Precision, Propaganda, and the Plausible: A Lawyer’s Crusade Against Media Mischief Norma Harris, LawFuel contributing writer One might expect that in a country as far from the Middle East as New Zealand, the reporting of international law would be conducted with a modicum of detachment and, above all, accuracy. Yet, as Grant William Smith, an […]
What Is Sir William Young Thinking? John Bowie, LawFuel publisher There’s a moment in every legal career when the robes get a little too heavy, the wigs a little too itchy, and the temptation of a post-retirement international gig becomes irresistible. For Sir William Young, formerly of New Zealand’s Supreme Court, that moment appears to
The law firm co-founded by former Du Val Property Group lawyer Owen Culliney has changed its name from iCLAW to Foley Douglas. The firm had branded itself initially as bold and unconventional, with a tagline that promised clients “a firm with claws.” The firm’s new focus however is upon “kiwi values” . Culliney’s resignation saw
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How A Country Law Firm Continues to Expand >> In-House Role? Public Defence Work? Government Law? – See LawFuel’s Jobs Network A new chapter is unfolding at Evans Henderson Woodbridge, one of the North Island’s oldest law firms and a pillar of the Rangitīkei community. With a history stretching back to at least 1910, and
Australasian Lawyer and NZ Lawyer just dropped their Top Specialist Firms 2025 list, honoring 70 firms earning serious cred for deep, tailored legal skill. Most top firms earn over half their revenue from a single niche as specialists, not generalists . Here are the top specialist law firms in Australia and New Zealand for 2025—with clear
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Who Is The Gold-Plated Lawyer Peter Cooper? John Bowie, LawFuel publisher In the 1980s when I started the first ‘Rich List’ for the NZ Financial Review there were few lawyers who made the List – perhaps only Michael Friedlander – but as the world changes. The NBR bought the Review and the Rich List and
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Auckland Law School Merger Rejected The University of Auckland’s controversial plan to merge its Law and Business faculties is officially dead. >> Your new law job here . . After months of resistance and razor-sharp critiques from legal minds across New Zealand, Vice-Chancellor Dawn Freshwater’s proposed merger has been, in bureaucratic terms, “paused.” In plain
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>> Inhouse law role – Mercury Energy Shortland Chambers is pleased to announce that Julia Adams and Patrick Senior have joined Chambers as new members. Julia joins having spent the last six years in the litigation team at Chapman Tripp. She has broad experience in commercial and civil litigation, with particular experience in contract, trusts, energy and construction disputes,
Philip Crump has combined his legal and media knowledge, comboined with a fair dose of business and political savvy, to become one of the most powerful voices in New Zealand’s increasingly fractured media scene.
Sitting as a powerful voice on the NZME editorial board, Crump can quote both the Companies Act and the latest newsroom meme, and still have time to pen a sharp Substack column, Cranmer’s Substack, but will increasingly help shape news delivery in the newish-look NZME board.
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NZ Law Jobs include Public Defence and Dispute Resolution Roles New Zealand’s legal job market is buzzing, and LawFuel.com is at the epicentre, serving up fresh opportunities for lawyers. If you’re searching for “NZ law jobs” or seeking your next big brief, the last three weeks have seen a flurry of featured roles that are
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