Those who think the ICC is “a great idea” that just needs some reforms fail to grasp its fundamental problems. The International Criminal Court (ICC)...

Government expands business powers to detain shoplifters amid retail crime surge

Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith has announced legislative changes granting businesses broader authority to detain shoplifters, allowing citizens to intervene in Crimes Act offences at...

Wellington law firm issues legal warning to gender medical service providers

A Wellington law firm has sent letters to more than 20 healthcare providers, warning them of potential legal risks associated with offering "gender-medicalisation services". The...

Key officials resign from Covid-19 inquiry

The Covid-19 Royal Commission of Inquiry has been thrown into uncertainty following the resignations of executive director Helen Potiki and senior legal counsel Kristy...

US retail giant sued over DEI

Florida has filed a lawsuit against Target, claiming the company misled investors by promoting diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. The US state of Florida has...

New Zealand’s Crown Law merry-go-round of legal fees

In this article, I use a number of recent Official Information Act (OIA) responses to summarise a merry-go-round of money paid by just four...

Gunn free with assault conviction dropped

In his manual for unbraiding the disingenuous, Attacking Faulty Reasoning: A Practical Guide to Fallacy-Free Arguments, Professor T. Edward Damer stated a red herring...

Travel Company ordered to pay worker $141K over unapproved pay cuts during COVID

Auckland-based travel company Worldwide Holidays Ltd (WHL) has been ordered to pay former marketing manager Xiaoyu Kan over $140,000 after unlawfully reducing his salary...

Former Marvel exec sues Disney, claims promotion denied for being ‘Old White Guy

Robert Steffens, a former CFO and co-president of Marvel, has filed a lawsuit against Disney, alleging he was denied a promotion to president of...

Liz Gunn wins High Court appeal in airport assault case

High Court Justice Mary Peters has overturned the conviction of Liz Gunn, who was previously found guilty of common assault following an incident at...

Big Pharma outfit faces class action over ineffective cold medicines

A class action has been filed against Johnson & Johnson NZ, alleging the company sold and marketed phenylephrine-based cold and flu medicines in New...

Law firm partner faces Tribunal over inappropriate conduct at Christmas party

A senior partner at a major law firm is facing a disciplinary tribunal after allegedly engaging in inappropriate conduct during Christmas functions, including grabbing...

Leaked emails expose Merck’s negligence in Gardasil safety testing

A landmark lawsuit in Los Angeles has exposed troubling internal communications at pharmaceutical giant Merck, revealing the company failed to properly test its Gardasil...

Judge puts brakes on Trump’s USAID purge

The order comes as the agency’s more than 2,000 employees fight to prevent it from being shut down. A federal judge has temporarily barred the...

Brutal attack on custody officers at Auckland District Court

Police are investigating a violent assault on two custody officers at Auckland District Court, where one officer suffered a broken jaw and the other...

Should human rights be denied if a medical treatment only promises a marginal change in symptoms?

Public health always involves tricky, ethics-based issues. I believe that the Director General of Health Diane Sarfati has short-circuited her obligations in law, by failing...

Lawyer found guilty of misconduct for improperly accessing and disclosing neighbour’s criminal record

An Auckland-based lawyer has been found guilty of professional misconduct after improperly obtaining his neighbour's criminal conviction history and presenting it during a mediation...

When Parliament is misdirected – A case for regulatory failure?

The western world is witnessing a steady corruption of laws and processes, with governments ‘bending’ our institutions to serve the interests of powerful industries...

Judge faces investigation over alleged disruption at NZ First event

The Judicial Conduct Commissioner has called for an investigation into District Court Judge Ema Aitken's behaviour at a private New Zealand First event in...

Ex-US Army lawyer jailed for destroying DoD materials

Manfredo Martin-Michael Madrigal III was also found guilty of lying about contacting the Russian embassy in Washington DC. A former US Army officer and attorney...

TikTok’s fate in the US hangs by a thread after Supreme Court ruling

The US Supreme Court has upheld a bipartisan law that could lead to a ban on TikTok, a decision with far-reaching implications for the...

South African court orders probe into law firm’s use of AI

A judge at the Pietermaritzburg High Court says a case cited by lawyers representing a local politician did not exist in the country’s legal...

Stuntwoman-turned-attorney accused of leading elaborate crash scheme for profit

Vanessa Motta, a former stuntwoman-turned-personal injury attorney, is facing federal charges for allegedly orchestrating a scheme to stage 18-wheeler crashes in New Orleans to...

Judge sets Trump sentencing date amid criticism of ‘politically charged case’

In a controversial decision, Manhattan Judge Juan Merchan has set January 10, 2025, as the sentencing date for President-elect Donald Trump, just ten days...

How the US tried to replace international law with its own twisted creation

From Kosovo to Crimea, the hypocrisy of Washington’s ‘rules-based order’ would be funny if it weren’t so serious. While international law is based on equal...

South Korean court issues arrest warrant for impeached president

Seoul court has approved request for Yoon Suk Yeol’s detention on charges of insurrection and abuse of power. A court in Seoul has approved a...

Judge rules Jay-Z’s sexual assault accuser can stay anonymous – for now

A New York judge has ruled that the woman accusing music moguls Jay-Z and Sean "Diddy" Combs of raping her when she was 13...

Australian law firm files class action against Johnson & Johnson over ‘ineffective medicines’

Australian law firm JGA Saddler has launched a class action lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson, alleging the company misled consumers by marketing cold and...

Essex police visit journalist’s home over Tweets

Allison Pearson, a journalist at the Telegraph, recently found herself at the centre of a police investigation based on an allegation that one of...

Commerce Commission delays decision on Contact’s $2 billion takeover of Manawa Energy

The Commerce Commission has postponed its decision on Contact Energy's proposed $2 billion acquisition of Manawa Energy, extending the deadline until 31 March next...

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