Tower to acquire Youi NZ Insurance portfolio Powered By LawFuel –Insurance market disruptor, Youi NZ Pty Ltd’s has announced its insurance portfolio is to be acquired by Tower Insurance Limited, after signing a Portfolio Transfer Agreement. Under the agreement, Tower Insurance will acquire around 34,000 in-force policies from Youi NZ for a purchase price of […]
Robert Morgan* Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s crisis-de-jour is the sex scandal surrounding allegations around an alleged staffer in Labour HQ and the PM has once again sought the assistance of QC Maria Dew to help sort out the mess. You may recall that Bankside Chambers-based Ms Dew, an employment law specialist and Top 10 mediator
New ‘Five Mile’ Premises for Growing Legal Leader Powered By LawFuel – We are all very excited at TODD & WALKER Law for the move into our new Five Mile premises on 9 September. This means that our Queenstown office located at Level 3, 36 Shotover Street and our Frankton office at Level 1 Aurum
A Road Less Travelled Power Law Briefing – Q&A With Angie Mentis Enjoying a stellar career in banking and wealth management in Australia, Angie Mentis was appointed as Managing Director and CEO of the BNZ in January 2018 – the first female in the top job for the bank. Since then, Angie has relished the
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The Musical Barrister To Play a New Tune in Court Classical trumpeter, cathedral singer and rock band bass-playing barrister Jonathan Krebs of Napier has been made a District Judge along with Auckland lawyer Clare Bennett. Mr Krebs, who practices out of both Auckland and Napier, is best known in legal circles for his successful representation
Powered By LawFuel – Fast-growing Australian insurance law firm Wootton + Kearney has expanded its New Zealand presence, appointing a cyber insurance expert as senior associate in Wellington. Wotton + Kearney (W+K) was founded in 2002 with two partners and now has over 230 lawyers working across Australia and now in New Zealand in Auckland
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The much vaunted overhaul of the Justice System has been hit with the resignation of two ‘heavy hitters’ who quit over frustrations in dealing with the major overhaul. The two to resign were general manager Dr Warren Young and crime expert and sociologist Dr Jarrod Gilbert. Dr Young is General Manager of the Independent Police
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Jonathon Eaton, high-profile lawyer and Queen’s Counsel, spoke to LawFuel reporters Kate Green and Rachel Moore about the media, mentoring young lawyers, and maintaining a balance between work and family. Jonathan Eaton, 55, has spent 30 years as a lawyer and six years as a Queen’s counsel, and is currently based at Bridgeside Chambers in
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There have always been lawyers-aplenty in parliament, but taking a leaf from the LawFuel book, The Herald’s Sasha Borissenko decided to take a look at some of the ‘more colourful’ of the profession by providing her ‘listicle’. >> See the LawFuel Power List – The Country’s 50 Most Powerful Lawyers Perhaps unsurprisingly, Winston Peters did
Is There a Lawyer in the House? Plenty, actually Read More »
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