“Not only must Justice be done; it must also be seen to be done.” R v Sussex Justices, Ex parte McCarthy ([1924] 1 KB 256, [1923] All ER Rep 233) As was to be expected the mike Sabin trial was concluded recently with the...
Over the past few years team LF have reported extensively on the antics of New Zealand’s qausi judicial tribunals, in particular the antics of its Real Estate Agents Disiplinary Tribunal, aka, the REAA. Whilst there were a whole raft of...
Today our nation commemorated Anzac day, with all the usual furver and rhetoric, the politicians clamoring for a photo opportunity; 101 years on however are we even really cogniscent of the significance of the huge sacrifice’s that were made by...
“The history of liberty has largely been the history of the observance of procedural safeguards” – Felix Frankfurter (US Supreme Court) Two days ago Stuff.co.nz featured a story, claiming that it had been spotted on a blog. That story featured...
Warning: If you are a resident of New Zealand you may be inviting a police visit simply by reading this post. At 4:50pm Kiwi local time, Friday the 1st of April 2016, the New Zealand Herald published the article below,...