Powered by LawFuel – Bell Gully is delighted to have been recognised as the most innovative law firm in New Zealand at the IFLR Asia-Pacific Awards 2020. According to IFLR, Bell Gully had made a “notable impression in the New Zealand market in 2019 in relation to M&A.” In 2019, Bell Gully was involved in several […]
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Secretary for Justice Andrew Kibblewhite has provided some heartfelt thanks in his message to the New Zealand legal profession in the latest LawTalk, adopting the Americanism for the profession’s disruption by “Turning the Titanic on a Dime”. “The past weeks have been challenging, to say the least, but I thank the Heads of Bench for
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A former chartered accountant has been sentenced to three years and nine months’ imprisonment for stealing approximately $1.01 million from his clients. Christopher George Wright (64) misappropriated refunds from his clients on whose behalf he filed tax returns and received refunds. The tax refunds intended for Mr Wright’s clients were deposited in his accounting practice’s
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Tompkins Wake’s Auckland office has this month been bolstered by five new team members, including a new partner. Partner Zandra Wackenier has joined Tompkins Wake along with two members of her team that previously worked with her at Wynyard Wood. Zandra brings with her senior solicitor Isabelle Stevenson and EA Bernadette Carroll. Senior solicitor Annie
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Powered by LawFuel – James Hardie’s release to the Australian Stock Exchange yesterday – that it ultimately intends to “cease all manufacturing of products in New Zealand”, at the cost of some 120 Kiwi jobs – is unlikely to stall the class action brought by over 1,000 leaky home owners. Adina Thorn, the lawyer leading
Tenants’ rights, employees’ rights and immigration measures guidance notes are available through the LexisNexis New Zealand COVID-19 Information Centre AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND – LexisNexis New Zealand, a leading provider of legal, regulatory and business information and analytics to the legal industry, announced today www.lexisnexis.co.nz/COVID19. This information for the general public is an extension of the
Sir Robert Jones’ latest blog post castigates the Prime Minister for the needless lockdown with “depression, suicides, family violence and despair” lying ahead. “For by the time the virus reached our shores we knew from the evidence elsewhere who it killed and why. Instead, the government acted as if it could kill us all, in
Leading law firm, MinterEllisonRuddWatts, has been named New Zealand Law Firm of the Year at the Chambers Asia Pacific Awards 2020 – it’s the second time the firm has held the prestigious award in four years. Andrew Poole, Chief Executive of MinterEllisonRuddWatts says: “We are delighted to be once again recognised as New Zealand’s market
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The Court of Appeal today released its judgment in the Attorney-General’s appeal against the High Court finding that the Crown was liable in negligence to Strathboss Kiwifruit Ltd (as a representative kiwifruit grower plaintiff), but not liable to Seeka Ltd (a post-harvest operator), for losses caused by the outbreak of Psa3 in late 2010 and
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Powered by LawFuel – Two Lane Neave partners have been named in the 2021 edition of The Best Lawyers in New Zealand announced today. Corporate and commercial partners Evelyn Jones and Graeme Crombie have been recognised by their peers in the legal industry. Jones has been named for the first time in the banking and finance law
