John Bowie* – For a man who has contempt in equal part for big-business and the big-firm legal fraternity which supports it, Winston Peters has a funny way of showing it. Announcing his decision to enter into coalition with Labour and consequently change the government, Mr Peters railed against capitalism. Winston’s view is that too […]
There was a time, not long ago, when the options for developing a career in criminal law were strictly limited and constrained by a variety of factors, not the least of them being opportunity. That is no longer the case. The largest criminal law practice in New Zealand is an organisation that provides a
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Special Correspondent – New Attorney General David Parker is a man who will may bring a somewhat different approach to his predecessor. From being almost broke financially to having a personal relationship that has created some waves socially, he is a man who will bring a strong social conscience together with some solid life experience
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The ‘squiggly line’ move towards a successful career is something suggested by a multimillionaire former lawyer and by top QC Miriam Dean. Ms Dean is the woman lawyer who was Russell McVeagh’s first woman partner, heading the firm’s litigation department and helping set the firm’s increased pace of elevating women. But for the woman who
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The Australian purchase of AJ Park has meant a big payday for the 18 partners in the largest IP law firm in New Zealand – at close to $4 million per partner in the 18 partner firm – and could herald the purchase of more professional services firms in New Zealand. The purchase of the
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The first law firm in New Zealand owned by a public-listed entity has emerged in a $66 million deal to buy the country’s leading IP law practice, AJ Park. The deal involves the purchase of the long-established law firm by the ASX-listed IPH Ltd and is set for completion at the end of October. IPH
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Technology and Commercial lawyer Liz Blythe has joined Russell McVeagh as the firm’s newest Special Counsel. With an unerring drive and passion for ICT and commercial legal work, Liz joins the firm after years spent working in Technology and Commercial Contracts for US, UK and New Zealand law firms. Liz provides expert advice on a
NewLaw is the new thing in the law ‘gig economy’ and more firms are beginning to make their mark in how technology is being used to provide legal services. And New Zealand firms – many of them new – are beginning to embrace the technology to deliver legal services and build their businesses. In the
15. – Andrew Bridgman Chief Executive of the Ministry of Justice with 3000 employees and over 100 offices, vast power over the way justice is dispensed, fines collected, courts organised and much more. A self confessed “recidivist” Justice Ministry mandarin, Andrew Bridgman is nonetheless a highly effective operator who has wrought significant change to the reorganised
