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Wotton + Kearney Announces New Appointments in Australia and New Zealand

Australia, New Zealand, NZ Press Releases / October 20, 2021

Wotton + Kearney (W+K), a specialised insurance law firm, has continued its appointment spree this year, welcoming four senior lawyers to its property, construction, and energy team. In June 2021, W+K announced 23 senior promotions in Australia and New Zealand, the largest group of senior lawyers ever promoted at one time in the firm’s history. […]

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Leading IP Lawyer Writes Book To ‘Connect The Dots’ On Pressing Issues of our Time

Lawyers, New Zealand, NZ Featured Posts / October 19, 2021

Leading New Zealand IP lawyer Clive Elliott has been concerned like many people on what is happening with the state of the world – and its human inhabitants. Grasping the issue he posted a LinkedIn message about a book he has written to deal with the issues of inequality, polarization, extremism, global warming, and the

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Lane Neave Expands To Wellington With Acquisition of Boutique Law Practice

New Zealand, NZ Featured Posts / October 17, 2021

Christchurch-based Lane Neave has expanded to Wellington with the incorporation of boutique law firm Bell & Co. Lane Neave has offices in Auckland and Queenstown as well as Christchurch. The 24 partner firm has a strong focus on employment law matters with Managing Partner Andrew Shaw in Christchurch and Fiona McMillan in Auckland co-leading the

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Russell McVeagh Adopts Jab-Only Entry

New Zealand, NZ Featured Posts / October 14, 2021

As the Covid vaccination programme steps up the pace Russell McVeagh has been one of the first firms to adopt a ‘jab only’ visitor policy, saying it will prevent anyone, clients, staff or visitors, from entering the firm premises from 1 November unless they have had both Covid vaccinations. The policy is the result of

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Former Bell Gully Chief’s Take On The Stringent Lockdown

New Zealand / October 14, 2021

Roger Partridge* -If Auckland takes the full eight weeks to work its way through the Government’s “three-step plan” for Alert Level 3, 1.6 million Kiwis will have endured one of the world’s most stringent lockdowns for more than half a year. Seven-and-a-half weeks at Levels 3 and 4 in March and April last year. Further

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Minters Partner & Olympian Joins EY Law In Race To Grow Firm

New Zealand, NZ Featured Posts / October 13, 2021

EY Law has increased its Auckland-based legal team with the recruitment of former MinterEllisonRuddWatts partner Cameron Taylor. Taylor, a former Olympian has joined EY Law who are focused on expanding ‘their footprint’ in the New Zealand legal market. As well as the recruitment of Taylor, EY Law have also made Brendon Prebble, also a former

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NZ LegalTech Firm Snags Key LinkedIn Exec In Recruitment Coup

LegalTech, New Zealand, NZ Featured Posts / October 12, 2021

LegalTech startup Law Vu has recruited a senior LinkedIn executive in a recruitment coup that will further help the startup’s rise. Greg Stephenson was North America’s marketing chief for Microsoft-owned LinkedIn who came to New Zealand because his Kiwi wife was keen to return. LawVu has been successfully fund-raising as LawFuel has reported and has

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The Paradox Papers – What Does The Pandora Papers Dump Really Mean For Anti-Money Laundering?

Featured, New Zealand, NZ Featured Posts / October 8, 2021

Ron Pol – When the solutions to Panama, Paradise, and Pandora papers prevent better anti-crime outcomes. The latest round of coordinated outrage from a carefully manicured document leak – dubbed the Pandora Papers – provoked the usual storm of readymade “solutions” this week to “fix” the anti-money laundering system. But when perceptions (no

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LawFuel Power List Lawyer Appointed to the High Court

New Zealand, New Zealand Law News, NZ Featured Posts / October 8, 2021

Christchurch barrister Jonathan Eaton QC has been appointed a High Court judge, sitting in Christchurch. He sat this year at number 27 on the LawFuel Power List of the country’s most powerful and influential lawyers. Attorney‑General David Parker announced the appointment this week, when he also announced that Auckland lawyer Clive Taylor was an associate

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The Callinicos Calamity: Judicial Discord and Constitutional Issues Raised By A “Scandal”

Headlining NZ, New Zealand / October 6, 2021

The issues over the the alleged bullying behavour of Napier Family Court Judge Peter Callinicos has lead to complaints to the Judicial Complaints Commission and an unseemly scrap among the brethren in the judiciary. The complaints surround two cases in particular, one involving the custody of a Maori child and one a domestic abuse case

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