We reported on the incident involving Nelson lawyer Anjela Sharma earlier this year when Justice Davison rejected her plea for Air New Zealand to lift her travel ban after bad behaviour in the Koru Lounge. Now her’s order her to pay the airline $30,114 for costs and $3,657.21 in disbursements after her failed bid to
Philips brings the complete cloud dictation workflow to New Zealand – Work from anywhere, anytime The concept of the “office” is changing and expanding in today’s digitally driven world. Due to business globalization, travel restrictions and a renewed focus on work-life balance, many formerly office-based employees have been opting for flexible work arrangements. While this might
The cost-effective cloud dictation solution is optimised for mobility, offering speech recognition and transcription services Auckland, New Zealand 22 July 2020 – Speech Processing Solutions, the market leader in professional dictation and speech-to-text solutions, has launched its cloud dictation solution Philips SpeechLive in New Zealand. Catering to hybrid working environments with both an office-based and
If you have been injured and are receiving Social Security Disability Insurance, you may have several concerns about how far your money will stretch. Paying a substantial part of what may be a quite modest amount of SSDI is not something that is regarded with particular satisfaction by the recipients. For the most part, Social
WASHINGTON – The Internal Revenue Service today announced its annual “Dirty Dozen” list of tax scams with a special emphasis on aggressive and evolving schemes related to coronavirus tax relief, including Economic Impact Payments. This year, the Dirty Dozen focuses on scams that target taxpayers. The criminals behind these bogus schemes view everyone as potentially
A Sydney law firm that has encouraged individuals required to wear masks to avoid infection in the pandemic has been trolled for its “free advice” to ignore the requirement and face off with the Victorian government in court. ‘Free legal advice to all Victorians. Don’t wear a mask. Get a $200 fine then elect to
Former Wairarapa lawyer Lindsay Boyd Gribben blamed one elderly ‘spendthrift’ client for part of the money he had stolen. Gribben, who previously practised in the South Island before moving to the Wairarapa, was struck off the roll of barristers and solicitors last week, for misappropriating more than $900,000 over a nine-year period. The action by
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Slavery has once again become front-and-centre of issues for many companies, but it has not been something that until now has resonated with New Zealand businesses. However, new Australian legislation will ensure that companies need to carefully examine their operations and supply chain to look at working conditions that may be linked to modern slavery.
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Dentons, the much-touted largest law firm in the world, has been raided by Australian firm Thomson Greer in Brisbane, who have hired 21 lawyers and support staff, including five partners. The raid has seen all of Dentons’ Brisbane partners move to Thomson Geer National firm Thomson Geer The partners are Matthew Rollason, Scott Guthrie, Jeff
Sir Bob Jones – Recently there was a Federal by-election in Australia in the Labour-held marginal seat of Eden-Monaro. In a tight race Labour scraped back, thanks to the Greens preferential votes going their way. But note this. The Australian Greens leader Adam Bandt remarked afterwards, “the result sent a clear message to the government
