Speaking out against the Uighur Muslim group has seen China impose sanctions against Essex Court Chambers and aroused the ire of international barrister Michael Polak China has stepped up its sanctions against just about everyone …
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London Barrister Jolyon Maugham hit the social media headlines for killing a fox with a baseball bat over a year ago. At least one big law firm hasn’t forgotten. It’s a ‘shocking abuse of power’, …
Imaginative barristers continue to entertain with their arguments on behalf of clients facing off-beat, usually sexual offences. The latest such quirky defence episode related to an Israeli-born GP practicing in Kapiti, who felt compelled to …
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Jenna Shay – The English Bar has long been regarded as as bastion of some of the brightest lawyers in the country, but no more, it would seem. Instead, a recent report referred to the …
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The startling fall from grace of blue-blooded Melbourne SC Norman O’Bryan, a barrister of such repute that he held the Order of Australia, has rocked both the local Melbourne bar and reverberated about the Australian …
Described this week as ‘Winston Peters’ right hand man’, lawyer Brian Henry has been a long time Peters counsel, in more ways than one. But the developing NZ First scandal is unlikely to greatly dent …
12 Alan Galbraith, QC Alan Galbraith continues to handle heavyweight commercial litigation, as well as being involved in sporting issues that grabbed headlines during 2019. The treatment of recreational athletes in respect of anti-doping rules …
Three experienced younger litigators about to set up a new Chambers in Auckland. Davey Salmon, who has been involved in a range of high profile litigation in recent years, is joined by MinterEllisonRuddWatts partner Zane …
Bob Jones* “As your Honour knows, when one enters a brothel…” “I know no such thing Mr Stacey,” the outraged Judge barked. That was a typical Roy Stacey courtroom incident which I confess I’ve “borrowed” …
What happened with the lady lawyers at the swanky Sydney legal bash? And it was an incident involving a leading woman lawyer who spoke recently about ‘getting to know women as individuals’ and the enlightened …
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