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NZ Law – Seven Promotions at MinterEllisonRuddWatts

Latest legal roles on LawFuel’s network – Click Here Leading New Zealand law firm, MinterEllisonRuddWatts, has announced seven promotions at the partner and senior associate levels as part of the firm’s annual senior appointments.  The new year promotions include two new partners in the full service firm’s corporate and commercial practice, as well as five […]

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NZ Law – Frazer Barton Returns to Lead NZ Law Society

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Frazer Barton is to resume his position as president of the New Zealand Law Society following a seven-month leave of absence. Barton temporarily stepped aside in July 2024 following complaints regarding his counsel to Presbyterian Support Otago, has been fully cleared to return to his leadership role. An independent standards committee investigated the complaints and

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How Can a Wildfire Attorney Help You Deal with the Devastation Caused by the Eaton Fire?

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The current wildfire outbreak in the Eaton Canyon in the San Gabriel Mountains, in Southern California have destroyed homes, businesses, and communities, causing financial, emotional, and physical challenges. Legal issues, insurance claims, property damage, and litigation against liable parties will take the center stage now. A professional wildfire attorney will make you aware about your

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Bijural Bombshell And One Judge’s Radical Plan to Rewrite NZ Law

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Justice Whata’s Legal Revolution Anthony Willy Readers are excused if they do not know what this means. That is because it is an entirely new system of law for New Zealand advocated by Justice Christian Whata our latest judicial appointment to the Court of Appeal. The fact that it is practiced nowhere else in any

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Cambridge Barrister Grad Takes Alma Mater to Court Over PhD Fail

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Kiwi Barrister’s PhD Battle Hits The Courts In the hallowed halls of Cambridge University, a legal drama is unfolding, pitting a former law student against the institution that shaped his academic journey. Jacob Meagher, a former New Zealand law graduate, Cambridge law graduate and now a qualified barrister, has taken the unprecedented step of suing

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New Zealand Law – LawFuel’s Most-Read Lawyers And Law Stories From ’24

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Most of the LawFuel stories from last year that were most-read were from the Power List, unsurprisingly, but the top story was the shenanigans at the Northern Club and Ron Mansfield’s appointment as Lawyer of the Year in terms of ‘click volume’. We’ve assembled some of the key stories below and the lawyers from the

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From Courtroom to Condiment, Here’s The Nutty Tale of Fix & Fogg

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Lawyers’ Alternative Career Choices Sonia Hickey, Contributing writer In the annals of legal career pivots, few stories are as deliciously unexpected as that of Roman and Andrea Jewell, the masterminds behind Fix & Fogg peanut butter. Picture, if you will, two bright-eyed lawyers, armed with freshly minted Master’s degrees from King’s College London, deciding to

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NZ Law – Pro Bono Champions Set Up New Framework

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Six firms have formed a pro bono network marking a move to improve access to justice across the country. The initiative, christened the Framework for Collaborative Pro Bono in Aotearoa, has brought together six firms as founding signatories. The so-called pro bono framework, spearheaded by Te Ara Ture, the network leader and pro bono clearinghouse,

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Judge Gone Wild – Christmas Party Chaos Rocks The Northern Club

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The Northern Club, Auckland’s bastion of exclusivity, became the stage for a Christmas party turned political powder keg that has involved a District Court Judge, Winston Peters, Michael Reed KC and the Attorney General, according to a report in The Post. Picture this: A district court judge and her reality TV star beau, inadvertently gate-crashing

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Ron Mansfield KC – LawFuel’s Lawyer of the Year 2024

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Ron Mansfield KC: Championing Justice in New Zealand’s Criminal Defence Arena John Bowie, LawFuel publisher Ron Mansfield KC is LawFuel’s Lawyer of the Year 2024 – joining the pantheon of champion lawyers named by LawFuel over the past 10 years. Mansfield stands as a key figure in New Zealand’s criminal defense circles, following the catalogue

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