Jennifer Page – Air New Zealand General Counsel General Counsel & Company Secretary at Air New Zealand she is part of the Airline Leadership Team and a champion of the internal Women’s network. She previously worked with Goldman Sachs New Zealand, as Executive Director and Senior Counsel advising on transactional and regulatory matters to the […]
According to a report on Newsroom.co.nz, duty lawyers are issuing a threat to cease their services due to a lack of pay increases spanning the past 25 years. Janine Bonifant, a member of the New Zealand Law Society’s Criminal Law Committee, stated that since duty lawyers are considered contractors, they are unable to form a
The Russian oligarch who commenced defamation proceedings against LawFuel publisher John Bowie died earlier this year. The proceeding between the parties was settled last year. The death has been reported some months ago through various news sources, including the state-owned media organisation RT News. It was also reported in other media including The Telegraph, The
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Chapman Tripp Power Lawyer Rachel Dunne Appointed to Takeover Panel Chapman Tripp partner Rachel Dunne has been appointed to the Takeover Panel, the panel regulating takeovers in New Zealand, demonstrating the commercial lawyer’s rise to the top ranks of New Zealand’s most powerful lawyers. Law Jobs on NZ’s Leading Law Jobs Network – Rachel Dunne
Specialist firm IDR Law, focused on wills disputes, has received a £3.25m investment from private equity firm BGF. The funds will be used for recruitment, technology investment, and office expansion across the Midlands, north east, and London. IDR Law is the only UK firm specializing exclusively in wills, probate, and trust disputes.
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Are NZ Law Firms Exploiting Staffers with Uncompensated Overtime? Major law firms have a stark difference in attitude towards working conditions for legal staff, according to an informal review of the firms by NZ Herald writer Sasha Borissenko. Check LawFuel’s Law Site – The article follows the report released by the Aotearoa Legal Workers’ Union
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Power List Headliner Michael Heron KC Fronts Bourkes Law Inquiry Top ranking Power List member Michael Heron KC is to head another inquiry, this time into a community magistrate who threatened to have criminal lawyer Sami Taghavi placed in a cell for allegedly using a cellphone in Court. According to her online profile, Taghavi, from
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KC Recalls Court’s ‘Hostile and Dismissive’ Attitude One of the individuals confirmed dead in the tragic Loafers Lodge fire last week was a beloved and “eccentric” former lawyer who took a case that helped propel his personal downfall. >> Intelligence Service Jobs . . In-House Counsel . . Family Law – See new jobs daily
The widow of a human rights lawyer who died by suicide is suing a psychiatrist for £5 million, alleging negligence in his care. The lawsuit raises concerns about mental health treatment and the effectiveness of the care provided at a private hospital.
