Research/Scholarly/Creative Works

Chapters

• Taylor L. (2022) New Zealand. In Lombard S; Symes C (Ed.), A Cross-Jurisdictional Comparison of the use of Commercial Litigation Funding in Insolvency in Selected Jurisdictions: 88-100. London: Insol International.

• Taylor L. (2020) Insolvency Practitioners. In Taylor L; Slevin G (Ed.), The Law of Insolvency in New Zealand: 1-26.Thomson Reuters.

• Taylor L. (2018) Constitutions and Shareholders' Agreements. In Watson S; Taylor L (Ed.), Corporate Law in New Zealand: 225-252. Wellington: Thomson Reuters.

• Taylor L. (2018) Controlling Shareholders. In Watson S; Taylor L (Ed.), Corporate Law in New Zealand: 683-717. Wellington: Thomson Reuters.

• Taylor L. (2018) Corporate Collapse. In Watson S; Taylor L (Ed.), Corporate Law in New Zealand: 987-1097. Wellington: Thomson Reuters.

• Taylor L. (2018) Corporate Enterprises. In Watson S; Taylor L (Ed.), Corporate Law in New Zealand: 97-110. Wellington: Thomson Reuters.

• Taylor L. (2018) Derivative Action. In Watson S; Taylor L (Ed.), Corporate Law in New Zealand: 751-772. Wellington: Thomson Reuters.

• Taylor L. (2018) Duties of Directors - Duties of Care. In Watson S; Taylor L (Ed.), Corporate Law in New Zealand: 639-666. Wellington: Thomson Reuters.

• Taylor L. (2018) Duties of Directors - Insolvent Trading. In Watson S; Taylor L (Ed.), Corporate Law in New Zealand: 581-603. Wellington: Thomson Reuters.

• Taylor L. (2018) Shareholders' Meetings. In Watson S; Taylor L (Ed.), Corporate Law in New Zealand: 431-445. Wellington: Thomson Reuters.

• Taylor L. (2018) The Concept of Capital and the Financing of Companies. In Watson S; Taylor L (Ed.), Corporate Law in New Zealand: 913-920. Welington: Thomson Reuters.

• Taylor L. and Berkahn M. (2018) The Company's Remedies for Breach of Directors' Duties. In Watson S; Taylor L (Ed.), Corporate Law in New Zealand: 773-784. Wellington: Thomson Reuters.

• Taylor L. and Watson S. (2018) Duties of Directors -- Proper Purpose. In Watson S; Taylor L (Ed.), Corporate Law in New Zealand: 553-564. Wellington: Thomson Reuters.

• Taylor L. and Watson S. (2018) Introduction. In Watson S; Taylor L (Ed.), Corporate Law in New Zealand: 3-11. Wellington: Thomson Reuters.

• Taylor L., Berkahn M. and Watson S. (2018) The Unfair Prejudice Remedy. In Watson S; Taylor L (Ed.), Corporate Law in New Zealand: 785-826. Wellington: Thomson Reuters.

• Taylor L. (2017) Funding Insolvent Company Claims. In Watson S (Ed.), The Changing Landscape of Corporate Law in New Zealand: 257-288. Christchurch: Centre for Commercial and Corporate Law Inc.

Journal Articles

• Sotardi V., Taylor L., Brogt E., Cheer U. and Baird N. (2022) Influences on students’ interest in a legal career, satisfaction with law school, & psychological distress: trends in New Zealand. Law Teacher 56(1): 67-89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03069400.2021.1968166.

• Taylor L. (2022) The Fit and Proper Person Standard Under the Insolvency Practitioners Regulation Act 2019 (NZ). Insolvency Law Journal 30(1): 59-63.

• Taylor L. and Taylor L. (2022) Examination and Production Orders under the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) and the Companies Act 1993 (NZ): A Trans-Tasman Comparison. Insolvency Law Journal 30(2): 115-121.

• Taylor L., Sotardi V., Cheer U., Brogt E. and Baird N. (2022) What Happens after Graduation? The Post-Law Experiences and Reflections of Aotearoa New Zealand Law Graduates. Asian Journal of Legal Education http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/23220058221133653.

