Musings

Project Mediation

Effective dispute avoidance using a neutral to identify and manage disagreement.

AI in Arbitration

The use of AI and LLM's in arbitration is the future. Preserving human input will be the challenge.

What is essential infrastructure?

When earthquakes, storms, floods and other events disrupt our lives, we look for resilience that a market economy fails to provide. We all expect more.

Generative AI - is it a real threat?

Lawyers are generally quick to adopt technology. Care must be taken as to what that looks like.

Sweating the Assets - Market Efficiency and Infrastructure Development

The frustration of affected communities at the lack of reliable infrastructure is palpable. At risk of appearing mawkish, now is actually the time to face up to the growing infrastructure

Ellis Appeal - the place of tikanga in the common law

Much is made of the quashing of Peter Ellis's convictions last week. However, a second decision of the Supreme Court will have far greater impact.