Strictly Obiter
@strictlyobiter.bsky.social
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
Lol at the government's position description for the vacancy.
November 12, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Lol at the government's position description for the vacancy.
When the Oravida person has the moral high ground it’s time to go.
November 11, 2025 at 7:34 AM
When the Oravida person has the moral high ground it’s time to go.
We did it! Well done, team!
November 10, 2025 at 7:54 AM
We did it! Well done, team!
So the drag performer economic torts case against Brian Tamaki and Destiny Church supporters is going about as smoothly as you'd expect.
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November 3, 2025 at 1:45 AM
So the drag performer economic torts case against Brian Tamaki and Destiny Church supporters is going about as smoothly as you'd expect.
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My long-held personal belief is legal writing peaked with Fred Rodell's Goodbye to Law Reviews, and it will never be surpassed (even though some legal writing has got better). That intro, though!
www.refsmmat.com/files/goodby...
www.refsmmat.com/files/goodby...
October 30, 2025 at 1:51 AM
My long-held personal belief is legal writing peaked with Fred Rodell's Goodbye to Law Reviews, and it will never be surpassed (even though some legal writing has got better). That intro, though!
www.refsmmat.com/files/goodby...
www.refsmmat.com/files/goodby...
To the person who writes nasty messages to NZLII: fuck off.
October 30, 2025 at 1:39 AM
To the person who writes nasty messages to NZLII: fuck off.
Thanks so much!
October 29, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Thanks so much!
Stent v Attorney-General [2025] NZHC 3185: a claim for breach of BORA and false imprisonment(!) by a holidaying couple "trapped" in Australia quarantine-free travel with was suspended during Delta outbreaks. Isac J assiduously footnoting all their holiday locations gives a hint of the outcome.
October 26, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Stent v Attorney-General [2025] NZHC 3185: a claim for breach of BORA and false imprisonment(!) by a holidaying couple "trapped" in Australia quarantine-free travel with was suspended during Delta outbreaks. Isac J assiduously footnoting all their holiday locations gives a hint of the outcome.
What I want to know is how the Attorney-General gets any actual work done.
October 24, 2025 at 5:40 AM
What I want to know is how the Attorney-General gets any actual work done.
“My much less talented husband spent two weeks in the regions and all he brought back was a near-mint copy of Rishworth et al that he found in a secondhand book shop, and which he’s excited to take to his chambers.”
October 19, 2025 at 1:25 AM
“My much less talented husband spent two weeks in the regions and all he brought back was a near-mint copy of Rishworth et al that he found in a secondhand book shop, and which he’s excited to take to his chambers.”
Really struggling to keep up on where the discourse is re KCs signing open letters.
October 18, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Really struggling to keep up on where the discourse is re KCs signing open letters.
My mum messaged me to tell me she has been appointed to the UK Supreme Court…
October 16, 2025 at 7:24 AM
My mum messaged me to tell me she has been appointed to the UK Supreme Court…
Bespoke statutory interpretation.
October 15, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Bespoke statutory interpretation.
I have been working quietly from an office in a courthouse this week and the judges’ PA gave me this jar of homemade lemon curd because I’ve been a “polite young man”.
October 9, 2025 at 2:49 AM
I have been working quietly from an office in a courthouse this week and the judges’ PA gave me this jar of homemade lemon curd because I’ve been a “polite young man”.
Can confirm. Looked at the KC appointments and thought that's pretty rich.
October 3, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Can confirm. Looked at the KC appointments and thought that's pretty rich.
I think you should all read Payne v Thomas [2025] NZHC 2864 then be kind to someone on the other side today. It's tough out there.
October 2, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I think you should all read Payne v Thomas [2025] NZHC 2864 then be kind to someone on the other side today. It's tough out there.
*extremely Guy Ritchie movie voice* Little Hen wants its money.
September 30, 2025 at 7:08 PM
*extremely Guy Ritchie movie voice* Little Hen wants its money.
Their petting weighed more than seven kilograms.
September 30, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Their petting weighed more than seven kilograms.
A treat for fans of judge's making devastating credibility findings. Becroft J in Green & McCahill Holdings Ltd v Williams & Ors [2025] NZHC 2581 at [88]-[121]. Simply too many paragraphs to screenshot.
www.courtsofnz.govt.nz/assets/cases...
www.courtsofnz.govt.nz/assets/cases...
September 26, 2025 at 4:08 AM
A treat for fans of judge's making devastating credibility findings. Becroft J in Green & McCahill Holdings Ltd v Williams & Ors [2025] NZHC 2581 at [88]-[121]. Simply too many paragraphs to screenshot.
www.courtsofnz.govt.nz/assets/cases...
www.courtsofnz.govt.nz/assets/cases...
Pretty cool to recognise the work of a great Parliamentary Counsel, I think.
September 26, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Pretty cool to recognise the work of a great Parliamentary Counsel, I think.
"In fact, there are hundreds of them."
September 18, 2025 at 10:16 PM
"In fact, there are hundreds of them."
Bad news for fans of the de facto officer doctrine!
Solicitor-General's Reference (No 1 of 2024) from CA441/2023 [2025] NZSC 121.
Solicitor-General's Reference (No 1 of 2024) from CA441/2023 [2025] NZSC 121.
September 18, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Bad news for fans of the de facto officer doctrine!
Solicitor-General's Reference (No 1 of 2024) from CA441/2023 [2025] NZSC 121.
Solicitor-General's Reference (No 1 of 2024) from CA441/2023 [2025] NZSC 121.