LawFuel's article on the lack of criminal lawyers practising in Mangere - and other observations made by Childrens' Commissioner Andrew Becroft, prompted a response from long-serving Hawkes Bay legal aid lawyer Paul Harman. Paul Harman - Where are all the lawyers - an almost farcical to ask that question. For me the Margeret Bazley (pictured, left) legal aid reforms, … [Read more...]
Budding human rights lawyer wins Māori Issues Moot
Powered by LawFuel - University of Auckland - Points of law arising from the 2017 Court of Appeal decision in Ngaronoa v Attorney-General, which challenged the decision to bar all prisoners from voting in parliamentary elections, set the scene for this year’s Māori Issues Moot, held earlier this month. Nineteen students from Auckland Law School took part in debating whether … [Read more...]
Is There a Lawyer in the House? Plenty, actually
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...]
Lane Neave Act on Retirement Village Sale to Arvida
National law firm, Lane Neave, has acted for the family owned Sanderson Group on the sale of three large retirement villages to NZX listed company, Arvida Limited.Under the $180m deal, completed on 31 July 2019, the Sanderson Group sold Bethlehem Country Club and Bethlehem Shores in Tauranga, along with the Queenstown Country Club, which includes 326 independent living units … [Read more...]
Kensington Swan Promotions –
Property expert makes Partner in latest wave of firm promotions Powered By LawFuel - July 2019 - Leading national law firm Kensington Swan has promoted commercial property expert Michelle Hill to Partner. Michelle joins partners Matthew Ockleston and Paula Ormandy in leading the Auckland property team, which has seen significant recent growth and is part of the Firm’s … [Read more...]