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The Lawyer Exodus & Opportunities To Seek In The Current New Zealand Law Jobs Market

Delayed overseas travel and post-pandemic issues have lead to changes to the legal jobs market in New Zealand with law firms lifting salaries and offering bonuses and flexible working conditions to retain and attract legal talent, the LawFuel recruiter survey shows. The LawFuel survey of some of the country’s leading law recruiters shows that the […]

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Have your say on Aotearoa New Zealand’s electoral system

NZ Press Releases / September 13, 2022

Engagement is starting on the voting age, term of Parliament, political donations, MMP thresholds and more The Independent Electoral Review Panel is kicking off engagement to hear from all New Zealanders on how to make our electoral system clearer, fairer and more accessible. “We want to hear from a diverse range of people about

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Sports Lawyer Among Law Firm Promotions

NZ Press Releases, NZ Top in LawFuel / September 11, 2022

A former sports lawyer who worked with sports management group IMG in London has joined law firm Gibson Sheat handling clients including the Wellington Phoenix FC and Basketball New Zealand. Tenille Burnside had previously worked in Auckland for Russell McVeagh and also handles work involving technology, start-ups and other clients. In 2020 she completed a

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Passing of Queen Elizabeth II (21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022)

NZ Press Releases / September 9, 2022

>> New Zealand’s Best Law Jobs Here Kua hinga te tōtara haemata i te Waonui a Tāne. A great leader has passed. The New Zealand Bar Association | Ngā Ahorangi Motuhake o te Ture acknowledges with sadness the passing of Queen Elizabeth II. In her 70 years on the throne, the Queen navigated significant social,

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New Appointments at Wellington Law Firm Convex Legal

NZ Press Releases / September 8, 2022

>> The Best Law Jobs on the Best Law Jobs Site – See Here General practice firm Convex Legal has announced they have appointed a second director, promoted an experienced legal executive and hired a new associate. Katherine Mexted has been the sole director since founding the Wellington firm in 2017. Sam French (above) has

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Mai Chen ‘Sacks Herself’ to Start New Chambers, Closing ChenPalmer

New Zealand Law News, NZ Top in LawFuel, Power List / September 3, 2022

Profile lawyer and Power List member Mai Chen has apparently closed her law firm, established with Sir Geoffrey Palmer QC in 1994, becoming Public Law Toolbox Chambers. The Chen Palmer website now directs to the new ‘Toolbox Chambers’ site. There is no reference to the former firm’s disappearance as a branded boutique that was proudly

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The Finlayson Trilogy and Legal Life After Politics

New Zealand, New Zealand Law News, Power List / August 31, 2022

Bankside Chambers, the Chambers-of-choice for former Attorney General Chris Finlayson QC, published an online interview with their profile tenant and relating to his latest book on life in politics and why he chose to enter the political world. The latest book, Yes, Minister, has received high interest and follows the former Minister of Treaty Negotiations’

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Wynn Williams Lawyer Speaks of Importance of Diversity aT Queenstown Pride Event

New Zealand, NZ Press Releases / August 30, 2022

Tuesday, 30 August 2022 Press Release: Queenstown Chamber Of Commerce Out to lunch. The Winter Pride Festival took on a slightly more serious note today when over 100 senior executives from the business community came together to discuss what diversity and inclusion in the workplace actually looks like. Out to Lunch! Pride in Business lunch

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Australian Law Firm’s Innovative, ‘First Ever’ Business Structure

Law Firm Management, Law Firms, NZ Featured Posts / August 26, 2022

Listed Australian law firm AF Legal Group, Australian Family Lawyers, is launching a ‘partnership changing’ initiative into its partnership. >> Latest Law Jobs & Career News Here The model used by the group (ASX:AFL) is taking what it describes as an “unprecedented” step for a partnership model by which both partners and firms can co-own

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New Zealand Law Firms Urged to ‘Be Kind’ to Win Candidates in a Strangled Market

Law Firms, New Zealand, NZ Featured Posts / August 24, 2022

Law firms are urged to be ‘kind’ and less adversarial in job interviews if they want to secure legal talent in New Zealand in a time of severe lawyer shortages in corporate, property and litigation practice. Legal sector recruitment expert and founder of Auckland recruitment agency Altitude, Louise Hall-Strutt, said many candidates are basing their

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