• Taylor L. (2021) Creditors and Trustees. Insolvency Law Journal 29(4): 229-232.

• Taylor L. (2021) The New Zealand Court of Appeal's take on insolvent trading: Yan v Mainzeal Property & Construction Ltd (inliq). Insolvency Law Journal 29: 170-177.

• Taylor L. (2021) The Operation and Development of New Zealand's Personal Insolvency Regime in 2020. Insolvency Law Journal 29(1): 52-55.

• Taylor L. (2020) COVID-19 Response in New Zealand. Taxation Today (141): 10-17.

• Taylor L. (2019) Creditors' protection under the Companies Act 1993 (NZ). Australian Journal of Corporate Law 34(2): 160-186.

• Taylor L. (2019) Insolvency Law Reform. Insolvency Law Journal 27(4) 3: 242-246.

• Taylor L. (2019) INSOLVENT TRANSACTIONS BACK BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT: ROBT JONES HOLDINGS LTD V MCCULLAGH. INSOLVENCY LAW JOURNAL 27(3): 192-195.

• Taylor L. (2019) SUBCONTRACTORS AND RETENTION MONEY: THE PROS AND CONS OF SUBPT 2A OF THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS ACT 2002 (NZ). INSOLVENCY LAW JOURNAL 27(1): 47-51.

• Taylor L. (2019) THE RECKLESS TRADING CLAIM IN MAINZEAL PROPERTY AND CONSTRUCTION LTD (IN LIQ) v YAN. INSOLVENCY LAW JOURNAL 27(2): 88-94.

• Baird N., Caldwell J., Cheer U. and Taylor L. (2018) Employer Perceptions of the Work Readiness of New Zealand Law Graduates: What More Can Law Schools Do? New Zealand Universities Law Review 28: 54-84.

• Taylor L. (2018) A Proposal for a New Regime for Unraveling Ponzi Schemes. Insolvency Law Journal 26(3): 163-168.

• Taylor L. (2018) COMPROMISES WITH CREDITORS UNDER PT 14 OF THE COMPANIES ACT 1993 (NZ): TRENDS PUBLISHING LTD v ADVICEWISE PEOPLE LTD [2018] NZSC 62. INSOLVENCY LAW JOURNAL 26(4): 209-216.

• Taylor L. (2018) Directors' Duties on Insolvency in New Zealand: An Empirical Study. New Zealand Universities Law Review 28(2): 171-195.

• Taylor L. (2018) FISH MAN LTD (IN LIQ) v HADFIELD. INSOLVENCY LAW JOURNAL 26(2): 116-119.

• Taylor L. (2018) NEW ZEALAND LIQUIDATORS' POWERS TO OBTAIN INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTS. INSOLVENCY LAW JOURNAL 26(1): 51-55.

• Taylor L., Sotardi V., Brogt E., Cheer U., Baird N. and Caldwell J. (2018) The Student Experience at New Zealand Law Schools. New Zealand Law Review [2018](4): 693-722.

• Taylor L. (2017) Cabinet adopted changes to New Zealand's insolvency practitioner regulatory regime. Insolvency Law Journal 25(2): 98-101.

• Taylor L. (2017) CHANGES MOOTED TO NEW ZEALAND'S VOIDABLE TRANSACTIONS REGIME. INSOLVENCY LAW JOURNAL 25(3): 160-164.

• Taylor L. (2017) Should a bankrupt's retirement savings be available to repay creditors? Insolvency Law Journal 25(1): 51-54.

• Taylor L. (2017) The calculation of "due debts" under the insolvent transactions regime in the Companies Act 1993 (NZ): David Browne Contractors Ltd v Petterson. Insolvency Law Journal 25(4): 233-238.

• Taylor L., Brogt E., Cheer U., Baird N., Caldwell J. and Wilson D. (2017) Ethnicity and engagement in first year New Zealand Law programmes. Higher Education Research and Development 36(5): 1047-1060. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2016.1263935.

• Taylor L., Brogt E., Cheer U., Baird N., Caldwell J. and Wilson D. (2017) Student Engagement in Second Year Programmes in New Zealand Law Schools. Legal Education Review 27(1) 2: 31.

