(By Jack Wass, Stout Street Chambers) Trans-Tasman jurisdiction disputes – a wrong turn  The fundamental reform of the TTPA The Trans-Tasman Proceedings Act 2010 fundamentally reformed the approach to civil proceedings involving New Zealand and Australia. It recognised that approaching trans-Tasman disputes in the same way as disputes involving other foreign countries did not reflect […]

(By Maria Hook)  Please click here for a pdf version of this post.  I              Introduction [1] Can a party who is located overseas be in contempt of the New Zealand court? The purpose of this piece is to sketch out an answer to this question. I use the term “overseas” to refer to parties who […]