Simon ConnellSimon Connell

Dr Simon Connell is a Lecturer in the Faculty of Law at the University of Otago. He mainly researches and teaches law about contracts and accidents.

The fascinating case of Hannah Tamaki vs the Māori Women’s Welfare League

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Last week Hannah Tamaki, Destiny Church co-founder and wife of controversial church leader Brian Tamaki, was announced as the leader of Coalition NZ, a new conservative Christian political party seeking election in 2020. Otago University senior law lecturer Simon Connell remembers another equally controversial leadership bid. In 2011, Hannah Tamaki was nominated for the presidency … Read more

Can the LegalFling app really create a legally binding agreement on consent?

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A new app seeks to simplify the complexities around sex, consent and what is or isn’t allowed during intercourse. Law professor Simon Connell looks at the implications of LegalFling.  It seems that there’s an app for everything these days. Cue Dutch company LegalThings, whose app called LegalFling purports to solve the tricky problem of sex … Read more