Conference Contributions - Other

• Cheer U. and Taylor L. (2022) Looking Back and Looking Forward: Challenging Legal Education by Interrogating the Law Learning Experience Before and After Graduation. Monash Law School, Melbourne: Australasian Law Academics Association Annual Conference, 7-9 Jul 2022.

• Taylor L. (2022) Reflecting on Liquidation in New Zealand: Reflections for Australia's PJC Inquiry. University of Sydney: Insolvency Academics Network Research Colloquium, 2-2 Dec 2022.

• Taylor L. and Cheer U. (2022) Influences in Students' Interest in a Legal Career, Satisfaction with Law School & Psychological Distress: Trends in New Zealand. University of Sheffield: Legal Education for Wellbeing: Design, Delivery and Evaluation, 5-5 Apr 2022.

• Taylor L. and Cheer U. (2022) What happens after graduation? New Zealand law graduates’ workplace experiences. Monash Law School, Melbourne: Australasian Law Academics Association Annual Conference, 7-9 Jul 2022.

• Taylor L. and Toomey E. (2022) UC developments using Ako Aotearoa funded longitudinal project data. University of Canterbury, Christchurch: Law Teaching and Learning Symposium, 5-5 Sep 2022.

• Taylor L. (2019) Directors Duties on Insolvency: An Empirical Study. School of Law, University of Auckland: Corporate Law Teachers Association Conference, 3-5 Feb 2019.

• Taylor L. (2019) The efficacy of protection mechanisms for unsecured creditors in the Companies Act 1993. University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia: Insolvency Academics Network Conference 2019, 13-13 Sep 2019.

• Taylor L. (2019) The Making of Lawyers: Expectations and Experiences of New Zealand Law Students. Christchurch: New Zealand Law Librarians Association Annual Conference, 29-30 Aug 2019.

• Taylor L. (2019) The Making of Lawyers: Expectations and Experiences of New Zealand Law Students. Southern Cross University, Gold Coast: Australasian Law Academics Association Annual Conference 2019, 4-5 Jul 2019.

• Taylor L. and Caldwell J. (2019) (Company) Law Teaching on Trial. School of Law, University of Auckland: Corporate Law Teachers Association Conference, 3-5 Feb 2019.

• Taylor L. and Cheer U. (2019) The Making of Lawyers -- A Longitudinal Study. Christchurch: Ako Aotearoa Project Fund Colloquium -- Southern Region, 1-1 Oct 2019.

• Taylor L. and Cheer U. (2019) The Making of Lawyers: A Longitudinal Study. James Cook Hotel Wellington: Ako Aotearoa Projects in Progress Colloquium, 7-7 Nov 2018.

• Taylor L. (2018) Succession Issues in Companies and the Liability of Company Directors. Rydges Hotel Christchurch: NZ Law Annual General Meeting, 5-6 Oct 2018.

• Taylor L. and Baird N. (2018) The Making of Lawyers: A Longitudinal Study. Hinton's Vineyard: Ako Aotearoa Southern Hub Projects Colloquium, 12-12 Nov 2018.

• Cheer UJ. (2017) Transforming the Legal Education Curriculum at the University of Canterbury , Presentation at Australasian Law Teachers Association Conference, Adelaide, Australia, 6 July 2017. Oral presentation. University of South Australia, Adelaide: Law on the Line, 5-8 Jul 2017.

• Taylor L. (2017) The private enforcement of the duties of directors of insolvent New Zealand companies: An empirical study. UTS, Sydney: Insolvency Academics Network Conference, 4-4 Dec 2017.

• Taylor L. and Baird N. (2017) The making of lawyers: a longitudinal study. Christchurch: Ako Aotearoa Southern Hub Projects Colloquiam V, 13-13 Nov 2017.

• Taylor L. and Cheer U. (2017) I nga ara tawhito, he rohe hou From old pathways, towards new landmarks Transformation of the undergraduate New Zealand legal education curriculum at the University of Canterbury. Sydney Convention Centre, Sydney: Higher Education Research and Development Association of Australasia 2017 Conference, 28-30 Jun 2017.

Edited Volumes

• Watson S; Taylor L (Ed.) (2018) Corporate Law in New Zealand. Wellington: Thomson Reuters. 1370.

