The moves by the government to entrench the 3 Waters legislation has invoked serious concern from a number of top lawyers. The highly contentious legislation has aroused debate and concern across multiple groups, but the last minute move to require a super majority to revoke the legislation is something that has itself provoked concern, if
Buying ad space is a sure-fire way to gain top-of-Google rankings, which can also buy growth in business rapidly. Pay-per-click (PPC) lets lawyers market on search engines by providing top placement, buying traffic as distinct from some of the organic SEO law marketing tactics that achieve top rankings. The trick here is that you (a)
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Leading New Zealand law firm Russell McVeagh has announced the promotion of talented Real Estate lawyer, Natalie Steur, to partner (subject to completing Law Society requirements). Natalie’s promotion will continue the expansion of the firm’s market-leading Real Estate & Construction team following on from Sarah Blackmore‘s promotion to partner last year. The team, which includes partners Ed Crook, David
Leading legal recruiter Louise Hall-Strutt see ‘horror stories’ that turn off potential candidates for law jobs in a market where they can afford to be choosy. Salaries are not the be-all and end-all of what they are looking for, she says, but rather what the reputation is of their prospective law firm. And she outlines
The building and construction industry commonly sees disputes regarding payments for a wide variety of reasons including building delays, under payments, non payments, design and planning errors and others. Such disputes can be extremely disruptive for the contractors and builders as it can affect cash flow, which could impact their ability to buy materials, support
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The largest law firm in Hamilton is one credit claimed by Tompkins Wake, but its 100th centenary has also seen the firm building on the Waikato origins it enjoyed when founded by ‘Lance’ Tompkins and Cecil Wake in 1922. Now sitting among the top 12 firms in the country, the firm enjoyed an evening with
The Disputes Tribunal continues to provide valuable services for those seeking civil remedies and opportunities arise for those who can provide assistances as Tribunal referees. The LawFuel Law Jobs Network currently has two roles for Disputes Tribunal referees and has advertised other roles for this important aspect to the Justice Ministry’s role proving fast and
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The bonuses may have been big an growing in the past couple of years, but 2023 looks tougher with Big Law scaling back the bonuses as Baker McKenzie kicks off the bonus season with the first, publicly declared bonuses. Baker McKenzie has agreed to pay its US associates end-of-year bonuses of up to $115,000 depending on
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A Chapman Tripp solicitor in the firm’s Auckland office until 2010, Anand Pillai is now a highly regarded Senior Corporate Counsel at Amazon Web Services, London. A senior lawyer in the behemoth AWS he specialises in technology contracts and commercial transactions as AWS continues its continued growth as a technology behemoth handling web services across
Helen Townsley is Legal Director at the Competition and Markets Authority, has overseen the CMA’s response to a number of market-significant mergers in the UK, including Veolia’s acquisition of Suez. A former solicitor with Chapman Tripp, where she worked in competition and regulatory law before moving to the UK where she worked as an associate
