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Commerce Commission Fines Vodafone $350,000 For Billing Customers After Contracts End

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Retail telecommunications provider Vodafone New Zealand Limited has been fined $350,000 for making false representations in invoices it sent to customers.  Vodafone pleaded guilty and was convicted in relation to 14 charges under the Fair Trading Act for conduct that occurred between January 2012 and December 2018. Despite Vodafone’s contractual terms and conditions stating it […]

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The Myth of the Law Firm Safety Net: Starting Your Own Practice

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Your law firm job may be comforting, but it’s not always comfortable Beth Lebowitz* You did everything right. You attended your OCIs during law school, hearing again and again that going to work for that big law firm was the best, if not the only, option. You worked those summer internships, and were lured in

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Invictus Gold Medallist Joins Personal Injury Law Firm as Military Injury Specialist

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H Hilary Meredith Solicitors in Wilmslow has appointed Invictus Gold medallist and high-ranking military solicitor, Natalie Robinson as Head of its Armed Forces Compensation Scheme department. Natalie provided specialist military legal support to the British Army for twelve years, reaching the rank of Major, before being medically discharged in 2015 after an injury on duty

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‘Sexual Innuendos’ & Other Actions See Big Law Partner Lose ERA Appeal

New Zealand Law News /

Former Duncan Cotterill partner and former firm chair Richard Palmer (known as Dean Palmer) has lost his employment claim in the ERA where he claimed having been unfairly disadvantaged by the firm following allegations of inapporpriate behaviour towards younger female staff and others. The allegations included claims that he had touched female staff and forwarded

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Lawyers identify flaws in proposed amendments to End of Life Choice Bill , call foul on incorrect statements

New Zealand Law News, Press Releases /

Auckland — 29 April 2019 — Lawyers have pointed out critical flaws in the amendments proposed by David Seymour to the End of Life Choice Bill he sponsors and have called foul on a number of claims he has made publicly. Dangerous amendment to Crimes Act (1961) Amongst the problems with Mr Seymour’s proposed amendments identified

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Linda Clark Promoted to Partner at Kensington Swan

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Former broadcaster and journalist Linda Clark has become a partner at Kensington Swan, the firm announced today. Linda Clark is well known for her work on National Radio and as TVNZ’s political reporter during the 1990s. After qualifying as a lawyer she worked at Chapman Tripp before making the move to Kensington Swan, Wellington. The

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Ashurst

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What LawFuel says –  An old line firm, indeed one from which Slaugher and May arose, Ashurst has spent over a decade on international expansion, including its Australian acquisition of Blake Dawson Waldron.  The firm generally receives high rankings from employees for culture and work opportunity. What Ashurst says –  “We offer a range of

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Herbert Smith

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LawFuel says –  The firm was formed in 2012 after a merger between Australian-based Freehills and UK-based Herbert Smith. At the time of the merger the firm had over 800 lawyers and almost 200 partners with global offices.    Herbert Smith says –  “Everyone has a different vision of what their ideal career path will

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