Government Law – Year in Review Half-Day Seminar
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
CPD compatible: 5.5 hours
This half-day seminar discussed key developments in government law over the past year.
Seminar programme
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
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
Miscellaneous topics
- 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
5:45–6:45pm
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)