Associate Professor Maria Hook

2026

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Hook, M. (2026, April). Jurisdiction over foreign non-parties. Verbal presentation at the Australasian Association of Private International Law Second Annual Conference, Sydney, Australia.

Other Research Output

Hook, M. (2026, March). Enforcement of foreign child maintenance orders: Ku v Pittman. The Conflict of Laws in New Zealand: News and Comment. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/conflicts/enforcement-of-foreign-child-maintenance-orders-ku-v-pittman

2025

Journal - Research Article

Hook, M., & Stanton Turei, M. (2025). State law and “Tikanga-based loss” in Smith v Fonterra. New Zealand Universities Law Review, 31, 537-547.

Hook, M., Stanton Turei, M., & Wass, J. (2025). State law and Tikanga: Harmonisation or conflict of laws? New Zealand Law Review, (3), 331-358.

Hook, M. (2025). Non-recognition of Palestine. New Zealand Law Journal, 10, 346-349.

Hook, M. (2025). Are “extraterritorial” consumer laws anti-internationalist. Journal of Private International Law, 21(2), 304-327. doi: 10.1080/17441048.2025.2524930

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Hook, M., Stanton Turei, M., & Wass, J. (2025, February). Tikanga, state law and the conflict of laws [Panel: Private law and tikanga]. Verbal presentation at the Charting the Future of Private Law in Aotearoa New Zealand Symposium, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Other Research Output

Hook, M. (2025, December). Overseas (non-)parties and contempt. The Conflict of Laws in New Zealand: News and Comment. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/conflicts/overseas-non-parties-and-contempt/

Hook, M. (2025, November). Fraud in a foreign court as a basis for anti-enforcement relief. The Conflict of Laws in New Zealand: News and Comment. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/conflicts/fraud-in-a-foreign-court-as-a-basis-for-anti-enforcement-relief

2024

Authored Book - Research

Hook, M., & Wass, J. (2024). The conflict of laws in New Zealand: Supplement. Wellington, New Zealand: LexisNexis, 113p. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10523/43388

Journal - Research Article

Hook, M. (2024). The purpose of the gateways for service out of the jurisdiction. International & Comparative Law Quarterly, 73, 1023-1044. doi: 10.1017/S0020589324000277

Hook, M. (2024). Conflict of laws. New Zealand Law Review, (3), 505-540.

Hook, M. (2024). Department of Corrections v Fujitsu. New Zealand Law Journal, (1), 22-23. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10523/43390

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Hook, M. (2024, December). An international approach to the application of consumer law. Verbal presentation at the Journal of Private International Law Colloquium, Melbourne, Australia.

Other Research Output

Hook, M. (2024, November). New Zealand Court of Appeals allows appeal against anti-enforcement injunction. Conflict of Laws.net: Views and News in Private International Law. Retrieved from https://conflictoflaws.net/2024/new-zealand-court-of-appeal-allows-appeal-against-anti-enforcement-injunction

Hook, M. (2024, April). No role for anti-suit injunctions under the TTPA to enforce exclusive jurisdiction agreements. Conflict of Laws.net: Views and News in Private International Law. Retrieved from https://conflictoflaws.net/2024/no-role-for-anti-suit-injunctions-under-the-ttpa-to-enforce-exclusive-jurisdiction-agreements

Hook, M. & Wass, J.(2024, November). Conflict of laws in the Contracts of Insurance Act 2024. The Conflict of Laws in New Zealand: News and Comment. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/conflicts/conflict-of-laws-in-the-contracts-of-insurance-act-2024

Hook, M. (2024, May). High Court declares asymmetric jurisdiction clause in viagogo’s terms and conditions an unfair term under the FTA. The Conflict of Laws in New Zealand: News and Comment. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/conflicts/high-court-declares-asymmetric-jurisdiction-clause-in-viagogos-terms-and-conditions-an-unfair-term-under-the-fta

Hook, M. (2024, January). The Court of Appeal on the enforceability of the nikah in New Zealand. The Conflict of Laws in New Zealand: News and Comment. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/conflicts/the-court-of-appeal-on-the-enforceability-of-the-nikah-in-new-zealand

2023

Journal - Research Article

Hook, M. (2023). The Rylands compromise. Otago Law Review, 18(1), 65-87. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10523/43397

Wass, J., & Hook, M. (2023). The Hague conventions on international civil procedure: The case for accession. New Zealand Law Review, (1), 99-133.

