Rotorua: Harcourts Dancing for Hospice dancers Paul and Deborah Kay
It’s definitely been challenging but incredibly uplifting! I’m learning a whole new skill set – despite starting with…
The Kim Dotcom saga is a national embarrassment – Deborah Chambers
These are not sentencing decisions sending or incarcerating a person. They are decisions that a person faces criminal…
The Supreme Court – the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. Part 2: the Bad – Deborah Chambers
The Ellis case concerned the convictions of Peter Ellis, a gay Pākehā man found guilty in highly controversial…
The Supreme Court: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly – Part 1; The Good and Mr Tamihere
The Supreme Court explained why the original trial had been fundamentally unfair and why the Court of Appeal…
“Hacks” creators on easing Jean Smart’s finale concerns and crafting that emotional twist: ‘What’s worth living for is laughing’
Key Points Hacks ended with an emotional roller coaster, following a stunning admission from Jean Smart’s Deborah Vance.…
Puberty blockers ban, judicial review and political decisions – Deborah Chambers
The English High Court in Bell v Tavistock found there was only limited evidence of the efficacy, purpose…
Becoming a King’s Counsel should mean something more than the ability to charge $1500 an hour – Deborah Manning
Barrister Deborah Manning. Photo / Mark Mitchell The bar, the judiciary and the Law Society often speak of…
Kings Counsel title should reward courtroom excellence, not community virtue – Deborah Chambers
On paper it sounds noble. In practice it is a serious distortion of what KC is for and…
MP Deborah Russell dodges question on whether Labour capital gains tax goes far enough
The accusation came after a new report from lobby group Tax Justice Aotearoa called for new taxes. The…
Property (Relationships) Act at 50: A quiet revolution worth celebrating – Deborah Chambers
This year marks the Act’s 50th anniversary. A national conference in Parliament’s Grand Hall on July 3 will…
Auckland’s motorway crash response system is so outdated – Deborah Chambers
I walk to work. Partly for health reasons and partly for environmental ones. But also because the thought…
NZ PR expert Deborah Pead on how the Beckhams should manage the fallout from Brooklyn’s post
Brooklyn Beckham publicly detailed his estrangement from parents David and Victoria on Instagram. ‘Silence, in this case, is…