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Availability during Covid-19 Level 4 – Gary, Courtney, the Regulators and the Courts

admin March 26, 2020August 31, 2022 Articles

Ākarana Chambers has had to close its physical office in High Street along with the rest of New Zealand as we move into COVID Alert Level 4 lockdown. However, Gary, Courtney and Judy are working remotely from their home offices

Dates for 2019’s leading financial crime conference – ACAMS with NZ Police

admin May 30, 2019August 31, 2022 Articles

The Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS) is now into into its 7th year as joint venture partner with the New Zealand Police Financial Intelligence Unit, organising this major conference at Te Papa, Wellington. Gary will again act as

Ranking in Who’s Who Legal 2019 – Investigations

admin April 30, 2019August 31, 2022 Articles, Media

Every year, London based research directory Who’s Who Legal publishes a Regulatory Investigations Guide, with support from the Global Investigations Review magazine. In 2019 Gary has again been ranked as leading NZ lawyer, covering his core fields of white-collar crime,

Gary was interviewed by Thomson Reuters about the FMA’s new AML Monitoring Report

admin April 17, 2019August 31, 2022 Articles, Media

This month the NZ Financial Markets Authority, one of our three tiered AML-CFT regulators, put out its Monitoring Report covering the period to 30 June 2018. This semi-regular publication describes the FMA's enforcement actions and current priorities in the anti-money

Gary is appointed by TRACE International – and joins the Podcast “Bribe, Swindle or Steal”

admin November 25, 2018August 31, 2022 Articles, Media

Gary has been appointed by TRACE International Inc as its New Zealand local expert partner lawyer. Pro Bono Appointment Trace International is a US-based, globally renowned, standard setting and training organisation in the field of anti-bribery and corruption. It works with

NZ chapter written – Anti-corruption Laws and Regulations, a Global Guide – new textbook

admin October 31, 2018October 31, 2018 Articles, Media

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

Car crash insurance consequences – loss mitigation costs mount for motor vehicle insurers

admin August 13, 2018August 31, 2022 Articles

CAR CRASH CONSEQUENCES – LOSS MITIGATION COSTS MOUNT FOR MOTOR VEHICLE INSURERS Sometimes in insurance law, as in life, a whole lot of modest claims or incidents mount up, creating a significant headache. So it was, when the NZ High

Gary’s major new online text, AML/CFT Workflows and Guidance for Lawyers, has been launched

admin June 8, 2018August 31, 2022 Articles

Gary has partnered with international publishing powerhouse Thomson Reuters to produce the most comprehensive NZ textbook available on AML/CFT, specifically targeted at new phase 2 professions (initially, lawyers, who are newbie reporting entities from 1 July 2018). Named “AML/CFT Workflows and

Insurance Law Reform announced – well overdue, but likely to be controversial

admin March 28, 2018June 30, 2020 Articles

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

Media law cycle repeats – Gareth Morgan seeks injunction to be invited to TVNZ leaders’ debate

admin September 6, 2017February 20, 2018 Articles

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