Did Justice Ministry Bosses Need to Use Their Own Power Balls? By John Bowie It took the Ministry of Justice five years, and somewhere between $500,000 and $550,000 of public money, to do what a competent employer might have done regarding an employee facing serious criminal charges, in a fortnight over alleged money laundering by
Power Point: Women in New Zealand lead the judiciary, head the litigation teams at two of New Zealand’s biggest firms and make up most of the profession. But former Law Society President Jacque Lethbridge says the room in a major commercial case still looks remarkably male. She explains why that is and how to fix
LawFuel analysis | World Justice Project Rule of Law Index 2026 New Zealand has dropped two places to seventh in the World Justice Project’s 2026 Rule of Law Index. Its scores fell for government transparency, fundamental rights, criminal justice and, less noticed, the checks on government power itself. The Index, released on 21 October, still
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New Zealand-founded legal AI company Ivo has secured a major American sports partnership, becoming the exclusive legal AI partner of the NBA’s Philadelphia 76ers, NHL’s New Jersey Devils and Prudential Center. The multi-year agreement with Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment (HBSE) will see Ivo’s contract intelligence technology used by the organisation’s in-house legal team for
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Women are now 57.5% of New Zealand’s lawyers. Follow the ownership and the pay, and that majority starts to thin out. New Zealand law has solved its headcount problem. Ownership is taking longer. Steve Braunias’s Newsroom investigation quotes the Chief Justice asking “why are we failing to improve”, and sets out 12 years of Bar
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The union alleges breaches of the collective agreement and the duty of good faith. The Solicitor-General has denied breaching either, and the Authority has made no findings. The Public Service Association has lodged proceedings in the Employment Relations Authority against Solicitor-General Anna Adams KC. The dispute concerns a proposed restructure of Crown Law’s leadership team.
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Leading Auckland commercial litigator Kim Francis has joined Bankside Chambers as a barrister sole, departing the specialist disputes firm Lindsay Francis Mangan & Lee, which he helped establish in 2021. Francis co-founded Lindsay & Francis with Timothy Lindsay in 2021 after leaving Meredith Connell at the end of 2020, where he had spent approximately 10
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The retired Supreme Court judge would be the second New Zealander on Hong Kong’s overseas bench. Critics say the seat comes with a reputational invoice. Move over, dairy and manuka honey. New Zealand’s newest export to China is the retired Supreme Court judge, shipped to Hong Kong where demand for respectable common-law names has never
Four people, including a former Kāinga Ora official, who worked on two Auckland housing projects have been charged in relation to more than $4.2 million in alleged bribe payments. The Serious Fraud Office has charged the former Kāinga Ora official, a former Tāmaki Regeneration Company (TRC) official, and two construction company owners with corruption and bribery of an official in
>> See new law jobs at LawFuel.com/Jobs/ Attorney-General Chris Bishop today announced the appointments of 12 King’s Counsel. The rank of King’s Counsel is primarily awarded to barristers sole who have met the overarching criteria of excellence in their careers. The 12 new King’s Counsel appointed, from over 100 applications, are Matanuku Mahuika, Karen Radich,
