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Transport Agency Burns While Lawyers Get Rich . . And a Possible Class Action Looms

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The disaster that is The NZ Transport Agency has been further highlighted after reports that the Agency has spent close to $2.2 million on consultants with the largest amount – at $1.8 million – going to Meredith Connell to help sort out the Agency mess. LawFuel has reported on the disaster Agency presiding over its […]

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Yachting Trip Excursion With Craig Counsel and Sitting Jurist Sees Supreme Court Rule In Favour Craig

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John Bowie – The Supreme Court has dismissed an application for recall of the judgment in the Jordan Williams v. Colin Craig case finding “some force” in the view that the delay in raising the matter “is both tactical and disqualifying”. However the Court did not hold an oral hearing despite some conflict as to

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Craig Saga Hits Rocky Seas – Reviving the Ghosts of Saxmere Past

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John Bowie – It may have been inevitable that a saga like the Colin (“Enough is enough”) saga would entangle the judicial system itself. And now, as the Herald reveals today in its story ‘The judge, the QC and the holiday’, it sees the cosy relationship between bar and bench once again hitting the rocky

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The Toogood Judgment: Colin Craig’s ‘Manufacturing’ Activity.

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Justice Kit Toogood’s character analysis of defamation litigant Colin Craig may have rocked the former Conservative Party chief somewhat, having been described variously as being intelligent and articulate on the one hand, but “self absorbed”, “lacking insight” and “hypocritical”  on the other. The seemingly endless Craig litigation drama, which LawFuel uncatalogued earlier, needed to be brought

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Freeing Pell: The Barrister With the Case of His Career

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In a career of high publicity and renown, Melbourne barrister Bret Walker SC has the case of his career on his hands with the attempt to free former Cardinal George Pell from prison. But the Court are listening, along with the rest of Australia and legal world. Walker’s attempts to persuade the Appeal Court that

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The Lawyer Helping Make Gender Changes in Law Firms: And The 2 Things That Are Stopping Them

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Lawyer David Sanford is an attorney who has brought gender bias lawsuits against major law firms. And he sees two key obstacles to the systemic changes required by law firms needing to create better gender representation. But there are a couple of obstacles towards achieving the desired changes sought by most firms. He spoke about

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Bullying Endemic in the Legal Profession Says IBA Survey

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A major survey from the International Bar Association, the London-based body that has a global membership, has found that bullying and sexual harassment are rife in the legal profession. The IBA survey covers almost 7000 lawyers across 135 countries and is the largest such survey undertaken on the issue, covering the US, UK, Australia, New

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