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2009 ANNUAL WRITING AWARDSThe Legal Research Foundation awards three prizes annually for legal writing: the JF Northey Memorial Book Award, the Sir Ian Barker Published Article Award, and the Unpublished Student Paper Award. The awards were announced at the Foundation’s Annual General Meeting on 11 May 2010. All prizewinners were present at the AGM, and the Foundation would like to congratulate them on their awards. THE JF NORTHEY MEMORIAL BOOK AWARDThis award is given for the best book published in 2009 by a New Zealand-based author (or authors of any number). It carries a prize of $2,000.00. The winner is Professor Peter Watts for his book Directors' Powers and Duties (Wellington, LexisNexis). Peter Watts is a Professor from Auckland Law School.
THE SIR IAN BARKER PUBLISHED ARTICLE AWARDThis award is given for the best article, essay or discrete book chapter published by a New Zealand-based author in 2009. It carries a prize of $1,500.00. This year's award winner is Professor David McLauchlan, Victoria University of Wellington, for his article Contract interpretation; what is it about? Professor McLauchlan traveled to Auckland to receive his award. THE UNPUBLISHED STUDENT PAPER AWARDThis is open to unpublished student papers between a minimum of 10,000 and a maximum of 18,000 words. The paper must have been written for course credit at a New Zealand university. The writing of the paper must have been completed by the end of 2009. The award carries a prize of $1,000.00. The winner of the 2009 award was Ruiping Ye for her paper The demise of ultra vires in New Zealand: to be? not to be! Ruiping also traveled to Auckland from Victoria University of Wellington to receive her award. |
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