I recently took part in a chat on the virtual couch with the New Zealand Bar Association about my life in the law. Listen to it here, using password 091121.
A Chat On The Virtual Couch About My Legal Career
Friday, November 26, 2021
LEGAL COMMENTARY
Recent Posts
- Guidelines for Courtroom Conduct for Counsel 01-Sep-2026
- The Hon. Robert Smellie CNZM KC 30-Jan-2026
- The Problem of the Supermarkets 05-Dec-2025
- The Passing of Bill Wilson KC 23-Oct-2025
- New Silks Appointed 10-Oct-2025
- Theory of the Case 19-May-2025
- The University of Auckland's Proposal to Merge the Faculties of Law and Business & Economics 21-Jan-2025
- Why I Did Not Sign "The Letter" 20-Nov-2024
- Is there any hope for the next America's Cup being held in Auckland? 13-Sep-2024
- Directors’ Duties to Creditors in an Insolvency Situation 22-Sep-2023
- Redundancy, Good faith and Employment Law 18-Aug-2023
- Is the America's Cup a poisoned chalice for New Zealand? 09-May-2023
- The Passing of Two Knights of the Realm - Sir Murray Halberg and Sir Ian Barker 07-Dec-2022
- Random Legal Thoughts While on a Post-Covid Lockdown European Trip 31-Oct-2022
- America's Cup Venue - Fact or Fiction 04-Apr-2022
- Covid and the New Zealand Rules Committee Proposed Reforms 24-Jan-2022
- A Chat On The Virtual Couch About My Legal Career 26-Nov-2021
- America’s Cup Home Defence – Requisition For Special General Meeting Of Members Of Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron To Discuss Venue For Next Defence 24-Nov-2021
- Pandemics 12-Nov-2021
- America's Cup - Just Do It and Positivity 20-Sep-2021
- September 11 - 20 Years On 09-Sep-2021
- Whither America's Cup? 22-Jun-2021
- Conducting Civil Appeals 07-Mar-2021
- David Barnes (27 April 1958 - 23 October 2020) - A Personal Note 02-Nov-2020
- Cannabis Bill Not the Right Reform 07-Oct-2020
- Whatever the result, is this the last time the America's Cup event is held in New Zealand? 14-Sep-2020
- Cannabis Legal Reform - Arguments For and Against 13-Aug-2020
- Will the Proposed Cannabis Legislation Achieve its "Overarching Objective" of Reducing the Harms Associated with Cannabis Use? 18-May-2020
- The Debate Continues - Virtual Hearings or Real Hearings 02-May-2020
- These Issues were all Predicted Pre-Covid-19 and 6 Years Ago 02-May-2020
- And here is a Report from Stuff of a Virtual Hearing this Week 30-Apr-2020
- More Correspondence on Covid-19 and the Courts 30-Apr-2020
- In Defence of Remote Technology - from Steve Keall 29-Apr-2020
- Court Hearings and Covid-19 - Part Two 29-Apr-2020
- Court Hearings and Covid-19 28-Apr-2020
- Covid-19 and Executory Contracts: Will the Doctrine of Frustration Apply? 06-Apr-2020
- Race, Poverty and Education - Lessons from the UK learned while spending Christmas in London December 2019 13-Jan-2020
- Witnesses in Civil Cases - the Consequences of Not Calling and of Not Cross-Examining - A Paper Presented to the Pacific Islands Lawyers Association, Auckland, 22 November 2019 21-Nov-2019
- The Forthcoming Referendum on the Growing and Supply of Cannabis for Personal Recreational Use 19-Nov-2018
- Armistice Day and Its Sequel 13-Nov-2018
- An Easy Read of the Rule of Law in the World of Fiction 08-Aug-2018
- Bullying, Harassment and Gender Bias 22-May-2018
- Criticising Judges 07-May-2018
- America's Cup Part 3A 11-Dec-2017
- America's Cup Part 3 04-Dec-2017
- Pro Bono Publico as an Aid to Living a Balanced Lifestyle 08-Nov-2017
- Terence Arnold Retires From the Supreme Court Bench 10-Apr-2017
- From Violence to Redemption 14-Mar-2017
- Drugs, Sports and Society 18-Oct-2016
- Are Our Law Schools Churning Out Too Many Lawyers? 25-Aug-2016
- Equiticorp 20 Years On 07-Jun-2016
- The Year in Retrospect 19-Jan-2016
- A Good Year for the Farmer Legal Family 30-Oct-2015
- Having a Balanced Life Style - Part 4 21-Sep-2015
- A Balanced Life Style (Part 3), Prisoners' Voting Rights, Top Gun, 7000kms in a Corvette, John Maynard Keynes and Atticus Finch 05-Aug-2015
- Biographies 13-Apr-2015
- The Cost of Justice 13-Mar-2015
- The Increase in Unrepresented Litigants and Their Effect on the Judicial Process 11-Feb-2015
- Evidence - Notes of Presentation to Continuing Legal Education Seminar November 2014 01-Dec-2014
- Corporate Governance and Directors' Liability 19-Aug-2014
- Paper Presented on 2 August 2014 at the Competition Law & Policy Institute of New Zealand 25th Annual Conference 05-Aug-2014
- Life in the Fast Lane 06-Jun-2014
- 2014 - Roaring Past 04-Jun-2014
- Commentary on Paper Delivered by Professor Andrew I Gavil at Commerce Commission Conference 18-Nov-2013
- America's Cup Wrap Up 04-Oct-2013
- Happiness, Living a Balanced Life and Legal Practice - Part II 15-Aug-2013
- America's Cup 2013 01-Jul-2013
- Why the Rules of Evidence Matter in Civil Cases 11-Mar-2013
- The High Court in Review 07-Oct-2012
- "Criticism of Supreme Court needs to be put in context" as published in the New Zealand Herald 11 May 2012 23-May-2012
- Recent Reform Reports 03-Apr-2012
- Happiness, Living a Balanced Life and Legal Practice 09-Jan-2012
- In Defence of the Supreme Court 12-Dec-2011
- LEGAL COMMENTARY HOW GOOD IS OUR SUPREME COURT? 16-Nov-2011
- Cross Examination Notes 11-Nov-2011
- Are the independence of the Judiciary and the Rule of Law under threat? 16-Oct-2011
- Commentary on my commentary on Morse 14-Sep-2011
- The passing of three leaders of the Bar 14-Sep-2011
- How good is our Supreme Court? 08-Aug-2011
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