2019 – Page 62

Lawyers Appointed As Deputy Chairpersons To Human Rights Review Tribunal

New Zealand Law News, NZ Press Releases, Press Releases / May 20, 2019

The Associate Minister of Justice, Aupito William Sio, has today announced the appointment of five Deputy Chairpersons to the Human Rights Review Tribunal to ensure that people have greater access to justice and that their voices are heard. “This Government has acknowledged the unacceptable backlog of cases before the Human Rights Review Tribunal that developed

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Law Careers: ALPMA 2019 Australian Legal Industry Salary & HR Issues Results

Australia Law News, New Zealand Law News, Press Releases / May 20, 2019

Employee retention strategies a priority as 53 percent of Australian legal firms plan for growth in 2019 The 2019 ALPMA Australian Legal Industry Salary & HR Issues Survey reveals that, in addition to employment projections remaining positive (53% of law firms expecting to grow employment at their firms in 2019, compared with 42% in 2018),

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Mediators Power List – No 4 Tony Lendrum

Law Firms / May 19, 2019

Former District Court Judge Tony Lendrum had been a mediator for many years before his judicial appointment and now, having returned to his mediation practice, is busier than ever. The Hawkes Bay-based mediator has worked nationally and handled over 1200 mediations and judicial settlement conferences. Recognised as one of the country’s leading family law mediators,

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Mediators Power List: No. 1 Warren Sowerby

Law Firms / May 19, 2019

Continuing his pre-eminent role in New Zealand mediation, Warren Sowerby has over 2000 mediations to his credit and his mediation success has extended well beyond New Zealand, with mediations in Asia, Australia, the UK, US and Russia. A ‘high stakes’ mediator, Warren Sowerby has developed a practice that has seen him trusted to help resolve

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Freshfields Throws Fuel on the London Law Pay Fire

Featured, Law Job News, UK Law / May 17, 2019

Freshfields’ announcement to significantly push up its associate pay is a major and dramatic move by the giant law firm. The announcement from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer was the highest real term pay rise by any large City firm for a decade and takes the rate for a newly qualified lawyer from £85,000 to £100,000. The

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In-House Law Winners

New Zealand Law News, NZ Press Releases / May 17, 2019

Jeremy Ford, a lawyer at Juno Legal is the winner of the 2019 award. He is currently engaged in-house at the Overseas Investment Office and was nominated in his previous role as General Council, Earthquake Commission. The judges said the award recognises the significant impact that he made through his work at EQC – an

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The “Chilling Mission” of Wannabe FBI Informant Ali Kourani – Convicted of Terror Activities for Hizballah

Featured, Press Releases / May 17, 2019

Ali Kourani Was Trained by Hizballah’s External Terrorist Operations Component and Gathered Intelligence in New York City in Support of Attack-Planning Efforts Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that a jury returned a guilty verdict today against Ali Kourani, a/k/a “Ali Mohamad Kourani,” a/k/a “Jacob Lewis,”

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Temporary Judges Appointed to Court of Appeal

New Zealand Law News, NZ Top in LawFuel / May 16, 2019

Former Court of Appeal Judges Justice Lynn Stevens and Justice John Wild have been re-sworn in as Court of Appeal judges. The Judges were sworn in at the beginning of May for a 12 month term. Justice Stevens was appointed Queen’s Counsel in 1997 and High Court Judge in 2006. He was a Court of

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Commission closes investigation into David Ferrier’s acquisition of stake in Cavalier

New Zealand Law News, NZ Press Releases / May 16, 2019

The Commerce Commission has closed its investigation into David Ferrier’s acquisition of a 70% equity interest in Cavalier Wool Holdings Limited as its concerns with the transaction have been addressed. In October last year the Commission opened an investigation of the acquisition under section 47 of the Commerce Act. The Commission was concerned that the

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Bullying Endemic in the Legal Profession Says IBA Survey

Headlining, Headlining NZ, Law Firms / May 16, 2019

A major survey from the International Bar Association, the London-based body that has a global membership, has found that bullying and sexual harassment are rife in the legal profession. The IBA survey covers almost 7000 lawyers across 135 countries and is the largest such survey undertaken on the issue, covering the US, UK, Australia, New

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