New Zealand’s Quiet Constitutional War Is Getting Louder Attorney-General Chris Bishop, fresh from yet another National Party leadership stoush and infrastructure fisticuffs, has tipped his toes into the quicksands of tikanga Māori, judicial power and climate litigation. For a former Russell McVeagh and Crown Law summer clerk with scant hands on legal experience the boy […]
Article source: 25 Bedford Row, Criminal Law Chambers London Facing criminal charges is serious. The last thing you want is to be confused about who is actually helping you. You’ll likely hear both “barrister” and “solicitor” mentioned early on, and they are not the same thing. A criminal defence barrister and a criminal defence solicitor
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Shock exits at scandal-hit KPMG as top legal and people leaders step down ahead of key parliamentary grilling. KPMG’s general counsel Louise Capon and national managing partner of people and inclusion Dorothy Hisgrove are leaving the firm, just days before they are due to appear at a high-stakes parliamentary hearing into allegations of misconduct and
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A New South Wales barrister has been reprimanded after apparently deciding that some of the more tiresome conventions of courtroom practice, such as standing, bowing to the judge and arriving on time, were more guidelines than rules. Mahmoud Mandoh was reprimanded following his conduct during a 2023 criminal trial, with the disciplinary register recording what
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Looking for a better law job? Look no further . . New Zealand’s legal profession is running hot, and not in a good way.A new AUT report has found that roughly one in four New Zealand lawyers are actively considering leaving the profession, underscoring a structural talent risk that law firm leaders can no longer
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Latest NZ law jobs – Napier Roles – Check LawFuel Jobs The Kim Dotcom extradition saga has devolved into a staggering display of judicial inefficiency, exposing a glaring incompetence at the heart of New Zealand’s justice system, according to Deborah Chambers KC’s latest NZ Herald column. After more than a decade of endless legal gymnastics,
Some lawyers bill by the hour. Others spend years trying to stop the state from killing their clients. American capital defence lawyer‑turned‑comedian Josh Pickar has somehow managed to do both law and stand‑up, arguing that the two professions have more in common than most civilians would comfortably admit. Both depend on storytelling, timing and finding
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Munich – Global law firm K&L Gates welcomes intellectual property partners Dr. Christian Wende (pictured) and Markus Eustermann and their team in Munich. The nine-person group, which will include patent attorneys, trainees, and specialists, joins K&L Gates from WENDE IP, a boutique German intellectual property law firm founded by Wende and Eustermann. Wende and Eustermann advise clients on a broad
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Former MinterEllisonRuddWatts star Silvana Schenone is making career waves again, exiting local investment bank Jarden, who have had their ups and downs in recent years, to join fast‑rising Australian player Barrenjoey and taking her trans‑Tasman dealmaking clout with her. However the move has attracted the ire and investigation of Jardens as the Australian Financial Review
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A capital raise that valued the World Cup’s commercial engine at $20 billion. A magic circle firm quietly hoovering up FIFA’s top litigators a fortnight earlier. One of those lasted a week. Guess which. The battle for football’s future was supposed to be fought in Manhattan conference rooms, but it was over almost before it
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