by Trevor Daya-Winterbottom | 17 Mar, 2017
The opinion pieces from Melissa Scanlan and Sean Hecht [published in RMB Volume 12 Issue 2] provide timely updates on the Juliana litigation in the USA regarding climate change and current and future generations, and the emerging environmental policy direction of the...
by Trevor Daya-Winterbottom | 10 Mar, 2017
The High Court decision in RJ Davidson Family Trust v Marlborough District Council (Cull J)[1] is important as the first decision from the superior courts to apply the King Salmon approach in a resource consent context.[2] The decision (while subject to further...
by Trevor Daya-Winterbottom | 17 Feb, 2017
For public lawyers the press has been dominated by the decision of the UK Supreme Court in R (Miller) v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union [2017] UKSC 5. This decision has brought the issue of “judicial constitution-making” sharply into focus.[1] The...
by Trevor Daya-Winterbottom | 29 May, 2014
Sometimes its important to know your worth, and the findings of the most recent Ministry of Education survey of tertiary graduate earnings provides interesting reading: Study finds 62% rise in LLB graduate earnings over 7 years A Ministry of Education study on...
by Trevor Daya-Winterbottom | 23 Apr, 2014
Looking ahead to teaching about common law remedies and economic theory in an environmental context in Week 7, and teaching about sustainability in Week 8, there have been a number of recent reports about economic growth from learned societies in different...
by Trevor Daya-Winterbottom | 22 Apr, 2014
The NZ Supreme Court decisions in the King Salmon cases were released on Thursday 17 April. The cases involved appeals against plan changes and resource consent applications for 9 marine farming sites in the Marlborough Sounds. Two sites were challenged by EDS and...
