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The article discusses several developments involving New Zealand's criminal laws and practices as of March 2015, including information about judicial discretion, a "three-strikes" sentencing regime in the country, and legal cases dealing with parties such as New Zealand's Attorney-General. Litigation involving name suppression, New Zealand's Criminal Procedure Act 2011, and the validity of search warrants is examined, as well as indictments for money laundering and racketeering.

The article focuses on the framework for resolving religious disputes in New Zealand in 2015. Topics include the court's discretion in applying law to religious-based matters, the doctrine of justiciability, and doctrinal divergence. Information is provided on the type of religious disputes most often seen in New Zealand civil courts.

The article discusses the potential reform of a proportionality test found in Section 107 of the New Zealand Sentencing Act 2002, focusing on a court's discretionary power to discharge an "offender" without conviction if the "person who is charged with an offence is found guilty or pleads guilty." Retribution, utilitarianism, and the consequences of guilty pleas are mentioned. New Zealand's (NZ's) Criminal Procedure Act 2011 and the nation's Criminal Records (Clean Slate) Act 2004 are examined.

The article focuses on litigation-related developments in New Zealand as of August 1, 2014 on topics including security requirements for legal costs, the court's discretion regarding the dispensation of cost awards, and the payment of barristers' fees. Information is provided on impecuniosity and costs payments in default judgments.

The article focuses on the British court cases In re Hastings Bass and Futter v. Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs, which dealt with judicial intervention in trustee decision making. Topics include trustee discretion, judicial overreaching, and if the court has jurisdiction to intervene in private trust disputes.

The article focuses on privative clauses under New Zealand contract law. Topics include judicial review of tax proceedings, decision making powers of the court, statutory procedures, and the presumption of jurisdiction. Information is provided on judicial preclusion, the rule of law, and judicial discretion.

The article focuses on payment into court procedures in New Zealand. Topics include non-Calderbank offers subject to judicial discretion, refusals of settlement terms, and award amount justification. Information is provided on several cases involving non-Calderbank settlement rejections and the reasonableness standard.

The article focuses on the New Zealand Commerce Act of 1986. Topics include competition law in New Zealand, the public damages penalty regime, and the use of deterrence to discourage antitrust crimes. Information is provided on the amendment of the Commerce Act in 2001, the disgorgement of gains, and judicial discretion.

The article discusses the exercise of limited remedial powers by the Waitangi Tribunal in New Zealand (NZ) as of February 2011, focusing on a split decision by the NZ Supreme Court in the case Haronga v. Waitangi Tribunal, as well as the Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975 and clawback powers. Other topics include judicial discretion, remedies hearings, and the NZ Interpretation Act 1999. The Tribunal's process is examined, including the receipt of a claim and the acceptance of jurisdiction.

The article focuses on regulatory uncertainty in New Zealand and how it impacts the decision making processes of corporations and businesses. Topics include legislative and judicial interpretation of regulatory guidelines, regulatory discretion, and the costs of regulatory uncertainty. Information is provided on the difference between objective and subjective uncertainty.

The article focuses on the New Zealand court case R. v. Cunnard, which dealt with the exception to the life imprisonment sentence guidelines under the New Zealand Sentencing Act of 2002. Topics include the sentencing guidelines within New Zealand in 2014, the presumption in favor of life imprisonment, and judicial discretion in sentencing.

The article focuses on indigenous social disadvantage in New Zealand in 2013. Topics include the disproportionate representation of Maori offenders in the New Zealand criminal justice system, the demographics of the New Zealand prison population, and judicial discretion in sentencing in New Zealand courts.

The article focuses on the New Zealand court case Keshvara v. Blanchett, which dealt with the admissibility of business records under the New Zealand Evidence Act of 2006. Topics include judicial discretion, the identification of those supplying evidence during trial, and the reliability of expert witnesses. Information is provided on the court case Cityside Asset Pty. Ltd v. 1 Solution Ltd., which dealt with attorney-client privilege.

The article focuses on the impact of the media on the judiciary in New Zealand. Topics include the New Zealand Declaratory Judgments Act of 1908, private communication disclosure, and prosecutorial discretion. Information is provided on the rule of law, bad faith motivation, as well as police searches and warrants.

The article focuses on agenda-driven interpretation of law and the need for greater transparency in statutory interpretation. Topics include judicial discretion, judicial activism through court judgments, and the inevitability of judicial value judgments. Information is provided on the values and precedent that inform judicial reasoning.

The article focuses on the New Zealand court case Nuku v. R, which dealt with sentencing for serious assaults under New Zealand criminal law. Topics include judges' discretion to assign sentences based on the offender's culpability, maximum and minimum sentences for corresponding crimes, and the court's reliance on sentencing indications.

The article presents a response to the article published in a 2012 issue of the "New Zealand Law Journal" by Jessica Birdsall-Day on the exercise of absolute discretion under the New Zealand Immigration Act of 2009. Topics include judicial review of immigration decisions, the cancellation of deportation orders, and the international human rights obligations of the New Zealand government.