A little while ago, the Ministry of Justice published a Discussion Document on Adoption in Aotearoa New Zealand (June 2021), which includes sections on overseas and intercountry adoption. Submissions are due by the end of this month. The Law Commission is conducting a review of surrogacy that includes issues of cross-border surrogacy. Submissions on the Issues Paper Te […]

By Maria Hook (University of Otago) In Almarzooqi v Salih [2021] NZCA 330, the Court of Appeal recently considered whether a judgment by a Dubai court ordering the defendant, Mr Salih, to pay a marriage dower was enforceable in New Zealand at common law. The High Court had refused enforcement on the basis that the […]