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Hook, M. (2023, August). The cooperative spirit of the common law conflict of laws. Verbal presentation at the 9th Journal of Private International Law Conference, Singapore.

Other Research Output

Hook, M. (2023, December). The New Zealand Court of Appeal on the cross-border application of New Zealand consumer and fair trading legislation. Conflict of Laws.net: Views and News in Private International Law. Retrieved from https://conflictoflaws.net/2023/the-new-zealand-court-of-appeal-on-the-cross-border-application-of-new-zealand-consumer-and-fair-trading-legislation

Hook, M. (2023, December). The jurisdictional hurdles of s 26 of the Trans-Tasman Proceedings Act 2010 (Cth), in the context of interim anti-enforcement relief in aid of New Zealand proceedings. Conflict of Laws.net: Views and News in Private International Law. Retrieved from https://conflictoflaws.net/2023/the-jurisdictional-hurdles-of-s-26-of-the-trans-tasman-proceedings-act-2010-cth-in-the-context-of-interim-anti-enforcement-relief-in-aid-of-new-zealand-proceedings

Hook, M. (2023, April). Standard (and burden) of proof for jurisdiction agreements. Conflict of Laws.net: Views and News in Private International Law. Retrieved from https://conflictoflaws.net/2023/standard-and-burden-of-proof-for-jurisdiction-agreements

Hook, M. (2023, March). Anti-enforcement injunction granted by the New Zealand court. Conflict of Laws.net: Views and News in Private International Law. Retrieved from https://conflictoflaws.net/2023/anti-enforcement-injunction-granted-by-the-new-zealand-court

Hook, M. (2023, June). Lun v Kong: confusion about subject-matter jurisdiction. The Conflict of Laws in New Zealand: News and Comment. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/conflicts/lun-v-kong-confusion-about-subject-matter-jurisdiction

Hook, M. (2023, May). Australian interim relief granted in support of New Zealand proceedings in Kea v Wikeley. The Conflict of Laws in New Zealand: News and Comment. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/conflicts/australian-interim-relief-granted-in-support-of-new-zealand-proceedings-in-kea-v-wikeley

Hook, M. (2023, April). An anti-suit injunction to compel compliance with an arbitration agreement: MMIA v Silica Sandport. The Conflict of Laws in New Zealand: News and Comment. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/conflicts/an-anti-suit-injunction-to-compel-compliance-with-an-arbitration-agreement-mmia-v-silica-sandport

Hook, M. (2023, April). Kea Investments Ltd v Wikeley Family Trustee Limited: The good arguable case applied to jurisdiction agreements. The Conflict of Laws in New Zealand: News and Comment. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/conflicts/kea-investments-ltd-v-wikeley-family-trustee-limited-the-good-arguable-case-applied-to-jurisdiction-agreements

Hook, M. (2023, March). A first for the NZ conflict of laws: court grants an (interim) anti-enforcement injunction. The Conflict of Laws in New Zealand: News and Comment. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/conflicts/a-first-for-the-nz-conflict-of-laws-court-grants-an-interim-anti-enforcement-injunction

Hook, M. (2023, February). A2 Milk Company, again. The Conflict of Laws in New Zealand: News and Comment. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/conflicts/a2-milk-company-again

2022

Chapter in Book - Research

Hook, M. (2022). Renvoi and preliminary questions. In P. Beaumont & J. Holliday (Eds.), A guide to global private international law. (pp. 61-73). Bloomsbury. doi: 10.5040/9781509932085

