New Zealand Lawyer Not Reinstated The Supreme Court of New Zealand has denied former lawyer Davina Reid’s latest attempt to be reinstated as a barrister and solicitor marking the final chapter in Reid’s prolonged effort to regain her legal status after being struck off in 2015. >> Latest Law Jobs here – LawFuel’s Network Reid’s […]
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Deborah Chambers KC, the Trust Buster for the Brokenhearted John Bowie The NZ Herald published a glowing feature about Deborah Chambers KC, the Power List divorce lawyer who has become perhaps the most prominent divorce and trust and relationship property lawyer in the country. She is also, reputedly, one of the top-charging KCs with hourly
Judicial Secrecy on Magistrate Report Under Fire When a Community Magistrate faces serious complaints, you’d expect the investigation’s findings to see the light of day. However the enquiry by Power List lawyer Michael Heron KC has not been revealed although the basis of the report raises critical questions for legal professionals about the balance between
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Wynn Williams Announce Merger >> The Best Law Jobs on LawFuel’s Network – Click Here For The Best Law Jobs Law firm Wynn Williams has announced its merger with employment law boutique SBM Legal, a two partner, 8 lawyer law firm. The announcement from Wynn Williams is below – Wynn Williams has announced its merger
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Latest NZ Law Jobs on LawFuel’s Jobs Network In this episode, Litigation Partner, Richard Gordon talks to Senior Associate, Alex Church, about the outcome of a recent Court of Appeal case, Bank of New Zealand v The Christian Church Community Trust and others, commonly known as the Gloriavale case. Together they discuss the implications of the case for banking
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Inside Judge Aitken’s Fight to Block Her Own Misconduct Panel John Bowie Let’s try and untangle the mess that started with a heated political spat at Auckland’s posh Northern Club—and has now landed in the High Court as Judge Ama Aitken challenges the Judicial Conduct Commissioner’s decision to have a panel investigate her actions at
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NZ Law – AMINZ News Latest law jobs – Check LawFuel Jobs Network The Arbitrators’ and Mediators’ Institute of New Zealand I Te Mana Kaiwhakatau, Takawaenga o Aotearoa (AMINZ) is pleased to welcome Collaborative Resolution New Zealand (CRNZ) into its professional community, marking an exciting step forward for dispute resolution in Aotearoa New Zealand. This
Fair Use for Legal Tech John Bowie A US federal court’s landmark decision relating to fair use in AI technology in Thomson Reuters v. ROSS Intelligence offers some critical guidance for navigating AI and copyright law, signaling how courts may assess “fair use” in the age of machine learning. Judge Stephanos Bibas ruled that ROSS infringed 2,443
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Ardern Abuse and Online Law Tom Borman, Contributing editor New Zealand’s internet safety agencies came out fighting after getting called out for failing to protect Jacinda Ardern from the dark underbelly of social media. Back in October 2023, Paul Hunt, the now dearly departed (from the Human Rights Commission) and politically correct Chief Human Rights
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Could it be New Zealand’s Largest Class Action? A potential landmark consumer rights case alleges Johnson & Johnson sold New Zealanders decongestants containing a “useless” ingredient for nearly 20 years in a claim that suggest it could be the largest class action lawsuit in New Zealand. Boutique law firm SGA Saddler (with offices in New
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