Upcoming

The Law Association of New Zealand – Burning Issues in Employment Law Conference 2025

9 October 2025 @ Park Hyatt Auckland

Panel Chair: Generative AI at Work

Generative AI is raising new questions for employment law, from the accuracy and use of AI tools to broader issues of responsibility and regulation. This session will consider recent developments, including court guidance and emerging case law, and explore how AI may shape the future of work and legal practice in Aotearoa.

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Past

The Law Association of New Zealand Commercial Law Conference 2025

19 July 2025 @ The Law Association of New Zealand

Presented on the Panel: AI Policy and Legal Governance: Navigating Liability, Ethics, and Regulation

The rise of generative AI and predictive analytics across both public and private sectors has outpaced the development of corresponding legal frameworks. Lawyers are increasingly being asked to advise on or interact with AI systems, often without clear guidance on who holds legal liability in the event of harm or error. This panel will discuss:

• How existing legal principles (e.g. tort, contract, privacy, IP, and consumer protection) intersect with AI-driven decisions;
• Who is accountable when AI tools fail, mislead, or cause damage;
• The importance of transparency, explainability, and auditability in AI governance;
• Vendor accountability and contract law: terms of use, disclaimers, and professional
  responsibility;
• Ethics and responsible AI and how this intersects with legal professional responsibility;
• Interaction between AI and obligations under the Privacy Act 2020 and the Human Rights Act 1993; and
• The global direction of AI regulation and the extent to which New Zealand is keeping pace.

Australasian Law Academics Association (ALAA) Conference 2025

2 – 4 July 2025 @ University of Queensland

Presented on: Complexity as a Response to Complexity: Thomas Nagel’s Fragmented Values as a Framework for Legal Ethics in Practice

Legal Imaginaries – Law, Literature and Humanities Association of Australasia Conference 2024

16-18 December 2024 @ University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China

Presented: Lawyer Attitudes Towards Generative AI in the ChatGPT Era.

2024 ALPMA Summit & ALTACON

11-13 September 2024 @ Brisbane Conference and Exhibition Centre, Brisbane Australia

Presented: Law Firm Transformation Success with the PPT Framework.

Leadership Lunches: Pathway to Partnership – The Law Association

LawFest24 – Law Firm Focus Stream: Working Differently

7 March 2024, Auckland New Zealand

Deus Ex Machina – Law – Technology – Humanities, Law Literature and Humanities Associations of Australasia Conference 2023

11-14 December 2023, Brisbane Australia

Presented: The Role of Technology in the Tension Between Law as a Profession and Law as a Business Literature

Future Firm Forum 2023 – Words from Our Sponsor

20 October 2023, Queenstown New Zealand

Legal Pluralism in 2023 – Australasian Law Academics Conference 2023

6-8 July 2023, Christchurch New Zealand

Presented: ‘Is Law a Business or a Profession?’ Making Sense of the Literature