I'll just add, knowing Vernon a little, that he's both a thoroughly decent human being & one of the most thoughtful people on this area of law in the whole country.
Ministers are free to disregard advice, that's part of a democracy. But when they got advice like this we're entitled to ask why.
Eddie Clark
The govt consulted a senior law professor who told them that legislating over Smith vs Fonterra would provide "immunity from accountability" for corporate defendants, and was inconsistent with its own Regulatory Standards Bill and common law rights They did it anyway. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
A legal boffin who was consulted on the government's law change that would prevent companies from being sued over climate change explains his opposition.
