Gary Hughes Barrister / Advocacy / Regulatory / Strategic Risk
Gary’s latest publication is a New Zealand chapter contributed to the major new international work Anti-corruption Laws and Regulations, a Global Guide. This significant new text, published by Globe Law and Business, aims to be a definitive guide to international
Insurance Law Reform announced On 6 March 2018 the long-expected Insurance Contract Law review finally broke cover from the New Zealand Parliament. The review is going to take in a wide range of issues, some of which may attract controversy
In December 2014 I co-authored a media law article on minority party politicians using courts to shoehorn their way into TV leaders’ debates. Talking about the 3-year New Zealand term, we said: “Almost on the same three-year cycle, another case
One of the enjoyable aspects of working with technology clients and fin-tech firms is that it opens your eyes to new, more efficient, ways of doing business. The business of dispute resolution is no different: ripe for disruption, if not
Proposals to extend Anti-Money Laundering legislation, which would at least triple the number of reporting entities currently captured, have been moving at breakneck pace in New Zealand. The Law and Order Select Committee today reported back to Parliament, two weeks
Construction/Roading contractor relationships were corrupt New Zealand’s highest profile corruption case in recent times concluded in early 2017 with a 5-year prison sentence for the recipient of the lavish gifts and hospitality, a senior manager at local Council-owned Auckland Transport,
[An abridged version of this article is in LAWTALK Magazine, July 2017 – Download PDF or you can view the article here] Plenty has been written about looming Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism (AML) regulation for lawyers, some of