Bankside Chambers – A special ceremony was held at the Auckland High Court on Tuesday 11 October 2022 in honour of Sir Robert Stanley Chambers KNZM QC (23 August 1953 – 21 May 2013). The Auckland High Court Memorial Garden and engraved Toka were installed as a tribute to Justice Chambers, who has been described […]
Last Year – 49 A long time Bar leader and one of the country’s most experienced and capable litigators, Jim Farmer KC continues to live a busy professional life that would put paid to many litigators half his age. Suggestions of taking things quietly are readily refuted with a busy caseload, albeit perhaps more measured
. . and three key tips for law firms to boost work culture Leading law firm recruiter Louise Hall-Strutt says New Zealand law firms are facing the most radical transformation they have seen in decades. The days of burnout, stress and gruelling workloads that characterised New Zealand law firms are ending, she said in a
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Chief Justice Dame Helen Winkelmann may have only been in the top legal role for over three years, but her impact has been pronounced in areas ranging from access to justice issues to digitisation programmes. Negotiating the Covid pandemic has been a major challenge, which has been compounded – or exacerbated – by the increase
Chief Justice Dame Helen Winkelmann may have only been in the top legal role for over three years, but her impact has been pronounced in areas ranging from access to justice issues to digitisation programmes. Negotiating the Covid pandemic has been a major challenge, which has been compounded – or exacerbated – by the increase
Chief Justice Dame Helen Winkelmann is having a major effect upon the New Zealand judiciary and access to justice issues
The recently elected president of the New Zealand Law Society, Jacque Lethbridge, has resigned from the role following the \”culture review\” report commissioned by the NZLS from Michael Heron KC. The report, released this week, related to what the NZLS said was the “breakdown in the relationship between the President and the then Chief Executive
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Joanna Simon\’s short term at the New Zealand Law Society as CEO has seen her take a new position as Chief Executive of the Starship Foundation. She served as NZLS CEO for a little over a year, resigning over alleged ng launched review of \’behavioural concerns\’ involving Society\’s president, Jacque Lethbridge. The Law Society has
Business leader New Entrant Paul Majurey has been at logger heads with newly elected Auckland mayor Wayne Brown, who has sought his and his board’s resignation of the Auckland Council’s property arm. But Majurey, of law firm Atkins Holm Majurey, has not bowed at time of publication to any such request. A new entrant to
Listed Australian law firm AF Legal Group, Australian Family Lawyers, is launching a ‘partnership changing’ initiative into its partnership. >> Latest Law Jobs & Career News Here The model used by the group (ASX:AFL) is taking what it describes as an “unprecedented” step for a partnership model by which both partners and firms can co-own
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