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NZ Law Society Plans Changes in Handling of Sexual Harassment & Bullying

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The New Zealand Law Society is planning a number of changes to the processes for reporting and taking action on sexual harassment and bullying in the legal profession. These include: New rules for lawyers which specifically require high personal and professional standards with specific reference to sexual harassment, bullying, discrimination and other unacceptable behaviour. A […]

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NZ Law Society on Achieving Safe Legal Workplaces

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– New Zealand Law Society initiatives The regulatory working group points out that sex discrimination and sexual objectification of women lawyers has taken place in the New Zealand legal profession since at least the 1950s. In a national survey in 1992, 38% of women lawyers reported sexual harassment. More recently, there have been widely publicised

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Cyberbullying: The What, Who and How of a Growing Issue for Many?

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By MAS The ways that cyberbullying occurs are diverse: calling people offensive names online, posting embarrassing content (including photos and videos), discrediting or posting false information, ostracism and exclusion, stalking or harassing via phone or web, impersonating someone, sexually harassing, threatening and intimidating. Over the last 10 years these hazards of our online environment have

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4 Social Media Mistakes Made in Law Firm’s Champagne Photoshop Fail

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Eric Styles* Simpson Grierson’s photoshopping misadventure may not be of the scale of Russell McVeagh’s sexual harassment disasters, but in media terms it scored the firm all the publicity it didn’t need.   While any publicity is (by some accounts) good, for law firms seeking to paint the perfect picture of themselves the clumsy and –

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3 Women Partners Join Russell McVeagh . . The Women Are Rising

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After one of their most difficult year’s in the firm’s history following the sexual harassment issues, Russell McVeagh has announced the appointment of four new partners, three of whom are women. The firm has striven to restore its reputation following the issues over sexual harassment, implementing all the recommendations made in the independent report from

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NZ Bar President To Banish Macho Behaviour From Lawyers

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The new president of the country’s professional body for barristers, the New Zealand Bar Association, says macho behaviour by both men and women in the legal profession has had its day. Kate Davenport QC has recently taken on the role of president and is just the second woman to lead the Bar Association. “Recently the

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‘Where Are The Characters?’ – Bob Jones Remembers a More Cavalier & Joyful Age in the Law

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Bob Jones*  “As your Honour knows, when one enters a brothel…” “I know no such thing Mr Stacey,” the outraged Judge barked. That was a typical Roy Stacey courtroom incident which I confess I’ve “borrowed” for a novella I’ve written, along with three others for publication next year. With nigh on six decades of court

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How The Government Achieved Gender Balance In The Latest QC Quota

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Gender balance, the long-sought after objective in the Law, has been achieved with the latest Queens’ Cunsel appointments.  The 10 appointments announced by the Attorney General today are a 5-all gender split, a move welcomed by the Bar Association and others. Whether politically-inclined objectives are necessarily the best way to appoint the country’s leading counsel

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NZ Insurance Litigator Appointed to Top Insurance Law Group

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Duncan Cotterill Partner and Insurance Litigator Jonathan Scragg Has Been Appointed to Global Insurance Group ​LawFuel  – Duncan Cotterill insurance lawyer Jonathan Scragg has become the first New Zealander to sit on the prestigious global association of insurance law group, Association Internationale de Droit des Assurances (AIDA), the  organisation that helps promote and develop knowledge about international

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