Journal - Research Article

Hook, M. (2022). Does New Zealand consumer legislation apply to a claim against a foreign manufacturer? New Zealand Law Journal, (6), 201-203, 206. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10523/43391

Other Research Output

Hook, M. (2022, December). A2 Milk Company and the Australian court’s ability to apply the FTA/FMCA. The Conflict of Laws in New Zealand: News and Comment. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/conflicts/a2-milk-company-and-the-australian-courts-ability-to-apply-the-fta-fmca

Hook, M. (2022, May). The High Court grants claim for breach of a promise to pay a mahr. The Conflict of Laws in New Zealand: News and Comment. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/conflicts/the-high-court-grants-claim-for-breach-of-a-promise-to-pay-a-mahr

2021

Chapter in Book - Research

Hook, M. (2021). New Zealand: New Zealand perspectives on the Hague Principles. In D. Girsberger, T. K. Graziano & J. L. Neels (Eds.), Choice of law in international commercial contracts. (pp. 734-746). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/law/9780198840107.001.0001

Journal - Research Article

Hook, M. (2021). Nuisance and Rylands in need of direction. New Zealand Law Journal, (7), 229-231, 246. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10523/43394

Hook, M. (2021). Strict liability in nuisance: A fork in the road. New Zealand Law Journal, (4), 136-138. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10523/43392

Hook, M., Warnock, C., Allan, B., & Pirini, M. (2021). Tort to the environment: A stretch too far or a simple step forward? Smith v Fonterra Co-operative Group Ltd and Others [2020] NZHC 419. Journal of Environmental Law, 33, 195-210. doi: 10.1093/jel/eqaa032

Other Research Output

Hook, M. (2021, November). Child support and family maintenance under the 2007 Hague Convention. The Conflict of Laws in New Zealand: News and Comment. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/conflicts/child-support-and-family-maintenance-under-the-2007-hague-convention

Hook, M. (2021, August). Enforcement of a promise to pay a mahr: Characterisation and public policy in the context of Almarzooqi v Salih. The Conflict of Laws in New Zealand: News and Comment. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/conflicts/enforcement-of-a-promise-to-pay-a-mahr-characterisation-and-public-policy-in-the-context-of-almarzooqi-v-salih/

Hook, M. (2021, May). Claims for unjustified dismissal by "locally employed civilians" in the New Zealand court. The Conflict of Laws in New Zealand: News and Comment. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/conflicts/claims-for-unjustified-dismissal-by-locally-employed-civilians-in-the-new-zealand-court

Hook, M. & Wass, J. (2021, February). Webb v Webb (PC): The role of a foreign tax debt in the allocation of matrimonial property. Conflict of Laws.net: Views and News in Private International Law. Retrieved from https://conflictoflaws.net/2021/webb-v-webb-pc-the-role-of-a-foreign-tax-debt-in-the-allocation-of-matrimonial-property/

2020

Authored Book - Research

Hook, M., & Wass, J. (2020). The conflict of laws in New Zealand. Wellington, New Zealand: LexisNexis, 751p.

Journal - Research Article

Hook, M. (2020). Conflict of laws. New Zealand Law Review, (4), 685-701.

Other Research Output

Hook, M. (2020, December). The complex meaning of 'the good arguable case' standard. The Conflict of Laws in New Zealand: News and Comments. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/conflicts/?p=164

Hook, M. (2020, September). The law governing collisions on the high seas. The Conflict of Laws in New Zealand: News and Comments. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/conflicts/?p=154

Hook, M. (2020, May). Enforcement of a promise to pay a deferred dower/dowry. The Conflict of Laws in New Zealand: News and Comments. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/conflicts/?p=139

Hook, M. (2020, March). High Court decision on anti-suit injunctions. The Conflict of Laws in New Zealand: News and Comments. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/conflicts/?p=134

Hook, M. (2020, February). Common law recognition of foreign declarations of parentage. Conflict of Laws.net: Views and News in Private International Law. Retrieved from https://conflictoflaws.net/2020/common-law-recognition-of-foreign-declarations-of-parentage

2019

Chapter in Book - Research

Hook, M. (2019). The conflict of laws as a shared language for the cross-border application of statutes. In M. Douglas, V. Bath, M. Keyes & A. Dickinson (Eds.), Commercial issues in private international law: A common law perspective. (pp. 175-200). Oxford, UK: Hart Publishers.

