New Zealand’s Most Powerful Lawyers: The LawFuel Power List
New Zealand’s 50 most powerful lawyers in 2022 include a dozen new entrants as the law profession changes
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Jim Farmer KC’s Random Legal Thoughts On A Post-Covid Lockdown European Trip
Leading KC Jim Farmer KC writes about his thoughts on everything form virtual court hearings to lockdown rules and antitrust developments. Monday, October 31, 2022 James Farmer KC* If nothing else, the last 3 years of a Covid-infected world have forced us to face new living and working conditions and severely inhibited our ability to
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Introducing The 10 New KCs
>> Latest Law Jobs Here The first new KC entrants to New Zealand’s Bar have been announced by the Attorney General. The new entrants include six from Auckland, two from Christchurch, one from Wellington and a Northland barrister. Catherine Stafford Cull, Barrister of Northland, a family lawyer from Kerikeri. Simon Robert Mitchell, Barrister of Auckland,
Tudor Clee
The Unconventional Barrister New Entrant There’s not a lot that’s conventional about Tudor Clee or his practice, but there is no denying his ability to achieve headline-making cases including his representation over the government’s egg-on-face handling of journalist Charlotte Bellis’ return to locked-down New Zealand, nor the takedown of QCs Paul Wicks and John Dixon
Power Lawyer Litigation Funder Calls For Improvement in Access to Justice
Power Lawyer Phil Newland, principal of litigation funder LPF Group has asked insurance companies to support initiatives designed to improve access to justice and prevent time-wasting delays that waste court resources. >> In-house Counsel role – Auckland or Brisbane – Check here Delaying tactics ‘abuse the justice system’, he said in a press statement which
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Frazer Barton
Law Society President New Entrant Anderson Lloyd partner Frazer Barton has stepped into the Law Society presidency following the debacle over the leadership with the resignation of both the CEO and the elected president Jacque Lethbridge. Frazer Barton is a litigator with Anderson Lloyd, a nephew of the former academic and Queen’s Counsel Dr George
Meredith Connell Recruit Clifford Chance COO As Chief Executive
Meredith Connell have recruited former Chief Operating Officer for the UK at Magic Circle law firm Clifford Chance as the firm’s new chief executive. Sophie Schwass’s appointment was announced by Meredith Connell Managing Partner Steve Haszard (pictured above) who said she would start at the firm in February 2023. Haszard retires from the partnership next
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How One ‘Best Lawyer in America’ Uses Speech Technology To Power His Practice
The advances in speech technology provides lawyers with the ability to provide faster and better service to clients, as well as enhancing efficiencies and profitability. One US law firm had a ‘gadget guy’ partner who explains how ‘voice solutions’ have helped power the firm’s growth With more than 145 years of experience, Eastburn and Gray,
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38. Brendan Horsley
Last Year – 42 He may be more George Smiley than James Bond, but Brendan Horsley, the former Deputy Solicitor General who ran the Crown prosecution network, has an important role supervising New Zealand’s intelligence services at a time when terrorist and extremist threats continue to cause concern in the wake of global upheaval and,
NZ Franchise Legal Leader Brings Billion Dollar Franchises to New Zealand
Long time franchise law expert Stewart Germann, sometimes known as ‘The Franchise Coach’ has cemented a deal in the UK to bring a portfolio of global franchise heavyweights to New Zealand. The new franchises include companies representing $NZD5 billion in revenue, employing tens of thousands of people globally. They incude seven restaurants and two
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