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Thursday, August 25, 2016
Are Our Law Schools Churning Out Too Many Lawyers?
Let me answer this question up front. Yes. More...
Tuesday, June 07, 2016
Equiticorp 20 Years On
On 12 July 1996, Justice Robert Smellie delivered Judgment in the High Court at Auckland in the case of Equiticorp Industries Group Limited (In Statutory Management) v. The Crown (since reported in summary form only because of the length of the Judgment in [1996] 3 NZLR 586). This followed a trial which started on 21 November 1994 and which finished on 21 December 1995 after 204 sitting days but which then continued with 8 “call back” days over the next 6 months in which the Judge sought further submissions on specific points. This was – and still is – the longest trial in New Zealand’s legal history. More...