Additional Publications

• Taylor L., Cheer U., Brogt E., Sotardi V. and Baird N. (2021) The Making of Lawyers: Expectations and experiences of sixth year Aotearoa/New Zealand law students and recent law graduates. In The Making of Lawyers: Expectations and experiences of sixth year Aotearoa/New Zealand law students and recent law graduates, Ako Aotearoa. Commissioned by Ako Aotearoa. 1-180.

• Taylor L., Cheer U., Baird N., Brogt E., Caldwell J. and Sotardi V. (2019) The Making of Lawyers: Expectations and Experiences of New Zealand Law Students and Recent New Zealand Law Graduates.Ako Aotearoa. Commissioned by Ako Aotearoa. 1-129.

• Taylor L., Cheer U., Brogt E., Baird N., Caldwell J., Esterling S. and Wilson D. (2018) The making of lawyers: Expectations and experiences of fourth year New Zealand law students.Commissioned by Ako Aotearoa. 127.

• Cheer U., Taylor L., Masselot A., Baird N. and Powell RL. (2017) Flexible and Part-time Work Arrangements in the Canterbury Legal Profession.University of Canterbury. Commissioned by Canterbury Women's Legal Association.

• Taylor L., Cheer U., Brogt E., Baird N., Caldwell J. and Wilson D. (2017) The Making of Lawyers: Expectations and Experiences of Third Year New Zealand Law Students.Commissioned by Ako Aotearoa, National Centre for Tertiary Teaching Excellence. 86.

