In 2017, the Supreme Court in Proprietors of Wakatū v Attorney-General recognised for the first time in New Zealand that the Crown has enforceable private law fiduciary duties to Māori in relation to 19th century land ...

Early in their investigations, it is common practice for police to make warrantless requests to banks, telecommunications providers, power companies and other service providers. In making these requests, the police hope ...

This paper examines the type of compliance and enforcement mechanisms that should be included in proposed instrument to be negotiated under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea in relation to the conservation ...

There are many reasons why administrative decision-making may take longer than affected individuals might like. The lack of adequate resources or an unexpected increase in workload may contribute to the length of time taken ...

When the Supreme Court discussed the principle of indemnity in Ridgecrest New Zealand Ltd v IAG New Zealand Ltd, it referred to it as ‘awkward’ in the context of a replacement policy. The application of the indemnity ...

The World Health Organization is uniquely placed to lay claim to normative legitimacy. It is the key centralised agency for international health law, and has almost universal state membership. Yet its powers of emergency ...

This paper uses the current debate about the role of custom in determining the future of land tenure in the Cook Islands as an entry-point for a historiography of the recognition of indigenous land tenure by an imposed ...

The equality of the parties is a fundamental procedural norm. The proper application of this principle has faced novel challenges in investor-State arbitration and World Trade Organisation dispute settlement, particularly ...