New Zealand Centre for Public Law

When: 12 February 2018,12:45 - 5:15pm (seminar) and 5:45 - 6:45pm (keynote address)
Location: Victoria University of Wellington, Pipitea Campus, Wellington
Price: $100 incl gst (other fees available, on application, for students or unwaged)
Registration: nzcpl-govt-law.eventbrite.co.nz
CPD compatible: 5.5 hours

This half-day seminar will explain and discuss key developments in government law over the past year.

To view the full programme in pdf format please click here.

SEMINAR PROGRAMME

12:45-12:50pm
Welcome and housekeeping

12:50-1:30pm

• Te Tiriti/Māori issues
  Dr Carwyn Jones, Victoria University of Wellington

1:30-1:35pm

• Updates from Abroad – United Kingdom – Video Vignette
  Catherine Callaghan QC, Barrister, Blackstone Chambers

1:35-2:35pm

• Judicial Review
  Dr Eddie Clark, Victoria University of Wellington
• Election and Government Formation
  Professor Andrew Geddis, University of Otago

2:35-2:40pm

• Updates from Abroad – United States – Video Vignette
  Professor Neil S Siegel, David W Ichel Professor of Law and Professor of Political Science, Duke University

2:40-3:20pm
Afternoon Tea

3:20-4:00pm

• NZ Bill of Rights Act
  Professor Claudia Geiringer, Victoria University of Wellington

4:00-4:05pm

• Updates from Abroad – Canada – Video Vignette
  Lorne Sossin, Dean and Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University

4:05-5:05pm
This and That:

• Osborne v Worksafe New Zealand – on the failure to proceed with a prosecution in relation to the Pike River disaster
  Madeleine Laracy, Deputy Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security
• “Let’s Tax This” – decisions of the Advertising Standards Authority and Broadcasting Standards Authority
  Steven Price, Barrister/Victoria University of Wellington adjunct lecturer
• Update on developments in relation to pay equity
  Martha Coleman, Barrister
• Comments on the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership
  Professor Susy Frankel, Victoria University of Wellington
• Update on the Legislation Bill
  Elana Geddis, Barrister

5:05-5:10pm

• Updates from Abroad – Australia – Video Vignette
  Professor Rosalind Dixon, University of New South Wales

5:10-5:15pm

Closing Remarks

5:15-5:45pm

Refreshments (one free drink provided)

5:45-6:45pm

Following refreshments, the seminar will close with a keynote address:

• Vigilance and Restraint in the Common Law of Judicial Review
  Dr Dean Knight, Victoria University of Wellington
  Address based on his book: Vigilance and Restraint in the Common Law of Judicial Review (Cambridge University Press, 2017)

For more information please email law-events@vuw.ac.nz