Ashcroft Mitchell McGregor has launched as a new, boutique law firm providing big firm expertise across employment, health and immigration law. The firm, with offices in Auckland, Tauranga and Hawkes Bay. Co-founders include Kate Ashcroft, formerly of Copeland Ashcroft which has now split into North and South Island entities. Her fellow former partner was Janet […]
Russell McVeagh has expanded its newly opened Queenstown office, which opened last year, with the addition of a new partner. Tony Van Aart of Van Aart Sycamore Lawyers was the office’s first partner but is now joined by Sam Nelson, formerly of Lane Neave. The firm’s press announcement is below – Russell McVeagh is growing its South
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How Tikanga Has Created a Major NZ Constitutional Issue In a sharply argued and historically anchored piece for the New Zealand Law Review, legal scholar Peter Watts KC pulls no punches in his analysis of the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision in Ellis v R warning of a constitutional tremor shaking the foundations of New Zealand’s
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Lawyer Suspended for Christmas Party Misconduct: A Pattern, Not a Surprise And lo, another lawyer has discovered humility and had the legal profession reaching for the smelling salts once again after another example of that old bad behaviour chestnut: the law firm Christmas party-gone-wrong. Another day, another disciplinary hearing about a boozy, former partner with
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Clio The New NZ Legal AI Tool Lands By LawFuel News Desk While some legal tech outfits race to slap an AI badge on anything that beeps, Clio has been playing the long game—and now New Zealand lawyers get to reap the rewards. Clio, the legal tech unicorn and industry heavyweight, has just launched Clio
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Auckland – 29 July 2025 – Clio, the global leader in legal technology, has officially launched Clio Duo across New Zealand and the APAC region. This marks a major step forward in the company’s vision to transform the legal experience for all—bringing powerful, purpose-built AI into the hands of legal professionals. Clio Duo is an intelligent legal partner embedded directly
The debate over the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act (CCCFA) has reached a critical moment—one now drawing high-level voices into the fray. Former NZX Limited Chair Andrew Harmos has thrown his weight behind calls for a full investigation into how MBIE arrived at the now-infamous $12.9 billion figure—an estimate that has dramatically shaped both
The latest law firm to record its financial performance is Clifford Chance who have a significant lift in US revenues and overall revenue growth of 9 percent to Clifford Chance Partner Compensation Hits £2.11 million As Firm Revenue Grows to £2.4 billion. The media statement is below – Clifford Chance reports record financial performance 23
Litigation firm Cuncannon has urged Parliament’s Finance and Expenditure Committee to rethink the proposed Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Amendment Bill, warning it could damage access to justice in New Zealand. Partner Fionnghuala Cuncannon says the Bill’s retrospective elements risk undermining ongoing class actions and deterring litigation funders from backing future claims — crucial for
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When privacy, power, and porn allegations collide in the highest office of law enforcement — with a side of Kafka John Bowie, LawFuel publisher Former Deputy Police Commissioner Jevon McSkimming sought a superinjunction to suppress media reporting on allegations of child exploitation and bestiality content found on his work devices. His lawyer? Ex-journalist and TVNZ
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