This article looks at allegations of bias from the New Zealand Sports Tribunal and the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

This was the first NZ case where the concept of an "illusory trust", as distinct from a "sham trust", was considered.

Who is legally responsible if your home is found to be a "leaky building"? In this article, Belinda Barclay, an associate with the Christchurch Lawlink firm of Wynn Williams & Co who specialises in insurance litigation, considers the question.

In certain circumstances, insolvent transactions can be voidable under ss 292–296 of the Companies Act 1993 (NZ).

Anti-spam legislation has always been envisaged as part of a multi-faceted approach to a problem which now accounts for a significant proportion of all electronic mail traffic. But, Belinda Barclay,an associate with the Christchurch Lawlink firm of Wynn Williams & Co asks, what will the proposed anti-spam Bill do for New Zealand businesses and what should they be doing now?

In the recent "Leaky Homes" case of Dicks v Hobson Swan Construction Limted & Ors, Baragwanath J, HC Auckland, CIV 2004-404-1065, 22 December 2006, the High Court awarded Hobsonville homeowner Colleen Dicks a total of $250,900 to meet the cost of repairing her 12 year old house, to compensate her for three years of distress and to meet the costs of her expert witnesses ($29,684.43).

It seems that the courts will decide that these clauses are not enforceable, but they create an evidential presumption.

Discrimination in the employment setting is prohibited by both the Employment Relations Act 2000 and the Human Rights Act 1993.

The Supreme Court has once more confirmed that litigation funding agreements are not themselves objectionable.

Radical changes to civil procedure are on the horizon with the recently released draft District Courts Rules 2007. This article addresses why, how and will the draft rules work?

The Court declarations are a timely reminder for consent authorities when considering applications for resource consents.

The judgment is useful for the approach that courts will take to complex cases involving defects and builder negligence.