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Leading Legal Figure Dies Days After Special Court Sitting

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Leading legal identity and criminal lawyer Jock Blathwayt died on Tuesday, just days after his farewell at his local Masterton district Court. Blaythwayt was well known and respected through both his Wairarapa and Wellington legal community and beyond with the special court sitting honouring his work and commitment to his clients. >> Latest NZ Law

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The Winkelmann Warning: The Existential Challenge for Lawyers – Making Their Services Affordable

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The Chief Justice has explained that the legal profession has an ‘existential challenge’ to make itself more affordable for lower income clients, saying more funding was also needed for legal aid. In a rare interview with the Sunday Star-Times, she said that the profession has “failed to innovate” to provide the necessary service to the

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Clifford Chance listed 19th in the Stonewall Top 100 Employers List for 2020

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Powered by LawFuel – International law firm Clifford Chance has been ranked 19th in this year’s Stonewall Top 100 Employers List for 2020 – the sixth highest law firm in the list. Now in its 16th year, the list celebrates the pioneering efforts and commitments of leading organisations to LGBT workplace inclusion. This year’s list, which

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Legal Service Disrupter Axiom To Acquire Bliss Lawyers

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Acquisition expands Axiom’s already extensive network of legal talent; provides Bliss clients and lawyers access to Axiom’s global reach and technology platform Powered by Lawfuel – NEW YORK – February 5, 2020 – Axiom, the global leader in high-caliber, on-demand legal talent, today announced it has acquired Bliss Lawyers, a provider of premier flexible legal talent. The acquisition

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Attorney General Names 5 More District Court Judges

Attorney-General David Parker has named five further District Court judges. This follows his announcement on 21 January 2020 of the appointment of 21 District Court judges, with the naming of 14 at that time. Keryn Broughton, (pictured above) barrister of New Plymouth, has been appointed a District Court Judge with Family Court jurisdiction to be based in

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Vault Rankings – The Top Rated US Law Firms For Compensation, As Recommended by Associates

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The annual Vault rankings are always keenly awaited and with 20,000 Associates ranking US law firms this year the rankings remain of keen interest. But which firms rank tops? The top ranking 10 US law firm as ranked by Vault follow – Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP With two centuries under its belt, Cravath, Swaine

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3. John Edwards

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[adrotate banner=”91″] 6000 Followers   Recent Tweet – The Account The Privacy Commissioner’s personal account. Frequently tweets what he really thinks, despite his job – the Privacy Commissioner acts as more of an activist than a public servant, and has made a name for himself among the more conservative-leaning Twitter users for doing so. Next

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2. Marianne Elliott

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14.5k Followers Recent Tweet – The Account Former lawyer Elliott is a Director at ‘think and do tank’ The Workshop. Her Twitter account acts as a policy and research outlet and regularly critiques political and legal issues. Next [adrotate banner=”91″]

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6. Ben Thomas

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[adrotate banner=”76″] 4400 Followers Recent Tweet – The Account The former Ministerial Advisor with a law degree offers a steady stream of right-wing political analysis combined with regularly entertaining perspectives on the world. Next

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