New Zealand Centre for Public Law
Tuesday, 28 July 2015 from 5:45 PM to 7:00 PM (NZST)
Wellington, New Zealand
In a trial to commemorate its 800th year, Magna Carta was charged with being “irrelevant and obsolete”.
Presiding Judge:
Hon Justice William Young, Judge of the Supreme Court
Prosecution:
Jack Hodder QC, Barrister
Mihiata Pirini, Senior Legal and Policy Adviser, Law Commission
Defence:
Liesle Theron, Partner, Meredith Connell
Pita Roycroft, Student, Victoria University of Wellington
This event was part of the NZ Centre for Public Law’s Landmarks series, commemorating a number of significant legal anniversaries: NZ Bill of Rights Act (25 years, Sep 2015); Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975 (40 years; Oct 2015); Entick v Carrington (250 years; Nov 2015).
