Lawyers

OneThe New Zealand Law Society’s sexual harassment survey has found extensive sexual harassment and bullying in the profession, as was widely known.  However women harassers were also found to be an extensive problem. One of the report’s finding was that over the past five years 14 per cent of men experienced a form of sexual  […]

#Metoo campaigner, public lawyer Zoe Lawton has set up another blog to get men to sign on to end harassment in the legal profession. Lawton’s initial blog calling for accounts from lawyers who had experienced harassment and bullying in the legal workplace.  She claimed criticism from several quarters of the blog, saying she had been

The #Metoo campaign has seen high profile and vocal lawyer Olivia Wensley banned by the Law Society from participating in the Society’s panel investigating a raft of sexual harassment complaints from within the profession but says she will continue  “calling out the profession” Although Law Society President Kathryn Beck said Ms Wensley would be invited

DLA Piper has been in the sexual harassment firing line with a report that a partner has left the Wellington practice following a complaint over “behavioural issues.” Wellington employment lawyer Barbara Buckett said her Wellington firm currently had about six cases her firm was handling involving lawyers and with what Stuff.co.nz reported as having a