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From Courtroom to Condiment, Here’s The Nutty Tale of Fix & Fogg

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Lawyers’ Alternative Career Choices Sonia Hickey, Contributing writer In the annals of legal career pivots, few stories are as deliciously unexpected as that of Roman and Andrea Jewell, the masterminds behind Fix & Fogg peanut butter. Picture, if you will, two bright-eyed lawyers, armed with freshly minted Master’s degrees from King’s College London, deciding to […]

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NZ Law – Pro Bono Champions Set Up New Framework

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Sabrina Muck

Six firms have formed a pro bono network marking a move to improve access to justice across the country. The initiative, christened the Framework for Collaborative Pro Bono in Aotearoa, has brought together six firms as founding signatories. The so-called pro bono framework, spearheaded by Te Ara Ture, the network leader and pro bono clearinghouse,

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Judge Gone Wild – Christmas Party Chaos Rocks The Northern Club

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The Northern Club, Auckland’s bastion of exclusivity, became the stage for a Christmas party turned political powder keg that has involved a District Court Judge, Winston Peters, Michael Reed KC and the Attorney General, according to a report in The Post. Picture this: A district court judge and her reality TV star beau, inadvertently gate-crashing

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Ron Mansfield KC – LawFuel’s Lawyer of the Year 2024

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Ron Mansfield KC: Championing Justice in New Zealand’s Criminal Defence Arena John Bowie, LawFuel publisher Ron Mansfield KC is LawFuel’s Lawyer of the Year 2024 – joining the pantheon of champion lawyers named by LawFuel over the past 10 years. Mansfield stands as a key figure in New Zealand’s criminal defense circles, following the catalogue

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Frank Handy Oilman Lawyer from Maui to North Sea

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Frank Handy

This obituary for Frank Handy is provided by a LawFuel contributor The death at 91 of Francis Joshua Handy brings to end one of the more remarkable and colourful New Zealand legal-commercial careers of recent times. From the South Island Frank Handy was a son of the Manse and throughout his life constantly displayed the

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Holding The New Zealand Banks To Account – Why A Legal Game Changer Will Change The Way Banks Behave

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The following article is authored by a finance and banking industry insider in New Zealand. As members of New Zealand’s highly profitable retail banks yet again report billion-dollar profits being paid to Australian parent companies this year, they could perhaps be forgiven for failing to notice the ground shifting beneath them.   It’s no longer the

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Meet Three of the Women Power Lawyers Redefining Criminal Defence in NZ

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LawFuel’s Power List 2024 welcomes three influential criminal lawyers who are making waves in New Zealand’s legal landscape: Emma Priest, Anoushka Bloem, and Julie-Anne Kincade KC. The appearance of women lawyers excelling in criminal law has continued to become more significant in recent years not only as a result of the growing number of female

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Elite Litigators Join NZ Law Power List

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Although senior KCs and other barristers continue to exert their influence within the legal profession a younger group of litigators are already playing a key role in major litigation. Although commercial lawyers like Jack Hodder KC and Davey Salmon KC are have occupied significant places on the List, the new additions include effective litigators who

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Senior Promotions at Russell McVeagh

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Russell McVeagh continues to support its home-grown talent while building its expertise across a number of key practice areas, recently promoting five senior associates: Breanna Macara and Nicola Robbins Osborne (Corporate Advisory), James Tocher and Maddy Lister (Litigation), and Callum Dickson (Competition and Regulation). Breanna, Nicola and Callum all began their careers at the firm, with Breanna and Nicola having advanced their careers at Russell

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Herbert Smith Freehills – New Zealand infrastructure announcements create opportunities for infrastructure sector participants

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New Zealand’s Minister for Infrastructure, The Honourable Chris Bishop, has recently announced a raft of measures to support infrastructure projects in New Zealand. The announcements reflect an exciting change in policy focus and direction since the election of The Honourable Christopher Luxon’s National Party-led government last year. The key measures announced recently are: The New

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