2019 – Page 17

The High Flying Law Job . . How One Law Firm Took a Different Approach to Recruitment

New Zealand Law News, NZ Press Releases / October 30, 2019

Law firms have often tried something unique to attract new lawyers – particularly when they’re based in smaller centres – and now Ashburton’s Arrowsmith Law is doing something different again. The firm is offering to train a new lawyer to fly, providing an all expenses paid licencing deal with the Mid Canterbury Aero Club. >>

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Best Ways to Advice Impaired Driving Clients in Canada

Press Releases, Sponsored Post / October 29, 2019

Driving under the influence amounts to one of the most common forms of criminal charges in Canada, similar to many U.S. states. With the legalization of marijuana in the country, DWI charges now include drivers who have smoked weed in addition to those who are just drunk. Solicitors who specialise in criminal law or simply

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K&L Gates Defection: 30 Leave Firm in Australia

Australia Law News / October 29, 2019

A team of about 30 lawyers is reportedly leaving K&L Gates’ employment practice in Australia. This would be one of the largest defections from an international law firm in 2019 and the team is evidently spread across different offices and includes six to 8 partners, according to the reports. The departures were announced internally about

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Why Lawyers Needs To Remove Their Heads From The Sand And Ask These 7 Key Questions For Top Income Protection Insurance

Law Firms, New Zealand Law News, NZ Top in LawFuel / October 29, 2019

Dan Garner* Protecting income from illness or accident is a key factor for lawyers. The costs of doing so are important, but the cost of NOT doing so can be calamitous. Yet having the income protection conversation is possibly the most overlooked discussion people avoid when talking with their financial adviser. Having a ‘head in

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Chris Finlayson QC

New Zealand Law News / October 29, 2019

11 Chris Finlayson, QC Former Attorney General and Treaty Minister Chris Finlayson QC’s return to the bar in Auckland where he has joined Bankside Chambers with a view towards handling litigation and arbitration matters, along with iwi issues in their various forms. His nine years as a Crown Minister and as Attorney General have provided

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AMP Fight Turns on Former In-House Lawyer

Australia Law News, Featured / October 29, 2019

“Extremely personal” and “unsubstantiated” attacks When Sydney lawyer Larissa Baker Cook sued insurance giant AMP for $2.5 million over the ‘fees for no service’ scandal, she wakened the giant who have filed a defence claiming she was not a team player, had bad mouthed the AMP board and had performance shortcomings. Ms Baker Cook previously

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Man Who Steals Endangered Animal As Personal Pet Spends Time in His Own Cage

Press Releases / October 28, 2019

Man Breaks Into Santa Ana Zoo To Steal Endangered Lemur as Personal Pet Powered By LawFuel –SANTA ANA, California – An Orange County man was sentenced today to three months in federal prison for breaking into the Santa Ana Zoo after hours and stealing North America’s oldest ring-tailed lemur in captivity to keep the endangered animal

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Jeremy Salmond

New Zealand Law News / October 28, 2019

Treasury Power Last Year: 15 Formerly the Treasury’s head of legal, Jeremy Salmond has now moved to a new role as Director of the Judicial Office for Senior Courts at the interface between the executive and the judiciary. At a time when political and other issues are increasingly holding the potential for judicial involvement, the

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The Legacy Of A Leading QC

New Zealand Law News, NZ Top in LawFuel, Power List / October 28, 2019

Queens Counsel Kristy McDonald, a colleague and close friend of Bruce Squire, writes about the remarkable cases and life of one of New Zealand’s top silks, who died on September 30 He was the only son of a Northland naval man who had fought in the Battle of the River Plate. He was the child

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David Williams QC

New Zealand Law News / October 28, 2019

David Williams, QC January 9, 2019 by LawFuel Editors (Edit) Sir David Williams QC, former jurist and New Zealand’s leading arbitrator retains one of the busiest arbitration practices in New Zealand, ruling on some of the most complex and high value arbitrations in the world where he has been involved either as counsel or arbitrator in over 150

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