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Law Careers: ALPMA 2019 Australian Legal Industry Salary & HR Issues Results

Employee retention strategies a priority as 53 percent of Australian legal firms plan for growth in 2019 The 2019 ALPMA Australian Legal Industry Salary & HR Issues Survey reveals that, in addition to employment projections remaining positive (53% of law firms expecting to grow employment at their firms in 2019, compared with 42% in 2018), […]

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In-House Law Winners

New Zealand Law News, NZ Press Releases / May 17, 2019

Jeremy Ford, a lawyer at Juno Legal is the winner of the 2019 award. He is currently engaged in-house at the Overseas Investment Office and was nominated in his previous role as General Council, Earthquake Commission. The judges said the award recognises the significant impact that he made through his work at EQC – an

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Temporary Judges Appointed to Court of Appeal

New Zealand Law News, NZ Top in LawFuel / May 16, 2019

Former Court of Appeal Judges Justice Lynn Stevens and Justice John Wild have been re-sworn in as Court of Appeal judges. The Judges were sworn in at the beginning of May for a 12 month term. Justice Stevens was appointed Queen’s Counsel in 1997 and High Court Judge in 2006. He was a Court of

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Commission closes investigation into David Ferrier’s acquisition of stake in Cavalier

New Zealand Law News, NZ Press Releases / May 16, 2019

The Commerce Commission has closed its investigation into David Ferrier’s acquisition of a 70% equity interest in Cavalier Wool Holdings Limited as its concerns with the transaction have been addressed. In October last year the Commission opened an investigation of the acquisition under section 47 of the Commerce Act. The Commission was concerned that the

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Kensington Swan Promotion Helps Build Asian Business Practice

NZ Press Releases / May 14, 2019

Kensington Swan is delighted to welcome Heida Donegan to the partnership in the latest wave of firm promotions which are aligned with the firm’s continuing growth. Heida joined the firm in 2015 as Senior Counsel with the goal of building and growing for the firm an Asian business practice specialising in advising Asian (and particularly

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Russell McVeagh Wins as Top Tax Firm

New Zealand Law News, NZ Press Releases / May 10, 2019

Russell McVeagh has been recognised as New Zealand’s top tax firm, winning the New Zealand Tax Firm of the Year award at theInternational Tax Review Asia Tax Awards last night. For the fourth year in a row, the firm was also named the New Zealand Tax Disputes & Litigation Firm of the Year. The prestigious awards

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The X Factor Lawyer And Her Tips For Job Seekers

Law Job News, New Zealand Law News, NZ Top in LawFuel / May 10, 2019

Getting that first role/foot in the door is really what you need to focus on and it’s amazing what opportunities those roles can create. Sarah Thorner Crossley Working for entertainment company Fremantle, handling shows like The X Factor, has provided kiwi lawyer Sarah Thorner Crossley with some key commercial law experience, as well as supplying

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LegalTech: New Start-Up To Help Lawyers Automate Themselves

Headlining NZ, Law Firm Technology, New Zealand Law News / May 9, 2019

Another new legal ‘bot’ to enter the online world is Melbourne-based startup Josef, which has just closed a $1 million funding round and is set to roll out its bots across major law firms globally. Josef started its online life helping community law centres to better use their online resources and communicate more effectively but

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Antonia Kidman: Six Children & Two Legal Jobs. “It gets stressful”

Australia Law News, LawStars, New Zealand Law News / May 7, 2019

The younger sister of actress Nicole Kidman has recently qualified as a lawyer, interning for two law firms and raising six children at the same time. The Singapore-based Kidman, 48, was talking on a Sydney television show when she said she was also making one day’s appearance a week in court with a criminal lawyer

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Aussie Class Action Firm To Sue For Christchurch Quake Victims

Australia Law News, New Zealand Law News, Press Releases / May 6, 2019

Christchurch-based class action lawyer Grant Cameron has reportedly secured the backing of Australian class action firm Maurice Blackburn to take an action against Southern Response on behalf of over 3000 clients. Maurice Blackburn are Australia’s largest class action lawyers and would have taken a hard-nosed approach to their due diligence in a claim that evidently

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