The Miscarriages of Justice conference, held on Friday 27 August was very successful. The conference aimed to assess the measures currently in place to avoid and correct such miscarriages. We were delighted to have representatives from the English and Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commissions speaking at the conference. Professor Graham Zellick QC is the Law Foundation's Distinguished Visiting Fellow for 2010.

On 17 September we are holding a conference on the topic Leaky Homes - Saving the Titanic? The conference will examine the past, present and future dimensions of the leaky homes catastrophe. This includes its impact on New Zealanders, how the legal system is coping with it, and whether, from economic and policy perspectives, the government’s financial package strikes the right balances. Legal experts David Carden, Tim Rainey and David Heaney are speaking along with representatives of the Home Owners and Buyers Association of NZ, the Department of Building and Housing, and Nera Economic Consulting.

We believe this conference will be of interest to lawyers involved in weathertightness claims, mediators, adjudicators and judges, insurers and banks of potentially liable clients. The conference is also aimed at owners, builders and developers, engineers, architects, certifiers, building consultants, property managers, councils and others affected by leaky homes. To register for this conference, please email Barbara Relph on This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it  

Information on our biennial quiz to be held on Wednesday 20 October will be posted very shortly.