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Who Is The Lawyer Defending Grace Millane’s Alleged Killer?

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Auckland criminal lawyer Ian Brookie has hit the headlines with his latest case, defending the alleged murderer of English backpacker Grace Millane. Named by LawFuel as one of the up-and-coming litigation stars, Brookie is a former Meredith Connell prosecutor, where he worked for a period with Rudd Watts and Stone (now MinterEllisonRuddWatts) until establishing criminal […]

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The Bee in Becroft’s Bonnet: Where Are The Lawyers?

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The busiest court in the country is set in a location without its own criminal law firm, relying instead on the local community law centre. Mangere has what Childrens’ Commissioner Andrew Becroft says is a ‘huge need’ for lawyers, but there is no firm in the area.Māngere Community Law Centre was the brainchild of a group

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Bank This – Big Money For the Former Wellington Solicitor

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Former Wellington solicitor David McLean made a profitable move to his current employer, Westpac Bank, and has now also seen his remuneration rise to $2.455 million. The increase for Power List member McLean has seen an increase of over $14,500 according to the Bank’s recently released financial reports and despite his parent bank’s chief executive

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How – and Why – The NZ Transport Agency Sidelined Its Lawyers

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If They Didn’t Like What Was Happening Employees Were Told to ‘Get off the bus’ Anonymous* There are fresh revelations about the NZTA’s dubious work on developing new transport technologies, which details how NZTA officials under Fergus Gammie made astonishing and over the top promises about the potential for certain types of transport technologies they were wanting

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Second CBL Class Action Launched

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The litigation funders are fighting to battle CBL Corp, with the ‘first-up-best-dressed’ contender being Australian-based IMF Bentham, but now local heavyweight LPF Group has joined the fray with even more heavyweight institutional backing. The second class action against CBL Corp and its directors has been launched with the support of the company’s largest, institutional shareholder,

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Glaister Ennor Join Class Action Biz with CBL Action

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Glaister Ennor have joined the class action arena, joining with Australian-based litigation funder IMF Bentham to launch an action on behalf of CBL Corp shareholders on the basis of alleged failure to observe disclosure rules from the time of the initial public offering in September 2015. CBL’s shares were suspended from trading on both the

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Kensington Swan’s Part in Legal Monolith With a Smart Phone Attitude

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The recent tie-up between Kensington Swan and global law giant Dentons has been part of one of the biggest buy-ups and law firm mergers ever seen in the global legal marketplace. As LawFuel reported this week, Dentons have this week alone done two deals with US law firms with the express objective of creating the

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Why The NZ Law Society Is Barking Up The Wrong Tree With It’s ‘Culture Change’ Task Force

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The Culture Change ‘Task Force’ Sounds “Fervently Marxist” – But Is It What The Law Society Should Be Doing? Thomas Bloy* #MeToo has ushered in a new era for lawyers and it’s all about ‘culture change’.  The scandals that rocked the ivory towers, the Bazley report, and the countless blogs, articles, and radio and TV discussions

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Which Are New Zealand’s Oldest Law Firms? – And Who Are The More Recent Contenders For Long Term Survival?

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Herald columnist Sasha Borissenko did a useful job of listing the oldest law firms in New Zealand, which include names reaching into the profession’s Jurassic period, well at least 150 years. She reported AUT Helen Dervan’s comments that firms if properly managed can survive in both upturns and downturns, which combined with the legal regulation

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Class Action Lawyer’s Big Day

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Christchurch lawyer Grant Cameron scored a major win with his ‘opt-out’ class action win this week, representing another major advance in class action litigation in New Zealand. His lawyers argued an opt out action would better protect the rights of class members, be more efficient, and allow better access to justice.  Southern Response opposed an opt

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