A State of Emergency and public law New Zealand’s government has (like many around the world) sailed into uncharted waters since the end of March 2020, when a national state of emergency was declared to deal with the coronavirus. Unfamiliar authoritarian
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
Gary Hughes worked alongside Michael Heron QC to deliver an entertaining pre-Xmas discussion session for the NZ Insurance Law Association and ICNZ’s Liability Insurance Group.The two barristers addressed the seminar in Wellington on their core areas of expertise, which includes
Winter's new documentary film, The Panama Papers. Gary joined the ANZ Bank's head of financial crime, and Radio NZ's chief business editor, to discuss and highlight the themes on a panel after the premiere showing. When a treasure trove of
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
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,
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 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
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
Concerns around cyber-crime, privacy breach, and super-sized data collection have been growing steadily. August saw a real focus on this area in Gary's work and speaking engagements, in Sydney and Auckland. As well as advising new payment technology and cryptocurrency
