Issue 487 | 05 October 2020
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JOIN LexisNexis Innovation Panel (LNIP)
Join us for the inaugural LexisNexis Innovation Panel (LNIP) Workshop.
LNIP is a new collaborative forum between LexisNexis and our New Zealand customers, centering on initiatives to improve the way New Zealand legal professionals work. During this one-hour interactive workshop, we will discuss how advancements in technology have shaped the practice of law. Our panel of legal and technology experts will deliver a robust discussion about what the future of legal tech might look like, while engaging the audience to explore what you need out of the functionality of our solutions, which will help shape the way we approach future product development.
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LexisNexis ONDEMAND webinars are delivered by subject experts and accompanied by a short comprehension quiz. Our latest ONDEMAND webinars are as follows:
Guidance on the principles and practical issues associated with workplace disciplinary processes
and investigations.
Duration: 60 min
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The webinar looks at the recurring issues of fairness and reward that are commonly encountered during inheritance disputes and provides legal advisors, arbitrators and mediators with tools to advise and manage these when drafting or advising clients on wills, estates and succession.
Duration: 60 min
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This webinar examines the ongoing challenges of knowing your customer and practicalities of ensuring appropriate customer due diligence in an increasingly digital world in order to meet AML/CFT requirements.
Duration: 60 min
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Applying for a court order to administer a deceased estate when a person dies without a will is often complicated. This webinar appraises the requirements for an application of intestacy; the selection of appropriate evidence in support of the application and the recognition of factors that affect entitlement.
Duration: 60 min
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The application process for Letters of Administration with the will annexed differs from probate applications and knowing what matters need to be considered and addressed and supported by evidence, or indeed omitted, when making an application, is not always clear. This webinar provides guidance on recognising the key requirements for the preparation of a valid will and the requirements for making an improperly executed will declared valid.
Duration: 60 min
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Did you know that our LexisNexis training webinars are complementary and most are
CPD compliant?
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Tuesday, 6th of October at 3pm
In this session, we will provide an orientation to Lexis Advance. Learn to harness the power of the Advance search engine to find caselaw, legislation, commentary, forms & precedents and guidance on all different areas of law. This session will enable you to find what you need quickly and efficiently and organise your research effectively to save time.
Duration: 60 min
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Tuesday, 13th of October at 12pm
In this session, we will provide an orientation to Lexis Advance. Learn to harness the power of the Advance search engine to find caselaw, legislation, commentary, forms & precedents and guidance on all different areas of law. This session will enable you to find what you need quickly and efficiently and organise your research effectively to save time.
Duration: 60 min
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Wednesday, 14th of October at 1pm
Have a look under the hood to get more understanding of how CaseBase and LexCite work on Lexis Advance. Understand the sources they draw their information from and how they can aid your legal research and save you time.
Duration: 60 min
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Thursday, 15th of October at 4pm
This session shows you how to browse and search your digital versions of key LexisNexis publications. We show you how to quickly find, highlight and annotate content for effective offline use of publications when you are out of the office.
Duration: 60 min
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Friday, 16th of October at 10am
NZBA members—improve your skills and save time researching with Lexis Advance. In our Bar-focused training session, discover how to make the most of the big red search box, filter your search results, create links to your favourite publications, highlight and annotate content, create your own work folders to organise your research. Makes researching easy for you.
Duration: 60 min
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Tuesday, 20th of October at 12pm
This session will look at how Practical Guidance operates as a stand-alone module and as a partner to the research you may run on Lexis Advance. In Practical Guidance, you can find guidance written by experts in different areas of law that lead you to the relevant cases and legislation, forms, checklists and precedents as well as extracts from the key text Lexis publishes in that area. Focus on understanding the use and benefits of Practical Guidance modules for your everyday research.
Duration: 60 min
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Wednesday, 21st of October at 4pm
Our Environmental and Resource Management Law publications will deliver answers on this topic of environment law, including Practical Guidance modules compiled by expert practitioners in their field. Learn how to work with content in Chapter 5 of our encyclopedic Environmental Resource Management Law comprehensively reviewed by Derek Nolan QC. Look at The Laws of New Zealand encylopedic book and the chapters on Resource management and Climate Change including leading cases on the subject. Become familiar with constructing search terms and setting up alerts, folders and saved annotations.
Duration: 60 min
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Thursday, 22nd of October at 4pm
In this session, we will focus on our Environmental and Resource Management Law publications, including Practical Guidance modules, compiled by expert practitioners in their field. Learn how to work with content in our encyclopedic Environmental Resource Management Law text, comprehensively reviewed by Derek Nolan QC. Gain an understanding of the relevant chapters of the Laws of NZ on Resource management and Climate Change which include leading cases on the subject. Become familiar with constructing search terms and setting up alerts, folders and saving annotations.
