Strictly Obiter
@strictlyobiter.bsky.social
Going on a frolic of his own. Distinguished Fellow at the Robert Muldoon Centre for Constitutional Law.
Please send all complaints
c/- Rt Hon Dame Helen Winkelmann GNZM
Supreme Court of New Zealand
85 Lambton Quay
Wellington
Please send all complaints
c/- Rt Hon Dame Helen Winkelmann GNZM
Supreme Court of New Zealand
85 Lambton Quay
Wellington
Chilling with the MOJ staff and other juniors at the terminal after a week long inquest. The Coroner went into the regional lounge and made the big firm fancy lawyers come out and admit us all with their guest privileges. Total class.
November 14, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Chilling with the MOJ staff and other juniors at the terminal after a week long inquest. The Coroner went into the regional lounge and made the big firm fancy lawyers come out and admit us all with their guest privileges. Total class.
The same again, except one week and a second printing of Megarry’s first Legal Miscellany.
“My much less talented husband spent two weeks in the regions and all he brought back was a near-mint copy of Rishworth et al that he found in a secondhand book shop, and which he’s excited to take to his chambers.”
November 14, 2025 at 4:25 AM
The same again, except one week and a second printing of Megarry’s first Legal Miscellany.
Lol at the government's position description for the vacancy.
November 12, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Lol at the government's position description for the vacancy.
Pegasus Scholar.
November 12, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Pegasus Scholar.
When the Oravida person has the moral high ground it’s time to go.
November 11, 2025 at 7:34 AM
When the Oravida person has the moral high ground it’s time to go.
We did it! Well done, team!
November 10, 2025 at 7:54 AM
We did it! Well done, team!
If we need fight clubs at hospitals we’ll definitely circle back.
The outsourcing firm tells the Government it is uniquely positioned, and its services could be of great value
Prisons operator Serco eyes NZ's public health infrastructure needs
newsroom.co.nz
November 8, 2025 at 7:12 PM
If we need fight clubs at hospitals we’ll definitely circle back.
I would read the hell out of a piece where a Crown prosecutor sits down with the leads from an Agatha Christie country house murder and tries to cobble together enough admissible evidence to prosecute the case in court.
November 8, 2025 at 7:12 AM
I would read the hell out of a piece where a Crown prosecutor sits down with the leads from an Agatha Christie country house murder and tries to cobble together enough admissible evidence to prosecute the case in court.
Monty Python's constitutional peasants but for the Law Society President.
November 6, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Monty Python's constitutional peasants but for the Law Society President.
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I had to apply for permission to give evidence early in a trial because I was going on my honeymoon. He granted it (“Her honeymoon will be a seminal event in the life of Miss Franks”) but the defendant then fell over
November 6, 2025 at 2:24 AM
I had to apply for permission to give evidence early in a trial because I was going on my honeymoon. He granted it (“Her honeymoon will be a seminal event in the life of Miss Franks”) but the defendant then fell over
Brewer J to leave the High Court and go be the new Inspector-General of Defence. Such a loss to the High Court. His judgments light on footnotes, direct, assertive.
www.beehive.govt.nz/release/new-...
www.beehive.govt.nz/release/new-...
www.beehive.govt.nz
November 5, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Brewer J to leave the High Court and go be the new Inspector-General of Defence. Such a loss to the High Court. His judgments light on footnotes, direct, assertive.
www.beehive.govt.nz/release/new-...
www.beehive.govt.nz/release/new-...
Judicial independence means the CJ can't ban you from posting judgments on Decisions of Public Interest.
November 4, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Judicial independence means the CJ can't ban you from posting judgments on Decisions of Public Interest.
So the drag performer economic torts case against Brian Tamaki and Destiny Church supporters is going about as smoothly as you'd expect.
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November 3, 2025 at 1:45 AM
So the drag performer economic torts case against Brian Tamaki and Destiny Church supporters is going about as smoothly as you'd expect.
nzlii.org/cgi-bin/down...
nzlii.org/cgi-bin/down...
Unlike Andrew I *did* read it and now everything smells like pennies and burnt toast.
I don't have premium access and don't care enough to pay to read reckons like these, but if DC KC can explain why a CGT is "punishing thrift" while taxing the interest paid on a term deposit isn't then she's probably worth whatever hourly rate she charges.
November 2, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Unlike Andrew I *did* read it and now everything smells like pennies and burnt toast.
