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Minter Ellison Rudd Watts Picks Up Five of Six Deal Awards

MinterEllisonRuddWatts’ reputation for helping clients get the country’s most complex and technically challenging deals done was cemented at the New Zealand Law Awards last night. At the prestigious annual industry awards celebrating excellence in the legal profession, the top tier firm was awarded five out of the possible six deal awards: – New Zealand Deal

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New Zealand Litigation Funding Battle Heats Up With Complaint Against Chief Justice

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Litigation funders LPF Group’s official complaint to the Judicial Conduct Commissioner regarding Chief Justice Dame Sian Elias’s alleged conflicts and bias and reveals the depth of opposition by insurers and others to litigation funding in New Zealand. The 10 page complaint explains the dramatic effect of Dame Sian’s alleged opposition to litigation funding and to

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Chapman Tripp Step Into The Brave New Law Tech World of Artificial Intelligence

Chapman Tripp have firmly entered the legal tech world with the launch today of their new legal documentation service, employing artificial intelligence and marrying tech and legal expertise into a new service offering. Operated by the firm’s technology partner Bruce McClintock, Zeren also uses Cambridge University-developed Luminance machine-learning technology to speed up large scale documentation

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Litigation Funding Group Lodges Bias Complaint Against Chief Justice Sian Elias

In a dramatic move the leading litigation funding group LPF Group have laid a complaint against chief justice Dame Sian Elias alleging that her actions had brought a “breach of natural justice, judicial bias and a failure to disclose potential conflicts of interest.” In a press release issued today, the company, of which former Supreme

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Jim Farmer QC on Pro Bono Work and the Legal Lifestyle

Jim Farmer QC is a voice worth listening to beyond just the courtroom.  His occasional blog offerings provide sage advice on everything from the state of the law to legal lifestyle issues. His latest offering relates to lawyers handling pro bono work as an aid to their legal lifestyle and general obligation to provide service

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Russell McVeagh Wins pan-Asia Gender Diversity Award

The leading law firm has been named winner of ‘Best Gender Diversity Initiative by National Firm’ at last night’s IFLR Euromoney Legal Media Group Asia Women in Business Law Awards, held in Hong Kong. Russell McVeagh senior partner and board member Sarah Armstrong said the award highlights the firm’s success in implementing and supporting diversity

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The Lawyer in the Aaron Smith Airport Sex “Affair” Juggles Her Multiple Careers

Special Correspondent Lawyer Bridget Morton, the woman at the centre of the All Black Aaron Smith ‘toilet sex scandal’ is less than happy with the ‘formal warning’ given to Smith and wanted him to tell the truth,  being less than happy with the way the rugby fraternity and media have treated her. Even her mum

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