Ructions at the New Zealand Transport Agency have impacted the legal team, including many from its Land Transport Rules Team and as a result of the Agency’s new focus on technology and its apparent aim to transform from a traditional transport funder and safety regulator to a digitised transport service provider. The legal team at […]
While the pay rate increases may excite the interests of young lawyers, it also comes at the cost of smaller associate teams required to hit higher billing targets.
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A foreign exchange broker whose company is in liquidation has entered no plea to fraud charges brought by the Serious Fraud Office. Russell Maher (52) appeared at the Auckland District Court today charged with 47 counts of ‘Using forged documents’. The charges relate to Forex Brokers Limited (FBL), through which the defendant provided foreign exchange
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ASX-listed Shine Corp., the parent company of Shine Lawyers has settled a $250 million shareholder action brought against it in 2017 on a confidential basis and without admission of liability. The class action was filed in the Supreme Court of Queensland by US law firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan (QE) who alleged Shine misled investors in
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Peter Cox, former Duncan Cotterill Independent Board Member, was awarded a Queen’s Service Medal (QSM), for services to sport, particularly hockey. Peter has contributed to sporting communities in Canterbury over a number of decades. Throughout his career, he has advised on boards for private sector companies, state owned enterprises, and other public entities. He has dedicated
Gemma Chan has had a raft of movies before starring in the blockbuster hit “Crazy Rich Asians”, but her movie career success was helped by both an Oxford Law degree and her work at leading law firm Slaughter & May. Read More Here
DLA Piper New Zealand is very pleased to announce the appointment of two Special Counsel: Auckland’s Melissa Johnston and Wellington’s Emma Moran. DLA Piper has the best record among our major law firms with the appointment of women to senior positions, and both Melissa and Emma are outstanding lawyers. Melissa Johnston becomes the Pro Bono
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Robinson + Cole – Two law firms were among the latest victims of the GozNym malware attack that caused a combined loss of more than $117,000. Law enforcement authorities recently announced the dismantling of a cybercrime network that used this GozNym malware to attempt to steal an estimated $100 million from victims in the United
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The top mediators in New Zealand have been named in the LawFuel Mediators “Power List”, published by the legal news network LawFuel.com Mediation in New Zealand has continued to develop with its use at the direction of Courts in over 50 statutes in New Zealand as well as with a requirement in employment disputes, family
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Craig Tuck, the Tauranga-based human rights and criminal lawyer is helping Wikileaks’ Julian Assange fight his extradition to the United States. Tuck is head of LawAid International Chambers and claims the attempts to extradict and charge Assange are a dangerous precedent for journalists. His LawAid Chambers claims that “We are a global network of specialist
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