The NZ First Foundation issue has become more involved with media reports that Shane Jones’ office only disclosed a conflict of interest over the NZ First-linked forestry company loan application the day that Radio NZ made an Official Information request about the loan proposal.NZ Future Forest Products (NZFFP) – whose directors include Winston Peters’ lawyer […]
Auckland family law barrister and former co-convener of the Auckland District Law Society’s Family Law Committee, has been censured and fined after failing to turn up to court on three occasions, leaving his client facing a criminal trial without representation.Anthony Morahan failed to tell his client or the court that the reason he could not
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Going Boldly Where No Woman Lawyer Has Gone Before . . The Space Lawyer New Zealand’s booming space industry has produced one of the world’s first Space lawyers. Rachel Moore & Kate Green spoke with Dr Maria PozzaMaria Pozza is New Zealand’s only space lawyer. Far from talking to aliens, she spends her time, like
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Is there fake news coming from the law firm Rudy Giuliani just retained?
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Facebook is losing out to other social media platforms for law firms, according to a new report. Consultancy Good2bSocial’s annual report card, the Social Law Firm Index includes more firms than ever since commencing its reports in 2013, measuring social media reach, performance, engagement on both firm websites and social media platforms.DLA Piper came out
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The Small Law Firm Survey: Small Firms Can Still Earn Big Money – Plus The 3 Big Profit DriversThe Moore Markhams survey of small law firms in the Auckland region has shown strong profitability among smaller law firms, albeit with a slight decrease over the past year.However, the survey does indicate that small firms are
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 the lawyer who has seen all this before.Recently appearing in the Auckland High Court proceeding brought by Peters in respect
English media law expert Mark Stephens says the decision by Prince Andrew to talk about his connections with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein was a “catastrophic error”.Mark Stephens is a partner at Howard Kennedy LLP and gained national prominence through his representation of James Hewitt after his alleged affair with Princess Diana.In an interview with The Guardian,
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The devastating SkyCity convention centre fire has Fletcher Construction’s lawyers, Bell Gully, in a war room setting dealing with the potential fallout from the catastrophic inferno.Amid reports that insurers could potentially refuse to pay out if the fire was caused by recklessness or “gross irresponsibility”The SkyCity Convention Centre fire has left Fletcher Contruction’s longtime lawyers,
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