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The Russell McVeagh Departed: Who Are They & Where Did They Go?

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Michael Stephens* The firm’s pre-eminent position as one of the country’s leading firms has continued, albeit tarnished badly by recent events involving sexual harassment and bullying issues, leading to Dame Margaret Bazley’s report in July, the recommendations of which have all been accepted by the firm. >> See LawFuel’s Jobs Site For In-House, Litigation and […]

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Christopher Finlayson’s ‘Classy’ Retreat From Politics

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Former Attorney General Chris Finlayson’s announcement that he is to resign from Parliament and return to the Bar is hardly a surprise following his move to the Opposition benches and his work on a new book on the Treaty of Waitangi. Making the announcement on RNZ’s Morning Report, it came following a recording of a

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The Elias Judgment & The Richard Coleman Opinion

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Who is Richard Coleman QC? A member of Fountain Court Chambers,Richard Coleman QC is a leading barrister practising in commercial dispute resolution, banking, financial services and professional discipline. His practice has ranged across banking and regulatory disputes incuding Bank Charges litigation, the PPI judicial review, the FCA’s investigation into LIBOR manipulation, the misselling of interest

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Litigation Funder Calls for Public Inquiry Following Sian Elias Judgment, “Abusive Behaviours & Tactics” & Bad Mainzeal Case Behaviour

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Phil Newland, Director of litigation funder LPF Group, is calling for the Government to hold a public inquiry into the conduct of large insurance companies on the back of an investigation published today by Newsroom, one of New Zealand’s leading independent news and current affairs websites. “The Newsroom article (https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2018/10/14/271831/uk-qc-questions-fairness-and-bias-in-chief-justices-judgment) examines one particularly concerning example

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NZ Law Society Rejects View That It “Goes Easy” On Law Law Firms to Harvest Revenue

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The New Zealand Law Society says it totally rejects reported assertions that it goes easy on lawyers in large law firms in order to continue collecting revenue from practising certificates. “The Law Society regulates all 14,000 lawyers with a New Zealand practising certificate without any preference. To suggest that a lawyer would not be disciplined

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New Law Jobs . . And Deciding What Sort of Lawyer You Should Be

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Deciding what sort of lawyer you should be involves a range of issues potential and actual lawyers need to consider, such as their interests and other matters.   LawFuel has a short quiz that can help lawyers decide what sort of lawyer they are based on the short questionnaire.  You can take the short quiz right

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Julia Batchelor-Smith appointed to Culture Change Taskforce

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Source: MinterEllisonRuddWatts–Julia Batchelor-Smith, a Senior Associate at MinterEllisonRuddWatts has been appointed to the New Zealand Law Society’s ‘Culture Change Taskforce’ – a group committed to driving systems and culture change within the legal community. As well as being a Senior Associate in the firm’s leading construction law team, Julia is the author of Balancing Work and Life: a

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Mark Copeland Appointed to Chair of Paralympics Committee

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Commercial lawyer Mark Copeland of Mark Copeland Lawyers at Rotorua and Auckland has been appointed as Chairman of the Legal and Ethics Committee of the International Paralympics Committee in Bonn, Germany. Pursuant to this role he is responsible for the determination of all complaints made under the IPC Code of Ethics, and also acts as

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7 Myths of Flexible Working – BUSTED!

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The demand for flexible working conditions and flexible work arrangements is a growing trend in New Zealand, and with benefits linked to increased productivity and happier staff, it’s no wonder a growing number of savvy law firms are taking notice.   Everyone, it seems, is after the ‘4 Hour Work Week’, or some flexi-time equivalent. It

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