What does the law say about Alfred Ngaro’s dumbass threats?
Lawyer Andrew Geddis looks into what should happen if associate housing minister Alfred Ngaro were ever to actually do what he threatened over the weekend.
Andrew Geddis
Andrew Geddis is a Professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Otago.
Fatima was three. Was she killed in our name?
We appear to have been systemically lied to about what our soldiers do in our name, and that is intolerable, writes Andrew Geddis
How I tested electoral law by dropping a 30-second tirade amid hard-hitting ganja tunes (and why it really matters)
The shocking true story of a law professor, a student radio station and a pro-cannabis political party conspiring to introduce US-style negative election campaigning to the nation’s airwaves, all with the help of the NZ Court of Appeal.
That High Court judge, translated: ‘This three-strikes law is batshit crazy’
Faced with an absurdly rigid obligation to issue a prison sentence for a relatively minor offence, Justice Toogood deployed every drop of discretion available, writes Andrew Geddis
A million dollars for David Bain – just don’t call it compensation
The $925,000 government payout is intended to close a long and messy chapter in the David Bain whodunnit, though it will only reiginte the Bainologists. Law professor Andrew Geddis explains how we ended up here.
How the police sprung a ‘Mr Big’ undercover sting to snare a murderer, and what we can’t say about it
Kamal Reddy is going to jail following the successful use of the controversial ‘Crime Scenario Undercover Technique’. What does our highest court have to say about its use? Sorry, you’re not allowed to know that yet, writes Andrew Geddis
Teina Pora has been shortchanged by at least $2 million – Cabinet’s own guidelines say so
Teina Pora has been given the thing he said he wanted most – a formal apology for the 22 years he wrongly spent behind bars as an innocent man. He …
What Winston Peters could learn from binge-watching Danish drama
Constitutional law expert Andrew Geddis examines whether the NZ First leader could really become prime minister, with the help of political nerds’ favourite TV show
The lessons for NZ from Canada’s assisted dying bill
David Seymour has thrown his member's bill into the parliamentary hat. But the legislation currently being debated in Canada differs in some important ways, writes Andrew Geddis.
