Reports recently outlined the three lawyers who can make or break an America’s Cup challenge, one of the most litigious sporting events in the global sports calendar. The America’s Cup Arbitration Panel has already had to decide 10 cases before the 36th challenge in Auckland next year, with their latest decision being the one reverberating […]
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The global pandemic has affected Australian law firms less than many others globally, although it is seeing partners everywhere working harder. The Thomson-Reuters State of the Legal Market: 2020 report showed higher demand from clients and revenue for the Australian firms with legal services rising by over 6 per cent for the final quarter of 2019-20 compared
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Bob Jones* A recent respondent on this blog referred to the “cult of Jacinda.” A cult? The dictionary defines ‘cult’ as devotion or worship of someone, with an added significant reference to a “transient fad.” So probably it’s a fair description although unlike religious cults, in Jacinda’s case, she’s not responsible for seeking or promoting
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Winston Peters has called upon Australia to take home the mosque shooter who was today sentenced to life imprisonment. The New Zealand First Leader issued a press statement applauding the maximum sentence saying the judgement was the only one that matched “the depravity of the terrorist’s crimes against the Islamic community.” “New Zealand First also
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Sam Stubbs* – The FMA this week released its report into active and passive management styles, which found that there was no clear correlation between passive management and lower fees – and that fees had not dropped to the extent that would be expected. “While investment management fees have declined globally, and economies of scale
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The coronavirus pandemic and lockdown has changed the way we all live, but for law firms it has also served to accelerate many three years into the future, according one consultant. Firms are being forced to make ‘next-generation’ changes that will give them a competitive edge, says UK Crowe business advisory partner Ross Prince. Law
In the past two weeks, Aotearoa has experienced its first ‘resurgence’ of COVID-19 in the community, following a 102-day period without community transmission. Whether or not this latest outbreak was inevitable and/or whether future outbreaks are also likely to ‘pop up’ from time-to-time as the world continues its battle to contain COVID-19 can remain the
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Sentencing the worst mass murderer in New Zealand history places global focus on Justice Cameron Mander. But he’s been in that territory before, in the lesser but still high profile Kim Dotcom case when he provided legal advice on the 2012 raid on the tycoon’s mansion. However the sentencing of Brenton Tarrant in respect of
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Simpson Grierson’s NZ In-House legal team survey shows that in-house lawyers are working harder but having to deliver ‘more for less’. The survey of over 45 in-house lawyers across the country, representing sole corporate lawyers to large corporate teams and demonstrates their continued drive to deliver legal services via new technology and – as befits
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Bob Jones – New Zealand is arguably the easiest country in the world to stomp out a virus pandemic, simply because of our small population and our islands remoteness. But after the often embarrassing small nation self-awareness, the back-slapping, self-congratulations and infantile “team of 5 million” claptrap, we’ve discovered we can’t. We’re not alone. Israel
