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Look Out! Here Comes A Legal Disrupter That Actually COULD Disrupt The New Zealand Legal Market

Look Out! Here Comes A Legal Disrupter That Actually COULD Disrupt The New Zealand Legal Market

John Bowie – One of the major legal disrupters and a firm that has been described as the fastest-growing law firm in the Asia-Pacific region, is opening its doors in New Zealand from the beginning of 2021. LegalVision has become a major presence in Australia where its legal website is one of the most popular

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Freshfields Joins Slim Ranks of Big Law Firm Female Leaders As Gender Diversity Moves Slowly Grow

Freshfields Joins Slim Ranks of Big Law Firm Female Leaders As Gender Diversity Moves Slowly Grow

Dan Garner – Female law firm leadership ranks are growing – albeit slowly – but in the London law scene the first of the Magic Circle law firms to appont a woman to the top leadership role has been Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP who have appointed Georgia Dawson as Senior Partner. Dawson is currently Asia’s

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7 Developing & Lucrative Non-Law Careers For Lawyers

7 Developing & Lucrative Non-Law Careers For Lawyers

Dan Garner – The pandemic and increasing law career options mean more lawyers than ever are seeking non-law careers, a law degree providing an ideal base for developing work in a wide range of fields, but there are some developing areas of opportunity for lawyers, with seven we have identified below. We have written on

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Defamation: The Craig Defamation Saga Lives to Bore us All Another Day

Defamation: The Craig Defamation Saga Lives to Bore us All Another Day

John Bowie – The defamation cases that won’t go away are . . well, not going away. The most recent iteration of the Colin Craig catalogue of defamation cases has been continued with latest Court of Appeal ruling from Justices Kos, Gilbert and Wild, that has seen as partial victory for Craig in his battle

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Dentons’ Desert Storm Crisis – Claims of Nepotism, Colonialism and Misdeeds Within The Middle East Offices of the World’s Largest Law Firm

Dentons' Desert Storm Crisis - Claims of Nepotism, Colonialism and Misdeeds Within The Middle East Offices of the World's Largest Law Firm

“. . our culture does not reflect a scintilla of the image we try to project to our . . pro bono partners, clients and potential recruits.” Dan Garner* Dentons have been faced with criticism that they have engaged in a raft of cultural, management and ethical issues involving their Mid-East offices in serious claims

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47. Julian Miles QC

Julian Miles on LawFuel Power List

Julian Miles has been something of a household name in the law and beyond for more years than many might remember, but he continues to exert an influence at the bar as one of the foremost barristers in the country. With experience in commercial litigation, defamation, media law, intellectual property and information technology disputes, he

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Updated: Growing Legal Practice Areas for Lawyers in 2019 and 2020 : From Blockchain to Cannabis Law

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Mike Hammell* When we last looked at the growth areas for law in 2019, we featured some challenging areas of growth in the law, like cannabis law and IP law areas. But the COVID-19 pandemic has provided some key changes to what the emerging legal growth areas may be in 2021 and beyond. And so

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