Juno Legal has announced that Rachel Rumball and Ross Hill have joined the firm. >> Your New Law Job here . . New law jobs daily Rachel has joined the Juno Legal team in Ōtautahi Christchurch. Rachel brings more than 20 years of commercial legal experience across the public and private sectors. She joins Juno […]
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Juliet Moses New Zealand recently voted at the UN General Assembly to support a resolution concerning Israel and Palestine that our officials admit has many flaws. Their explanation for why we voted this way was as noteworthy as the resolution itself, and reveals disturbing illogic and moral confusion. The resolution was drafted by the Palestinian
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Legal aid lawyers in New Zealand are doing it tough in a situation where they are earning less than ever, according to a report in Law News but poor communication from the legal aid division of the Justice Ministry makes it even less attractive than the miserable pay rates, according to the diminishing number of
Te Aka Matua o te Ture | Law Commission has today published its Terms of Reference for its review of hate crime laws. Tumu Whakarae | President, Amokura Kawharu, explains: “We are pleased to publish our Terms of Reference for Te Aka Matua o te Ture | Law Commission’s review of the law relating to hate crime.
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Woman-in-Law Success Story >> Looking for new opportunities in Law – Check LawFuel’s Jobs Network Making waves in a male-dominated business environment is something kiwi lawyer Catherine O’Connell has done, having now set up her own law firm in the country. O’Connell’s journey began with her studies in Japanese, which laid the foundation for her
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Which is New Zealand’s Top Revenue-Producing Firm? A survey of the ‘fastest-growing law firms’ has a two-director law firm in winning place and a one-director firm in second. It begs the question of just how fast the largest law firms in New Zealand are growing – and which firms are the biggest. The winning firms
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Criminal lawyer Ron Mansfield KC has made the media regularly in his ‘Peaky Blinder’s cheesecutter in his much-‘Heralded’ Polkinghorne defence (thanks in part to the unprecedented Braunias reports). Should he be on the Top 40 ‘power law’ list currently being developed by LawFuel? Have your say on who must make the cut for the top
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New Zealand Lawyers Law columnist Sasha Borrisenko pointed out in a Herald article about the depressed state of New Zeland lawyers based on a longitudinal study conducted by the University of Melbourne researchers which shows that New Zealand lawyers and law students are experiencing the highest rates of depression, anxiety, stress, and psychological distress compared
Wellington boutique disputes resolution firm Darroch Forrest is to join international insurance and litigation firm Kennedys. Darroch Forrest will operate under the Kennedy’s name from 1 October. Kennedy’s in New Zealand has specialised in insurance work with an existing office in Auckland, as well as developing work in litigation, disputes, real estate and related areas.
Jacinda Ardern & The Weapon of War In her speech at the UN two years ago, Jacinda Ardern argued that words had become the new weapon of war, it was a comment that Lord Jonathan Sumption told me he found ‘profoundly sinister’. Earlier this week, Donald Trump became only the second sitting or former U.S.
