David V Williams

David V Williams is a professor of law at the University of Auckland and is currently a visiting scholar at Corpus Christi College, Oxford. He was the legal history expert witness in the High Court hearings for the successful appellants in this case.

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New Zealand Supreme Court Recognises Fiduciary Duties To Enforce Collective Indigenous Rights

New Zealand Supreme Court Recognises Fiduciary Duties To Enforce Collective Indigenous Rights

Judgments were delivered by the New Zealand Supreme Court on 28 February 2017 in Wakatu v Attorney-General. The High Court and Court of Appeal decisions had relied on the notion that “political trusts” between the Crown and indigenous ...