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Tuesday, February 17th, 2009The Court of Appeal has thrown out the Bill of Rights challenge to the Electoral Finance Act. That’s not to say that they thought the EFA was consistent with the BORA. Just that they wouldn’t consider the issue. I’m not too surprised that they threw out the challenge to the Attorney-General’s decision not to report […]
Lundy 2
Thursday, February 12th, 2009Here’s one thing the prosecutors could have said to White about the Lundy case: Lundy filled his gas tank in Wellington. The fuel warning was flashing when he got back to Palmerston North. How did Lundy manage to empty the tank in one normal-speed trip back to Palmerston North plus a bit of driving in […]
Lundy case is falling down?
Wednesday, February 11th, 2009I commend to your attention Mike White’s terrific article questioning the conviction of Mark Lundy in North & South magazine. It seems Lundy is to be added to New Zealand’s increasingly large stack of questionable convictions. When serious questions like this arise, I don’t think it’s enough for police and prosecutors to respond, as they often do, by […]
Books are doomed
Tuesday, February 10th, 2009Yeah, I don’t much like e-books either. But here’s the thing: that doesn’t matter. Old paper-and-binding books are doomed anyway. Don’t believe me? Read this. The logic is unassailable, I think.
Gold star awards
Wednesday, January 7th, 2009David Farrar weighs in on the drink-driving debate with the sort of thoughtful analysis that threatens to give blogging a good name. NoRightTurn does the same thing with the Crown Law Office’s vet of the Domestic Violence (Enhancing Safety) Bill. Well done, those chaps.
A different way to tackle the juror-internet problem
Tuesday, October 7th, 2008Fine the jurors. Under new laws in Victoria, jurors can now be fined up to A$13,000 for conducting online research during a trial.
Open letter to Reading Cinemas
Thursday, October 2nd, 2008I like your comfy seats. But you know that ad you run with the fat guy in front of the TV, stuffing himself with chippies? The one where one of the books gets fed up with him and flies through the air to drive him off the couch and out the door that swings open […]
And speaking of defamation lawsuits involving fisheries…
Thursday, September 25th, 2008The Simunovich case (discussed below) isn’t the same as Winston Peters’ defamation lawsuit against TVNZ, Radio NZ and others about the fisheries issues – the case that saw Rodney Hide ejected from the House late last month. Peters fumed that Hide was improperly trying to raise issues during question time that were being contested in […]
Public meeting on Urerewa raids
Monday, September 22nd, 2008I’m speaking at a public meeting tonight on the contempt of court aspects of the Urewera raids. The meeting is organised by supporters of the defendants, and will also include a discussion of the broader issues around the raids, and the Search and Surveillance Powers Bill. I’m not a member of the October 15th solidarity […]
The value of the press
Monday, September 1st, 2008From Winston Peters’ blog: Today we have been doing some jobs at home, pausing occaisionally [sic] to look out the window at the teams of journalists, camera people and photographers camping on the footpath. At the same time, it occurred to me that the money spent on these people could be used on a force […]
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