In the United States ‘spring bonus’ market the wars have begun with law firm Wilkie Farr finishing a very strong financial year by offering some top bonuses – as below. 2020 — from the firm’s memo (available on the next page): Class of 2020: $7,500Class of 2019: $10,000Class of 2018: $20,000Class of 2017: $27,500Class of 2016:
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After a court process or negotiations with the relevant parties –and their insurer-, you may be eligible for personal injury compensation that can be sufficient to cover your loss. However, the laws in Australia for compensation are very strict and have definite requirements for compensation eligibility. As an example, even if you strongly believe that
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When it comes to workers, the first thing that comes to mind is the workers working in construction yards, in the mining sector, in the manufacturing sector and in other forms of employment in which heavy work is being done. In fact, this is utterly false. According to the latest statistics, there are more than
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Some law firms seem to be full-time participants in law firm merger activity. As new markets are entered and competitors gobbled up, the voracious law firms bring to their transactions a wealth of experience their counterparts often lack. If your law firm is thinking about merger for the first time, will a lack of experience
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Press Release: New Zealand National Party A Member’s Bill which would improve access to justice by making it easier for lawyers to do work outside their existing employment has passed its first reading, National List MP based in Hutt South Chris Bishop says. “My proposed legislation makes a small change to allow a lawyer who is
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It’s smaller firms leading the Twitter charge but Donald Trump may have put others off the platform’s advantages The smaller firms and one of the oldest in New Zealand are leading the Twitter charge while the bigger law firms lag in the rankings here. Among the Big Law contenders, Meredith Connell have 122 followers, Anderson
Last year we posted the Top 20, and this year we have some new entrants and some surprise entries – plus (okay, you caught us) a couple of omissions. We’re focused here on those with influence in the legal community in New Zealand. So it includes the inevitable lawyer/politician. Take lawyer/consultant Steven Vincent for instance
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No. 11 Felix Geiringer 4.1k Wellington-based barrister and Phoenix Football enthusiast Geiringer provides quirky wit and nifty legal insights – interspersed between regular cricket analysis. No. 12 Dr Dean Knight 3.87k The Associate Professor of public law at Victoria University is another regular tweeter but his are also generally relevant and perceptive on
Senior in-house counsel have ranked multinational law firm Pinsent Masons their most favoured legal brand in the UK. The Thomson Reuters UK Law Firm Brand Index is a global legal market study based on the views of over 400 senior in-house counsel who have responsibility for buying UK legal services in organisations with revenues of
It may have taken three years, but the Law Society has now pressed charges of alleged misconduct against the former partner The former Russell McVeagh partner who left the firm following the allegations of #MeToo sexual misconduct involving summer interns is to face misconduct charges before the Law Society on May 17. The former partner
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