Perce Harpham: Letter from 42 King’s Counsel

Dear All,

This open letter is written in response to the RNZ article of 14 November “Senior lawyers call for the Treaty Principles bill to be abandoned.” 

 

I respond with the authority  of my age and experience. Search the Internet for “perce.harpham.nz” to see something of my experience. I have now lived more than half the time since the Treaty was signed. My various visits to the USA add up to about nine months. Similarly with China. We have a child born in each of  England, Australia and NZ.

Professor Robert MacCulloch: How NZ's economy became broken....

Now We Know how NZ's economy became broken: The Judiciary wrote a Communist-style Constitution with no Consultation; without People Knowing.

The Treaty Debate is great. We've just found out, courtesy of our Kings Counsels, what has broken the economic back of this country. It has only just been revealed, thanks to their letter to the PM, that the judiciary invented their own set of Treaty Principles, the main one of interest to economists being the requirement of "equitable outcomes", which are now fully part of our Constitution.

Professor Robert MacCulloch: Legal profession has got too big for its boots

Kings Counsels just Snuffed NZ's Economy by declaring Sovereignty actually lies with their Judge Mates.

What do the partners in the City law firms earn in NZ? Reputedly incomes way over a million dollars a year. A bunch of them took the wage subsidy, even though business boomed for many of their firms during the lock-downs as they were called upon to sort out disputes, like who should pay the rent on commercial buildings. They never disclosed their incomes, since partnerships don't have to disclose their accounts publicly. They hid behind a wall of silence. Most only returned the subsidy after Sir Roger Douglas and myself called them out in the Media. You can read the story here. Many repaid the day after we put them on the front page news - not before.