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Jesus. Of all things, the mere need for this has hit me really, really hard.

Also there are no kickbacks to GPs if they do refer to a psychiatrist. If that is occuring, we've got bigger problems going on...

This article is wrong & scaremongering. Eg there is little to no financial incentive - GPs are over subscribed so no huge issue if 1 patient leaves, referral to psychiatrist doesnt need to happen for diagnosis anymore, & prescriptions bring in annual appt fee + modest repeat fees. Not big bucks.

Interested to read it now - Acheson is seen as one of the "better" NLC judges, with all the caveats that inevitably go along with that.

Also the Green Bike Trust - in Porirua / Kenepuru: www.poriruagreenbike.com. They take bikes in any condition.

"Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can even do much to help it. While it lies there it needs no constitution, no law, no court to save it."
Judge Learned Hand's "Spirit of Liberty" speech for newly naturalised citizens, 1944.

Ah, kei te pai. Nice work!

Ooh interesting that you got served - they've been tracking your reporting, obviously. Thank you, but no need to upload - the reasons judgment is the more important bit (for us lawyers and the public), and its freely available now anyway!

After all of that, the Judge's decision also uses the word "sealed" in relation to the Court file not being searched/accessed without the Court's leave (I assume because MMH's affidavits might contain sensitive and/or confidential information). Ha.

Even as a lawyer, I feel the same way... Thank you for your efforts, btw - it has been really useful to have your insights and access to Kazu when both the media and MMH were information black holes.

Haha, you can clearly do my job far more efficiently than me!

If something is inaccessible to the public, we do not refer to it as being "sealed" but (typically) as supressed and/or subject to confidentiality orders. A sealed judgment (containing the orders made) is about enforcement, not access - see High Court Rules: www.legislation.govt.nz/regulation/p...

That's a very USA-centric Wikipedia entry - it doesn't have much application to NZ. Sealing a judgment means you can enforce the orders made by the Court, eg by serving them on the parties who are in breach (eg anyone hosting or publishing the data).

Could be worse - rival mayoral candidates couldn't even get his name right despite a months-long campaign...

*Mamdani

After us architecture students had been buried in the arch building for days leading up to a hand-in, we would emerge like blind rats into the much missed daylight. A joyous rebirth - much like when I see you! Ngā mihi o te tau hou Pākehā, e kare xx

Yeah, this is one of those "do as I say, not as I do" situations, and is somewhat out of alignment with the highly critical views he expressed (but did not back with evidence) this year at the 50th anniversary panel event at Wellington Museum.

Ooh please may I have a copy of this, along with your judicial schokarsjip piece? Ngā mihi nui!

I feel a pressing need to clarify that specifically *the courts* (and possibly also law journals) remain wedded to Times New Roman. Many of the rest of the profession do not suffer that particular affliction!

Ngā mihi nui to everyone who has/is working on this 🏳️‍⚧️ 💖 🏳️‍⚧️

These drugs won't be roadside oral tested (only thc, mdma, meth and coke). So, the target is well clear from those righties.

They voted for it, so not a chance in hell.

The result is that can't refer it to debt collector if the "debt" is disputed, and they have to initiate legal action for a ruling that it is owed if they want to recover it. They never commence proceedings, because they risk getting a court decision that says their whole business model is illegal.

The Reddit post linked in the thread provides some tips (but some slightly wrong things too...). The key is to say (1) they are asking for punative damages, which are not ok under NZ contract law, and (2) you dispute that you owe anything let alone the amount they demand.

I have been told more than once by both doctors and nurses that I can take them out myself, with instructions about how to do it. Including for a pretty serious cut the top of my finger off situation. Completely normal, imho.

Kia ora whaea - keen to help and tried to dm you but couldn't! Please follow me back so I can ☺️

My pet peeve (in support of your point) - the saying is that one bad apple *spoils the barrel*. Sort the barrel out, or we are stuck doing this again and again...

It also fundamentally misunderstands that the point of the saying is that one bad apple *spoils the barrel*.

I approve of this course of inaction.