Journal - Research Article

Hook, M. (2019). A first principles approach to couples' property in the conflict of laws. Journal of Private International Law, 15(2), 257-287. doi: 10.1080/17441048.2019.1647990

Other Research Output

Hook, M. (2019, December). Whakaari/White Island, civil liability and the conflict of laws. The Conflict of Laws in New Zealand: News and Comments. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/conflicts/?p=121

Hook, M. (2019, August). The Law Commission's Review of the Property (Relationships) Act 1976. The Conflict of Laws in New Zealand: News and Comments. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/conflicts/?p=111

2018

Journal - Research Article

Hook, M. (2018). Applying Israel’s Anti-Boycott Law to New Zealand activists. New Zealand Law Journal, (10), 318-320, 324.

2017

Chapter in Book - Research

Hook, M. (2017/2018). New Zealand's choice of law rules relating to tort. In A. Bonomi & G. P. Romano (Eds.), Yearbook of Private International Law Vol. XIX. (pp. 313-332). Lausanne, Switzerland: Swiss Institute of Comparative Law. doi: 10.9785/9783504386078-016

Hook, M. (2017). Private international law and human rights. In M. Bedggood, K. Gledhill & I. McIntosh (Eds.), International human rights law in Aotearoa New Zealand. (pp. 1107-1138). Wellington, New Zealand: Thomson Reuters. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10523/9197

Journal - Research Article

Wass, J., & Hook, M. (2017). Reform of choice of law rules for tort. New Zealand Law Journal, 1, 24-26.

Hook, M. (2017). The “statutist trap” and subject-matter jurisdiction. Journal of Private International Law, 13(2), 435-462. doi: 10.1080/17441048.2017.1334348

Hook, M., & Wass, J. (2017). The Employment Relations Act and its effect on contracts governed by foreign law. New Zealand Law Journal, 3, 80-87.

Other Research Output

Hook, M. (2017, December). The Supreme Court's decision in Brown v New Zealand Basing Ltd: Comments on the majority judgement. The Conflict of Laws in New Zealand: News and Comments. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/conflicts/?p=41

2016

Authored Book - Research

Hook, M. (2016). The choice of law contract. Oxford, UK: Hart, 255p.

Journal - Research Article

Hook, M. (2016). Reasonable forseeability of harm as an element of nuisance. Victoria University of Wellington Law Review, 47, 267-282. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10523/8940

2015

Journal - Research Article

Hook, M. (2015). The concept of modal choice of law rules. Journal of Private International Law, 11(2), 185-211. doi: 10.1080/17441048.2015.1070570

2014

Journal - Research Article

Hook, M. (2014). The choice of law agreement as a reason for exercising jurisdiction. International & Comparative Law Quarterly, 63(4), 963-975. doi: 10.1017/S0020589314000451

Awarded Doctoral Degree

Hook, M. (2014). The choice of law contract (PhD). Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand.

2012

Journal - Research Article

Hook, M. (2012). Party autonomy: Yes or no? The 'commodification' of the law applicable to matrimonial property relationships. Nederlands Internationaal Privaatrecht, 4, 587-596.

2011

Journal - Research Article

Hook, M. (2011). Arbitration agreements and anational law: A question of intent? Journal of International Arbitration, 28(3), 175-186.

2008

Journal - Research Article

Hook, M. (2008). New Zealand's Accident Compensation Scheme and man-made disease. Victoria University of Wellington Law Review, 39, 289-318. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10523/8935