Legal Leader Last Year – 4 Tiana Epati’s impact on the profession as Law Society president was such that her impact continues, heightened by the debacle involving her successor Jacque Lethbridge\’s resignation as NZLS president. To quote from a profile piece in Woman Magazine: “The reason the president of the New Zealand Law Society –
Eminence Gris Last Year – 16 Although the ‘eminence gris’ of the New Zealand bar had slipped to 16th position last year from 9 the year earlier, the death of Her Majesty and the issues around New Zealand\’s constitutional status see us turn to his cast iron constitutional knowledge that appears to know no bounds
Top Legal Power Last Year – 3 As Solicitor General, is not only head of Crown Law’s 180 staff but also the ‘‘professional head’’ of more than 800 lawyers employed by the government’s various departments, ministries and agencies she has a power role both from a legislative and a legal leadership perspective a role she
Last Year – 49 A long time Bar leader and one of the country’s most experienced and capable litigators, Jim Farmer KC continues to live a busy professional life that would put paid to many litigators half his age. Suggestions of taking things quietly are readily refuted with a busy caseload, albeit perhaps more measured
In one of the largest class actions in Australian legal history, law firm Maddens have launched a claim against Toyota for alleged used of so-called \’defeat devices\’ to conceal the emissions output from a range of popular models produced by the auto giant. Up to half a million Australian car owners could be represented in
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Law firm Clyde & Co\’s Scottish heritage has seen the firm grow to a 5000 employee operation across over 60 offices globally. The firm\’s Australian development has seen it grow to revenues of $100 million annually, making Clyde & Co the third largest law firm in Australia, now celebrating its 10th year in the country.
Whenever a couple begins a divorce proceeding, it is customary for alimony to be considered by one of the parties. Alimony is also known as spousal support and can have a profound financial impact both on the spouse who gives it and on the one who receives it. These days, alimony is gender-neutral, meaning that
San Francisco – Powered by LawFuel – Andersen Global establishes legal capabilities and strengthens overall coverage in Australia through a Collaboration Agreement with leading law firm Cornwalls. Established in 1891, Cornwalls offers a full range of legal services, including banking and finance, corporate and commercial, employment and industrial relations, fintech, intellectual property, litigation and
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Justice Minister Kiri Allan is putting her mark on her major portfolio in a manner reflecting something of both a generational change in Justice administration, as well as building on the transformational Pacifica brand developed with finesse by former Law Society president and fellow East Coaster, Tiana Epati. Her halting of the controversial scheme intended
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