This obituary for Frank Handy is provided by a LawFuel contributor The death at 91 of Francis Joshua Handy brings to end one of the more remarkable and colourful New Zealand legal-commercial careers of recent times. From the South Island Frank Handy was a son of the Manse and throughout his life constantly displayed the […]
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The following article is authored by a finance and banking industry insider in New Zealand. As members of New Zealand’s highly profitable retail banks yet again report billion-dollar profits being paid to Australian parent companies this year, they could perhaps be forgiven for failing to notice the ground shifting beneath them. It’s no longer the
LawFuel’s Power List 2024 welcomes three influential criminal lawyers who are making waves in New Zealand’s legal landscape: Emma Priest, Anoushka Bloem, and Julie-Anne Kincade KC. The appearance of women lawyers excelling in criminal law has continued to become more significant in recent years not only as a result of the growing number of female
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Although senior KCs and other barristers continue to exert their influence within the legal profession a younger group of litigators are already playing a key role in major litigation. Although commercial lawyers like Jack Hodder KC and Davey Salmon KC are have occupied significant places on the List, the new additions include effective litigators who
Russell McVeagh continues to support its home-grown talent while building its expertise across a number of key practice areas, recently promoting five senior associates: Breanna Macara and Nicola Robbins Osborne (Corporate Advisory), James Tocher and Maddy Lister (Litigation), and Callum Dickson (Competition and Regulation). Breanna, Nicola and Callum all began their careers at the firm, with Breanna and Nicola having advanced their careers at Russell
New Zealand’s Minister for Infrastructure, The Honourable Chris Bishop, has recently announced a raft of measures to support infrastructure projects in New Zealand. The announcements reflect an exciting change in policy focus and direction since the election of The Honourable Christopher Luxon’s National Party-led government last year. The key measures announced recently are: The New
Among the LawFuel power lawyers list, published this week, are a new group of inhouse legal counsel wielding considerable power in the increasing influence of inhouse counsel in New Zealand’s legal scene. The recent collapse of SolarZero has seen the New Zealand Green Investment Fund’s future thrown into some doubt after the profile collapse when
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31. David Bricklebank The ‘bank’ is in the name and David Bricklebank’s role in New Zealand’s largest bank with assets exceeding $180 billion is one of significance given the increased regulatory and compliance requirements affecting all financial institutions. As General Counsel and Company Secretary of Athe bank since 2017, he holds a key role in
LawFuel Power List 2024 During the year, the legal profession has seen new entrants, as an emerging number of influential commercial lawyers and litigators increasingly exert their influence over the profession. Women continue to also better reflect the preponderance of women law graduates as capable and effective women lawyers play a key role in shaping
The former Contract Manager who pleaded guilty in a Serious Fraud Office (SFO) fraud and corruption case relating to the awarding of road maintenance contracts has been sentenced to four years and five months imprisonment in the Auckland District Court. Jason Koroheke, a former Contract Manager at Broadspectrum, was the architect of several schemes where
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