Newsletters in 2011
2011 Newsletters
March issue look at SOEs - performance and ownership, fast broadband not necessarily better, market prices or pricing the market - examples from Japan, working together the advantages of consumer co-ops, Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) an alternative to courtroom resolutions and can the internet transform the New Zealand economy?
In January 2010 the Government introduced a continuous disclosure regime for New Zealand's nine largest state-owned enterprises (SOEs). But what's the purpose of continuous disclosure for firms with no tradable ownership interests? And will the regime achieve its objectives? Talosaga Talosaga and Dave Heatley investigate.
The last issue for 2011 is written by Richard D'Arth. The tort of nuisance challenges the right of one property holder to indirectly disturb the rights of another. It's one of the oldest causes of action in common law, dating from 1610 when William Aldred, disgusted at the foul emanations from his neighbour's pigs, took suit and won. But despite - or possibly because of - this weight of history, decisions in nuisance cases follow well honed conventions that more often than not set justice against economic efficiency. Richard D'Ath argues that greater flexibility would give courts the ability to vindicate both the rights of 'victims' and the wider societal interest in efficient law-making - and he proposes a means of achieving this.