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* This interactive online recording includes questions and quizzes requiring critical thinking about the topics, so you have no annual limits to the number of points/hours you can claim with this format of learning. Please verify with your CPD rules
Navigating Local Government Decision-Making: Case Law and Bill of Rights Update
- Comprehensive update on local government decision-making, highlighting recent case law and its implications
- Bill of Rights and freedom of expression issues, particularly in the context of venue bookings, incorporating recent WorkSafe guidance on psychosocial harm
- Insights into how these developments impact local governance and community interactions
Presented by Emma Moran, Partner, DLA Piper and Michael Fitzpatrick-Cockram, Solicitor, DLA Piper
Chair:
Monique van Alphen Fyfe, Barrister, Stout Street Chambers
Learning Objectives:
- Analyse recent case law and its implications for local government decision-making processes and community engagement
- Understand the intersection between the Bill of Rights, freedom of expression, and local authority obligations, including WorkSafe guidance on psychosocial harm
Presenters
Monique Van Alphen Fyfe, Barrister, Stout Street Chambers
Monique practises in civil litigation, with particular expertise in public law, resource management law, Tiriti o Waitangi law, and indigenous legal issues. Her experience includes acting for clients in claims for and against government agencies, in general commercial litigation and arbitration, in Tiriti and settlement litigation, and in claims before international institutions. She has appeared in a number of notable cases of public interest and in a range of forums, including the Waitangi Tribunal, High Court, Court of Appeal, and the Supreme Court. Alongside her litigation work, Monique is committed to advancing law reform and encouraging legal development. She is an adjunct lecturer in property law at Victoria University | Te Herenga Waka focussing on native title and tikanga in relation to land, and is a member of a number of committees, including: the New Zealand Law Society Human Rights and Privacy Committee; the Wellington branch Women in Law Committee; and the New Zealand Bar Association Advocacy Committee.
Emma Moran, Partner, DLA Piper
Emma is an experienced litigator who specialises in dispute resolution and commercial litigation. She is an effective advocate who has experience representing clients at most levels of Courts, before specialist tribunals, in mediations and at arbitration. Her core work is advice and litigation focused on regulatory, government, corporate and insurance clients across New Zealand and globally. She has a particular focus on public law, building and construction, and life sciences regulatory issues.
Michael Fitzpatrick-Cockram, Solicitor, DLA Piper
Michael works in the Litigation and Regulatory team, working on commercial, local government and public law matters. He has appeared in the High Court and assisted in matters before all the senior courts. He regularly works on a broad range of regulatory issues and disputes for international and domestic clients.