My long-held personal belief is legal writing peaked with Fred Rodell's Goodbye to Law Reviews, and it will never be surpassed (even though some legal writing has got better). That intro, though!
www.refsmmat.com/files/goodby...
www.refsmmat.com/files/goodby...
October 30, 2025 at 1:51 AM
My long-held personal belief is legal writing peaked with Fred Rodell's Goodbye to Law Reviews, and it will never be surpassed (even though some legal writing has got better). That intro, though!
www.refsmmat.com/files/goodby...
www.refsmmat.com/files/goodby...
To the person who writes nasty messages to NZLII: fuck off.
October 30, 2025 at 1:39 AM
To the person who writes nasty messages to NZLII: fuck off.
A perfect example of the public good that is @nzlii.bsky.social (and, to a lesser extent, social media)! We see a great resource that would be a perfect fit for NZLII, a small targeted donation to support the scanning, and now it's there for everyone to use.
You asked and I (have partially for now) delivered.
Well @strictlyobiter.bsky.social and @publicaddress.bsky.social asked
First Report of the Board of Health on Drug Dependency and Drug Abuse in New Zealand is now on NZLII at www.nzlii.org/nz/other/NZA...
Not my finest scanning job but it will do
Well @strictlyobiter.bsky.social and @publicaddress.bsky.social asked
First Report of the Board of Health on Drug Dependency and Drug Abuse in New Zealand is now on NZLII at www.nzlii.org/nz/other/NZA...
Not my finest scanning job but it will do
Board of Health Committee on Drug Dependency and Drug Abuse in New Zealand. First Report [1970] NZAHGovRp 2 (16 February 1970)
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October 29, 2025 at 8:44 PM
A perfect example of the public good that is @nzlii.bsky.social (and, to a lesser extent, social media)! We see a great resource that would be a perfect fit for NZLII, a small targeted donation to support the scanning, and now it's there for everyone to use.
Groundless Kiwis.
Stent v Attorney-General [2025] NZHC 3185: a claim for breach of BORA and false imprisonment(!) by a holidaying couple "trapped" in Australia quarantine-free travel with was suspended during Delta outbreaks. Isac J assiduously footnoting all their holiday locations gives a hint of the outcome.
October 26, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Groundless Kiwis.
Stent v Attorney-General [2025] NZHC 3185: a claim for breach of BORA and false imprisonment(!) by a holidaying couple "trapped" in Australia quarantine-free travel with was suspended during Delta outbreaks. Isac J assiduously footnoting all their holiday locations gives a hint of the outcome.
October 26, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Stent v Attorney-General [2025] NZHC 3185: a claim for breach of BORA and false imprisonment(!) by a holidaying couple "trapped" in Australia quarantine-free travel with was suspended during Delta outbreaks. Isac J assiduously footnoting all their holiday locations gives a hint of the outcome.
If (hopefully not when) this happens in New Zealand I am going to lose my shit.
Federal Judges— or staff, but same-same— used "AI" to summarize & draft rulings, issued them w/o checking the work, leading to basic factual errors, & thus undermining the facticity & validity of the rulings entire.
Gee. Who Could Have Foreseen. *stares directly into the camera like in the office*
Gee. Who Could Have Foreseen. *stares directly into the camera like in the office*
Two federal judges say use of AI led to errors in US court rulings
Two federal judges admitted in response to an inquiry by U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley that members of their staff used artificial intelligence to help prepare recent court orders that Grassley called "error-ridden."
www.reuters.com
October 26, 2025 at 7:06 AM
If (hopefully not when) this happens in New Zealand I am going to lose my shit.
What I want to know is how the Attorney-General gets any actual work done.
October 24, 2025 at 5:40 AM
What I want to know is how the Attorney-General gets any actual work done.
@nzlii.bsky.social: could I donate a sum to have these scanned and uploaded? Precursor reports to what became the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975.
But here's the thing: I had to buy hard copies of both reports from Hard to Find. If they're digitised somewhere, I couldn't find them. I think they're actually important cultural documents. So who do I petition to get that done?
October 23, 2025 at 5:12 AM
@nzlii.bsky.social: could I donate a sum to have these scanned and uploaded? Precursor reports to what became the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975.
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Only in Dunedin do 20% of motorists have a chainsaw at hand when driving.
October 23, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Only in Dunedin do 20% of motorists have a chainsaw at hand when driving.
