The 15-Hour Workdays And Ongoing Issue of Lawyer Burnout
Lawyer burnout is a major problem for law firms globally, but it’s not an inevitability
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New Additions For Russell McVeagh . . And One Rather Surprising Departure
While Russell McVeagh have announced the return of firm alumni in a recent press release, there has been nothing said about the departure this year of star tax partner Brendan Brown. Tax partner Brendan Brown, a highly respected practitioner, has left the firm to join Mayne Weatherell with little-to-know fanfare from either firm. Formerly National Chair of
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The New Zealand Law Firms Leading the Twitter Power List . . And The Big Law Firm With Just 3 Followers
It’s smaller firms leading the Twitter charge but Donald Trump may have put others off the platform’s advantages The smaller firms and one of the oldest in New Zealand are leading the Twitter charge while the bigger law firms lag in the rankings here. Among the Big Law contenders, Meredith Connell have 122 followers, Anderson
Lawyer At Centre of #MeToo Misconduct Complaint to Face Law Society Charges
It may have taken three years, but the Law Society has now pressed charges of alleged misconduct against the former partner The former Russell McVeagh partner who left the firm following the allegations of #MeToo sexual misconduct involving summer interns is to face misconduct charges before the Law Society on May 17. The former partner
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LawFuel’s 2020 New Zealand Lawyer of the Year
Lawyer of the Year Sponsors LexisNexis New Zealand [adrotate banner=”140″] Staedtler – The pens successful lawyers use Cassie Nicholson – Legal First Responder Government legal counsel Cassie Nicholson, perhaps the key legal figure behind the mountain of legal work required to be climbed during the Covid-19 pandemic, is LawFuel’s Lawyer of the Year for 2020.
What’s Happening At Meredith Connell With Its Litigator Departures?
Why are litigators departing from Meredith Connell?
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How Much Has The Dotcom Case Cost The New Zealand Taxpayer? Take A Guess
How does $7 Million Sound? It’s taken nine years of battling, but the cost to the New Zealand taxpayer of the claims against Kim Dotcom and Megaupload have consumed 40,500 hours of work by Crown lawyers and $3.4 million in ‘ancillary costs” according to documents requested by the NZ Herald under the Official Information Act.
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Is Jacinda Ardern’s ‘Hate Speech’ Law Entrenching Racism Rather Than Eliminating It?
A recent Spectator column identified what Karl du Fresne says was “inflammatory rhetoric from an ideologically driven Human Rights Commission and a handful of vociferous immigrant activists . . ” Karl du Fresne – Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern promised, on the night of her general election triumph last October, to govern for all New Zealanders.
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Does Eric Watson Have Russell McVeagh & Others In His Netflix Sights?
A recent Stuff article on former high flyer Eric Watson and his move from Pentonville Prison to some sunny place in Europe has him now planning his revenge, it would see, with a tell-all book and television series on his various grudges. Just how these tales will unfold and via what format in the Netflix
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Law Firm Business Development – Does this year’s client development plan look identical to last year’s?
It’s often said that if you ‘fail to plan, you plan to fail.’ That is of course absolutely true. However, it is also true that if you ‘fail to read your plan, you’ve set your plan up to fail!’