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Bar Association calls for protection of Afghan women judges

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Radich

The New Zealand Bar Association is backing calls from the International Association of Women  Judges (IAWJ) President, Justice Susan Glazebrook, for the New Zealand Government to help secure  safe passage and refuge for Afghan women judges and their families. The judges are facing grave  danger following the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan.   Bar Association President, Paul […]

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Russell McVeagh In Largest Sustainability Linked Loan in 2021

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Russell McVeagh has assisted Summerset to complete a loan facility refinance for approximately $1.2 billion, incorporating a $700 million Sustainability Linked Loan (SLL) component, which takes effect 1 October 2021. This is one of the largest SLLs in the market to date, and the second SLL of significance that the firm has advised on so

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Chapman Tripp – High Court Decision on Hacked Data – It Must Be Deleted

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The recent High Court judgment against Radio New Zealand (RNZ) follows the approach in Slater v APN in relation to hacked information and is likely to influence future Broadcasting Standards Authority (BSA) and Media Council decisions. Background When the Waikato District Health Board (WDHB) refused to pay the instigators of the May 2021 ransomware attack, the media

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ANZ Strikes Deal on Ross Asset Management ‘Destroyed Files’ Case

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Anz class action lawsuit

The ANZ has settled the multi-million dollar lawsuit brought by the victims of the Ross Asset Management ponzi scheme and where the 500 claimants accused the bank, which claimed to have accidentally destroyed RAM files, of knowing or should have known what was happening with the scheme. The investors were seeking $75 million from the

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New Zealand’s Top 5 Law Jobs This Week: Lockdown Law Opportunities and the Secret Of People Who Work Two Jobs

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Twojobs

The New Zealand lockdown, if nothing else, provides an opportunity to examine our work, as well as home. You have a friend who is working two jobs and using the pandemic as a cover story, without telling either employer. You don’t believe it? Well, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal who talked

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Kiwi Legal Tech Company Raises Millions For In-House Law Team Software

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legal tech founders at LawVu

Kiwi legal tech company LawVu, which makes cloud-based software for in-house lawyers, has raised $17 million for its development as it continues its push into the Australian and US legal markets, including a major deal recently for a major social media platform. LawVu’s software is designed to assist in the collaboration and creation of documents

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One Lawyer’s Work/Life Balance Story – The Picture of the Farmer-Lawyer Tells The Story

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Farmerlawyer

  Being up to your backside in files at the office is one thing, but freezing your backside off in the back paddock helping with calving is another – and for some lawyers who are up to their necks in farming as well, the two provide little work/life balance. Matamata lawyer Jacqui Owen dealt with

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