Duration: 60 min
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Tuesday, 27th of October at 3pm
Lexis Draft is a legal drafting solution. It is a Microsoft Word and Microsoft Outlook add-in ribbon that helps you draft faster and more efficiently. Lexis Draft contains legal proofreading, editorial review, research and analytical tools for accurate, consistent and efficient drafting. It checks for inconsistencies in documents, flags areas that need your attention and links directly to your LexisNexis services without leaving Word – saving you time.
Duration: 60 min
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Wednesday, 28th of October at 11am
This session focuses on various research topics using LexisNexis criminal publications and Practical Guidance. Gain a better understanding of search mechanics and our content such as Garrow & Turkington, Hall's Sentencing, Abbot and Thompson – District Courts Practice Criminal, as well as an overview of Sim's Court Practice and Cross on Evidence. Find what you need more quickly and efficiently.
Duration: 60 min
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Unable to attend our webinars? For a whole host of additional learning material including videos and guides, click here to access the LexisNexis Knowledge Network.
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LNNZ
RRP*incl.GST: $65.00 $58.50 (pre-order price)
ISBN: 9781988546377
Publication date: October 2020
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The Honourable Justice Downs (editor)
RRP*incl. GST: $99.99 $89.99 (pre-order price)
ISBN: 9781988546384
Publication date: November 2020
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Practical Guidance: Employment
Latest legal updates
Government procurement rules changed to create jobs for Māori, Pasifika and women
Projects that provide scores of jobs for locals will receive $1.4 million in Government funding
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Practical Guidance: Family
Latest legal updates
Parents in custody battle not allowed to take children out of New Zealand until 2023
Justice Minister Andrew Little committed to adoption law reform next term
Police apologise for allowing child to leave New Zealand despite Family Court order
Temporary state custody application for child with life-threatening condition eventually granted after one-month delay
Practical Guidance: Family Dispute Resolution
Latest legal update
Family Dispute Resolution available for people in polyamorous relationships
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Maria Hook & Jack Wass
RRP*incl GST: $200.00
ISBN: 9780947514112 (book)
Publication date: July 2020
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LEX & LORE Podcast
Join host, Geoff McLay, along with a who’s who of academic and legal experts, as they dissect cases, judgements and developments affecting the courts today.
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Service 96 (updated to 20 April 2020) is now available online.
Service 96 features significant updates to:
- the "Consumer Credit" title, as a result of the Regulatory Systems (Economic Development) Amendment Act 2019, which came into force on 14 January 2020, and the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance (Exemptions for COVID-19) Amendment Regulations 2020 (LI 2020/55), which came into force on 1 April 2020;
- the "Criminal Law" title, as a result of the Abortion Legislation Act 2019, which came into force on 24 March 2020;
- the "Health" title, as a result of the Abortion Legislation Act 2019, which came into force on 24 March 2020; and
- the "Personal Bankruptcy and Insolvency" title, as a result of the Regulatory Systems (Economic Development) Amendment Act 2019, which came into force on 14 January 2020;
Stop Press has been updated to include a summary of the following decisions of the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal, and the High Court:
- Uhrle v R [2020] NZSC 62;
- Rangitira Development Ltd v Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society NZ Inc [2020] NZSC 66;
- Nottingham v R [2020] NZSC 74;
- Attorney-General v Strathboss Kiwifruit Ltd [2020] NZCA 98; and
- Borrowdale v Director-General of Health [2020] NZHC 2090.
A summary of these decisions in Stop Press is now available online.
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Hinde McMorland & Sim Land Law
Service 79 – September 2020 is now available online.
This service includes updates to Chapter 4 Equity and Equitable Estates and Interests, Chapter 6 The Extent of the Landholder’s Rights, Chapter 9 Title by Registration and Chapter 13 Concurrent Interests in Land, as well as legislative updates.
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Don McMorland
RRP*incl GST: $220.00
ISBN: 9781988546230
Publication date: June 2020
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Derek Nolan (editor)
RRP*incl GST: $220.00
ISBN: 9781988546247
Publication date: July 2020
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Sarah Parsons
RRP*incl GST: $160.00 $144.00 (pre-order price)
ISBN: 9781988546254
Publication date: November 2020
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Sarah Parsons
RRP*incl GST: $160.00 $144.00 (pre-order price)
ISBN: 9781988546278
Publication date: November 2020
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Ursula Cheer
RRP*incl GST: $185.00 $166.50 (pre-order price)
ISBN: 9781988546117 (book)
ISBN: 9781988546124 (ebook)
Publication date: October 2020
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Paul Roth & Blair Stewart
RRP*incl GST: $200.00 $180.00 (pre-order price)
ISBN: 9781988546469
Publication date: December 2020
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Disclaimer: This service is intended to provide a summary of information recently made available on the LexisNexis online legal platform. The contents of Summing Up do not purport to be professional advice on any particular matter. The publishers therefore accept no liability for any claim or other action that may arise from the use of the information provided in this publication.
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