There have always been lawyers-aplenty in parliament, but taking a leaf from the LawFuel book, The Herald's Sasha Borissenko decided to take a look at some of the 'more colourful' of the profession by providing her 'listicle'. >> See the LawFuel Power List - The Country's 50 Most Powerful Lawyers Perhaps unsurprisingly, Winston Peters did not respond to any request … [Read more...]
The ‘Happy’ Lawyer Helping Take The Stress Out of Law
Leaving Big Law To Help Other Lawyers Facing Mental Health Issues . . The 'Happy' Mission To Lift Lawyers Jeremy Fischbach is a former Big Law attorney who became concerned about the extent of mental health issues in the law, and other professions, and decided to do something about it.He left his career in Big Law to pursue part-time, flexible legal work through … [Read more...]
Power Law Briefing: Company Liquidations: Diminution not a requirement for voidable transactions
We now have the final answer in the long-running litigation between Robt. Jones Holdings Limited and the liquidators of Northern Crest Investments. Kensington Swan RJH argued that, in addition to the requirements in section 292 of the Companies Act, for a payment to be voidable it must also have the effect of diminishing the pool of assets available to the unsecured … [Read more...]
Leading ADLS Lawyer Suspended
Nola Dangen, a leading member of the Auckland District Law Society and a lawyer experienced in disciplinary and ethical matters through her Law Society work, has been suspended for two months for negligence "at the very high end of the negligence spectrum," The suspension follows a 'late' admission of guilt and involves three apparent inaccurate affidavits she had sworn ini … [Read more...]
Law Commission recommends new Relationship Property Act
Power Law Firm: MinterEllisonRuddWatts - The Law Commission’s final report Review of the Property (Relationships) Act 1976 – Te Arotake i te Property (Relationships) Act 1976was tabled in Parliament on 23 July 2019 and will now be considered by Government. The Report proposes a new Relationship Property Act intended to better assist spouses or partners (spouses) to share in … [Read more...]