Student Supervision

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Current
• Honours - Walker S: Company Directors and Climate change (2020)
Completed
• Masters - Lumpp S: Company Law (2006)
• Masters - Slevin G: Superannuation and bankruptcy (2012)
• Masters - Frotzheim O: The Liability of Directors in Negligence for Leaky Buildings - The Current State of Law and Future Prospects (2007)
• Masters - Greulich S: Company Law (2007)
• Masters - Greulich S: Creditor Protection by Legal Capital and Solvency Test (2007)
• Masters - Mustafa H: Assessing damages for reckless trading: "as the Court thinks just?" (2019)
• Masters - Schwoerer S: Corporate Social Responsibility in NZ (2016)
• Masters - Slevin G: Special Topic: Insolvency (2011)
• Masters - Slevin G: Special Topic: Insolvency (2013)
• Masters - Tan M: Are minority buy-out rights necessary for an efficient protection of shareholders? A comparison of the opportunities of dissenting minority shareholders to exit a company in New Zealand and the United Kingdom (2009)
• Masters - Tan M: Are the capital maintenance rules outdated? A comparison of the creditor protection in Europe and New Zealand (2008)
• Masters - Vegara R: Regulation of closely held companies in NZ (2017)
• Masters - Wolgast K: The Controversy regarding Aggrieved Investor Claims against Insolvent Companies and Partcipatory Rights of Creditors in Insolvency Procedures (2007)
• Masters - Wolgast K: The New Insolvency Law regarding Voidable Transactions - An Analysis and Critique (2007)
• Masters - Wragg G: Business and Human Rights (2019)
• Honours - Adams-Cook R: Peer to Peer Lending in NZ (2016)
• Honours - Ardargh R: Enforcement of NZ company law (2012)
• Honours - Ascroft P: Deemed Directors (2009)
• Honours - Battersby M: Enforcement in NZ Company Law (2012)
• Honours - Bayley J: The Remedy under s 174 Companies Act 1993: Tilting the Scales Againt the Majority (2007)
• Honours - Bleeker A: 2010-Honours-Bleeker, Amelia (2010)
• Honours - Brand A: The (Law Reform) Testamentary Promises Act 1949: Is the Law Reform (Testamentary Promises) Act 1949 too liberal in terms of its construction and treatment by the judiciary? (2008)
• Honours - Bremner J: Gender and Ethnic Diversity on the Boards of NZ Listed Companies (2017)
• Honours - Bremner J: Getting on "Board" with Diversity (2017)
• Honours - Brown C: Is there a need for greater regulation of insolvency practitioners in New Zealand? Exploring the options for reform (2016)
• Honours - Chambers W: Bracing for Impact: A new legal structure for Social Enterprise in New Zealand (2020)
• Honours - Clune S: Amalgamations, Schemes of Arrangement and Takeovers Regulation: Concerns of the Takeovers Panel and the Need for Reform (2006)
• Honours - Colville B: Directors' Duties and s 301 of the Companies Act 1993 -- an erosion of separate corporate personality (2008)
• Honours - Cummings I: What is wrong with the duty of disclosure, and which of the proposed law reform options are prefetable? (2020)
• Honours - Day JL: 2010-Honours-Day, John-Luke (2010)
• Honours - George L: The Financial Advisors Act 2008: An Evaluation of the New Regime (2009)
• Honours - Godfrey J: Attribution and illegality in the Company Context (2010)
• Honours - Harper J: The Decision of Sons of Gwalia v Margaretic and the Position of Aggrieved Shareholders under New Zealand Insovlency Law (2007)
• Honours - Hopkins R: Family Law (2015)
• Honours - Inglis K: 2010-Honours-Inglis, Katy (2010)
• Honours - Kerr-Zabidin A: A Principled Approach to Company Mergers in New Zealand (2007)
• Honours - Kim R: Is a specific legal structure necessary for social enterprises necessary? (2019)
• Honours - Lee H: The Evolution of Remedial Constructive Trusts in New Zealand Law (2008)
• Honours - Lester J: Insurance Law (2014)
• Honours - Lill J: Knowing Receipt - The First Limb of Barnes v Addy (2008)
• Honours - Lydiard K: The Limits of Self-Induced Frustration (2010)
• Honours - Matson E: Waltzing with Matilda: The "Australianisation" of New Zealand's Insider Trading Laws (2008)
• Honours - Millar A: The Wills Act 2007: Bringing the Law of Wills into the 21st century (2008)
• Honours - Nelson-Parker T: Private enforcement of NZ Company Law (2012)
• Honours - Norris J: Interpreting Vector Gas: The Admissibility of Extrinsic Evidence in Contractual Interpretation (2010)
• Honours - O'Brien T: NZ Insurance Law (2014)
• Honours - Olds C: NZ Company Law (2012)
• Honours - Reeves C: Court approved takeovers: Amalgamations and Arrangements between Code Companies (2010)
• Honours - Saunders M: Estate Planning Options for the Care of Companion Anminals and the Need for Statutory Companion Trust Animal Trusts in New Zealand (2008)
• Honours - Smith D: Regulation of NZ Insolvency Practitioners (2017)
• Honours - Squires V: Navigating Troubled Waters and Safe Harbours: Insolvent Trading Liability for Directors (2018)
• Honours - Stevens W: The intervention of the Court in the Capital Structure of a Company (2011)
• Honours - Tomlinson T: Preference Laws: Has the 2006 Amendment Taken One Step Back in Acheiving Preference Law Objectives (2006)
• Honours - Waller A: Directors' Immunity and the Leaky Building Syndrome: The call for a duty of care (2009)
• Honours - Wilson N: When is a Subsidiary's Negligence the Parent Company's Problem? (2019)
• Honours - Winter M: Protecting Supervisors from Themselves: Developing Securites Law to better protect the Retail Investor (2010)

Editorial Work

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• Canterbury Law Review Editor ( 2005 - 2007)
• Editorship roles Section Editor ( 2012 - 2023)
• Insolvency Law Journal Section Editor ( 2006 - 2011)
• Insolvency Law Journal Section Editor ( 1997 - 2002)
• Insolvency Law Journal Section Editor ( 0 - 2023)
• New Zealand Business Law Quarterly Section Editor ( 2009 - 2023)

Review and Refereeing

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• Canterbury Law Review ( 2008 )
• Canterbury Law Review ( 1997 - 2002)
• Canterbury Law Review ( 2012 - 2023)
• Journal of the Australasian Law Teachers Association ( 2008 )
• Law in Context ( 2012 - 2023)
• Monash University Law Review ( 2012 - 2023)
• New Zealand Business Law Quarterly ( 2008 )
• New Zealand Business Law Quarterly ( 2012 - 2023)
• New Zealand Universities Law Review ( 1997 - 2002)
• New Zealand Universities Law Review ( 2012 - 2023)