Strictly Obiter
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Going on a frolic of his own. Distinguished Fellow at the Robert Muldoon Centre for Constitutional Law.
Please send all complaints
c/- Rt Hon Dame Helen Winkelmann GNZM
Supreme Court of New Zealand
85 Lambton Quay
Wellington
Please send all complaints
c/- Rt Hon Dame Helen Winkelmann GNZM
Supreme Court of New Zealand
85 Lambton Quay
Wellington
For services to legal fees.
December 30, 2025 at 11:19 PM
For services to legal fees.
Commiserations to everyone appearing on the LawFuel Power List 2025.
December 21, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Commiserations to everyone appearing on the LawFuel Power List 2025.
Someone in this latest season of Brokenwood Mysteries is using the 6th edition of the ADLS standard agreement for sale and purchase. We’re up to the 11th in the rest of the country!
December 21, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Someone in this latest season of Brokenwood Mysteries is using the 6th edition of the ADLS standard agreement for sale and purchase. We’re up to the 11th in the rest of the country!
The year is 2025 and I am begging everybody across the political spectrum to understand the cab rank rule and role-differentiated morality.
December 20, 2025 at 5:17 AM
The year is 2025 and I am begging everybody across the political spectrum to understand the cab rank rule and role-differentiated morality.
Okay even I think judicial review needs to chill for a second.
December 17, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Okay even I think judicial review needs to chill for a second.
Grinder and Te Ohu Kai Moana Trustee and PATHA interim relief and the Corrections mandamus case and (not fitting with the meme because it was on the Crown side) LCANZI and probably others I'm missing.
December 17, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Grinder and Te Ohu Kai Moana Trustee and PATHA interim relief and the Corrections mandamus case and (not fitting with the meme because it was on the Crown side) LCANZI and probably others I'm missing.
Ministry of Melling Infrastructure.
December 16, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Ministry of Melling Infrastructure.
“What is the charge? Eating a meal? A succulent Russian meal?”
Man accused of swallowing Fabergé pendant pleads not guilty
Man accused of swallowing Fabergé pendant pleads not guilty
The alleged pendant-swallower has been remanded in custody and is expected to reappear in court in February.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 15, 2025 at 6:00 AM
“What is the charge? Eating a meal? A succulent Russian meal?”
Agree with Andrew - great Christmas idea and helps transition to a coal-free economy.
Added my 2c worth to this regarding developments in AoNZ in 2024 ... it's at pp 228-231 for those interested, while the whole thing can be accessed for free at papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
(There's some 80-other country reports to read ... cheap Xmas idea for any constitutional nerds you know!)
(There's some 80-other country reports to read ... cheap Xmas idea for any constitutional nerds you know!)
December 14, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Agree with Andrew - great Christmas idea and helps transition to a coal-free economy.
High Court holds Michael Jordan is "infamous".
R v Tuira [2025] NZHC 3958
R v Tuira [2025] NZHC 3958
December 14, 2025 at 9:26 PM
High Court holds Michael Jordan is "infamous".
R v Tuira [2025] NZHC 3958
R v Tuira [2025] NZHC 3958
Proud to be named law firm of the year by something that sounds like the news service from Bluey.
December 12, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Proud to be named law firm of the year by something that sounds like the news service from Bluey.
Dump all my stock in Russell McVeagh.
December 8, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Dump all my stock in Russell McVeagh.
Off to the Australia New Zealand Legal Ethics Colloquium at Otago. A colloquium is like a conference except it’s worth more points in Scrabble.
December 7, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Off to the Australia New Zealand Legal Ethics Colloquium at Otago. A colloquium is like a conference except it’s worth more points in Scrabble.
Picture of me and the staff who operate my Bluesky account.
December 7, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Picture of me and the staff who operate my Bluesky account.
I'm in Dunedin, I'm with my much more talented wife, I've got a coffee, I'm writing slides for a presentation at a legal ethics conference about the divide between professional and personal misconduct. Life's pretty good sometimes!
December 6, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I'm in Dunedin, I'm with my much more talented wife, I've got a coffee, I'm writing slides for a presentation at a legal ethics conference about the divide between professional and personal misconduct. Life's pretty good sometimes!
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"Confirmed to Stuff" via a formal judgment of the High Court of NZ which also was published on the Courts of NZ decisions of public interest ... but sure, your news organisation got the scoop 🙄
December 5, 2025 at 8:00 AM
"Confirmed to Stuff" via a formal judgment of the High Court of NZ which also was published on the Courts of NZ decisions of public interest ... but sure, your news organisation got the scoop 🙄
[Weary cat emoji]
December 5, 2025 at 4:25 AM
[Weary cat emoji]
Obligatory favourite Onion headline.
December 5, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Obligatory favourite Onion headline.
Demonstrating how much I believe in my amendment regulations by amending them again.
December 4, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Demonstrating how much I believe in my amendment regulations by amending them again.
27% of *signatories* to the Gender Equality Charter not aware of the equitable briefing goal? What do they think it is: iTunes terms and conditions?
December 4, 2025 at 2:19 AM
27% of *signatories* to the Gender Equality Charter not aware of the equitable briefing goal? What do they think it is: iTunes terms and conditions?
Quoted Trotsky to the High Court of New Zealand. Judge gave me a look to say that's not making it into the judgment, pal.
December 3, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Quoted Trotsky to the High Court of New Zealand. Judge gave me a look to say that's not making it into the judgment, pal.
Oh no, what did he tweet?
December 3, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Oh no, what did he tweet?
Lunch of champions (toasted sandwich from QCs Cafe).
December 3, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Lunch of champions (toasted sandwich from QCs Cafe).