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Covid Court – How Covid is Changing Face(s) of Court Trials . . And Juries

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As New Zealand’s alert levels edge downwards the changing face of trials and court work has entered the realms of the new normal – face masks, scanning-in and social distancing. New laws and case law continue and academic treatises on the effect of Covid on society, the law, Maori, the justice system and more continue […]

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The Judge Who Queried The Obvious: Why Send Drug Users to the Drug Suppliers?

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It’s a bit like coals-to-Newcastle, or having the Taliban come to teach us how to educate more women. For District Court Judge Russell Collins, providing a discount to a Mongrel Mob member who was to attend the taxpayer-funded meth-treatment programme run by operated in part by the so-called ‘notorious’ Sonny Smith, a high profile Mob

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Five Russell McVeagh Partners Recognised in Women in Business Law Awards

Five talented Russell McVeagh partners have been recognised as leading lawyers across Asia in their areas of specialty at the Women in Business Law Awards 2021 Asia.   Top Banking and Finance partner Deemple Budhia and market-leading Technology and Digital partner Liz Blythe were each named ‘Lawyer of the Year’ for a second consecutive year in their areas of ‘Structured Finance and Securitisation’

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Russell McVeagh Partner Departure

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A Russell McVeagh partner has resigned following an ‘independent external” review by an investigator over alleged breach or breaches of the firm’s policies, which the partner denies having breached. “A partner has recently resigned from the Russell McVeagh partnership. This followed the appointment of an independent external investigator to complete a thorough investigation into concerns raised that the

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Shane Reti On Labour’s ‘Meth Use and Misery’ Plan

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Labour’s short-sighted decision in 2018 to scrap National’s highly successful Meth Action Plan – and its outright refusal to accept that New Zealand has a gang problem – is contributing to a surge in gang membership, meth use and misery in New Zealand’s most deprived communities, National’s health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says. Wastewater testing

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How The Colin Craig Lawsuit Pandemic Was Tangled By A Perception of Justice Fishhook

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John Bowie* Looking at the seemingly endless era of poet and property manager Colin Craig’s pursuit of various lawsuits that continue to define both him and the law of defamation, we can turn to the perhaps more significant issue of how the judicial time expended on this chundering churn of litigation might have been avoided.

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The 12 Point Law Firm Marketing Plan to Get Your Marketing Working

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Not every law firm has the budget for a hotshot ad agency, but you don’t have to spend a lot to create an effective marketing strategy. As law firm marketing becomes more sophisticated and more channels to help with marketing become more prevalent, the need to properly direct resources in the right direction also become

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Russell McVeagh Joins in Park & Ride Vaccination Drive

Russell McVeagh assisting with Park & Ride bus campaign for mobile vaccination drive With vaccination rates lower in the 20-35 age group, Auckland Airport and a group of Kiwi businesses including law firm Russell McVeagh, are pitching in to support the next phase of the vaccination drive, testing and trying new tactics to boost numbers.

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