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Supreme Court refuses to stay barrister suspension until late January

Judges decline to extend latest stay from 30 October 2026 to 29 January 2027

Privacy regulator issues final report on Manage My Health cyber breach

Recommendations address data governance considerations, dormant and non-activated accounts

High Court refuses opt-out class action against Transpower over Northland outage

Duty of care may differ across up to 24,000 firms hit by tower collapse, ruling finds

Coroners Court information affected by ZenTech cyber incident

Some cases are delayed as investigation continues, justice ministry says

Supreme Court denies leave to appeal in barrister misconduct case

Ruling upholds six-month suspension and order to pay compensation and costs

Supreme Court refuses to disturb decision arising from claim of negligent legal work

Ruling affirms judicial conduct commissioner’s finding favouring judges in recall proceedings

High Court orders director to pay $1.39m for reckless trading

Ruling finds director knew letter-of-credit funds promised to contractor had already gone to other parties

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UK Law Commission to study offences against dead bodies, human remains

Review may cover dismemberment, situation where killer withholds location of victim’s body

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Report addresses AI use to prepare documents in UK civil proceedings

Recommendations touched on litigants-in-person, witness statements, expert evidence

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Yoshinori Kobayashi accused the government of discriminating against commoners

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