>> See LawFuel.com for the breaking law news AUCKLAND 13 April 2026 – Experienced corporate law practitioner Nick Scott has joined corporate and commercial law firm Lowndes Jordan as Special Counsel. Formerly a partner in the corporate and commercial team of Dentons Kensington Swan, Nick brings more than 35 years’ experience in corporate and commercial law.
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In a significant procedural footnote to New Zealand’s first full Judicial Conduct Panel inquiry, Winston Peters has formally disavowed a specific statement attributed to him in a letter sent by then-Attorney-General Judith Collins to Chief Justice Helen Winkelmann.
The revelation is contained in the Judicial Conduct Panel’s report released on 10 April 2026 into the conduct of acting District Court Judge Ema Aitken, which we have reported previously on several occasions, as befits hearings of rowdy judicial goings-on in salubrious surroundings.
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>> In-House Role – Top Role – Just Listed The numbers tell a brutal story. Only 7.2% of new practising certificates issued since July 2025 went to lawyers working in regional New Zealand NZ Herald, according to Law Society chief executive Katie Rusbatch. The rest? Auckland, Wellington, or increasingly, across the Tasman where salaries dwarf
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JustFund is an Australian legal finance startup that has rapidly evolved from a niche divorce funding provider into a dual-purpose lender targeting both family law and estate administration. Founded in 2022 by Sydney lawyers Jack O’Donnell and Andy O’Connor alongside fintech entrepreneur Craig Carroll, (pictured) the company has positioned itself as Australia’s first and only dedicated provider of legal funding for both family law and estate matters. As we reported last year, the company has also expanded to the New Zealand legal market.
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In posts on LinkedIn, retired lawyer Dave Jaques has upped his battle with BDO Auckland (specifically Growth Advisory Partner Nicholas Innes-Jones) to review supplier and sales contracts and verify cashflow forecasts for bank lending for his digital billboard business, Digital Signs (2017) Limited. He claims Innes-Jones provided positive verification and advisory support. Jaques further claims
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.>> Law Jobs Listed Daily on LawFuel Jobs’ Network The 10th of March is the International Day of Women Judges. In 1975, the first woman judge in New Zealand was appointed to the District Court – Dame Augusta Wallace. (pictured). Women were not appointed to the High Court until 1987 with the appointment of Anne
Two staff members at a New Zealand law firm have been hit with a formal unsatisfactory conduct finding after a Standards Committee concluded their private email exchanges about a colleague crossed the line into racism. LawFuel’s Law Jobs’ Network has New Jobs Daily The exchanges were uncovered by a third party through the firm’s email
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The unprecedented Judicial Conduct Panel hearing into New Zealand District Court Judge Ema Aitken’s alleged disruption of a political function has intensified, with defence counsel dismissing witness testimony as exaggerated and politically motivated. >> Top InHouse Law Role – Plus Other Roles on LawFuel’s Network Judge Aitken—the first New Zealand judge to face such proceedings—is
>> Looking for a new law job? – Check LawFuel’s Jobs Board In a move that barely ever happens, Chief District Court Judge Heemi Taumaunu has called a forum in Auckland next week to hear, directly and without filters, from criminal lawyers about what life inside an overloaded court system is actually doing to them
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New Zealand’s legal profession is still growing, still skewing young and female, and still overwhelmingly European in makeup, according to the New Zealand Law Society’s 2025 Snapshot of the Profession. As at 30 June 2025, there were 17,504 lawyers holding a current practising certificate. That is a 2.9 percent increase on the previous year, continuing
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