20 September 2021
Rules Committee
Improving Access to Civil Justice Project
PO Box 60
AUCKLAND
For Clerk to the Rules Committee (Sebastian Hartley)
By email to: RulesCommittee@justice.govt.nz
Dear Committee,
RE: Impr…
Harkness Henry Lecture
University of Waikato, 2 October 20081
HARD CASES AND BAD LAW2
Introduction
[1] “Hard cases make bad law” is a well known legal phrase. It describes a
difficult case which might cause the clarity (or purity) of the law to be o…
… that it never intended to accept and that the cheque was banked because of
administrative error on the part of its solicitor’s employee.
As noted by the Court, differing approaches to accord and satisfaction have been
demonstrated in a number of H…
YUSUKE (DAVID) SENA v NEW ZEALAND POLICE [2019] NZSC 55 [24 May 2019]
NOTE: PUBLICATION OF NAMES, ADDRESSES, OCCUPATIONS OR
IDENTIFYING PARTICULARS OF ANY PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF
18 YEARS WHO APPEARED AS A WITNESS PROHIBITED BY S 204 OF THE
C…
DISCONTINUANCE OF
COURT OF APPEAL ANNUAL REPORTS
From 1988 to 2008 the Court of Appeal produced an Annual Report relating to
significant cases in the Court. The Court has decided to discontinue that practice.
Some brief observations on…
14 JULY 2021
MEDIA RELEASE
BATHURST RESOURCES LTD v L & M COAL HOLDINGS LTD
(SC 29/2020) [2021] NZSC 85
PRESS SUMMARY
This summary is provided to assist in the understanding of the Court’s judgment. It does not
comprise part of th…
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RUDI HARTONO AND OTHERS …
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MARK STEPHEN HOTCHIN v …
