The ANZ has settled the multi-million dollar lawsuit brought by the victims of the Ross Asset Management ponzi scheme and where the 500 claimants accused the bank, which claimed to have accidentally destroyed RAM files, of knowing or should have known what was happening with the scheme. The investors were seeking $75 million from the […]
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The New Zealand lockdown, if nothing else, provides an opportunity to examine our work, as well as home. You have a friend who is working two jobs and using the pandemic as a cover story, without telling either employer. You don’t believe it? Well, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal who talked
Travis Schultz* Earlier this year, one of my team members relayed a conversation he’d had with a well-intentioned colleague who was grappling with issues around his client’s equal opportunity briefing policy. He wanted to expand the number of female barristers on their firm’s panel and was looking for names of female barristers that could be
National Press Club Inc Submission to the Law Commission Re: Sergey Grishin vs John Bowie in the High Court National Press Club, Wellington, New Zealand
Kiwi legal tech company LawVu, which makes cloud-based software for in-house lawyers, has raised $17 million for its development as it continues its push into the Australian and US legal markets, including a major deal recently for a major social media platform. LawVu’s software is designed to assist in the collaboration and creation of documents
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Being up to your backside in files at the office is one thing, but freezing your backside off in the back paddock helping with calving is another – and for some lawyers who are up to their necks in farming as well, the two provide little work/life balance. Matamata lawyer Jacqui Owen dealt with
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Chapman Tripp have recently celebrated the success of their law firm consultancy service, Chapman Tripp Consulting (CT Consulting), which the firm says is a “collaboration of the firm’s legal experts who bring a consulting service offering after more than 18 months of concept testing, development and refinement.” Chapman Tripp Chief Executive Pip England (pictured
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Governing for success in the next decade On Monday 2 August 2021, MinterEllisonRuddWatts held its annual Corporate Governance Symposium for directors and executives. With last year’s symposium being held via webinar due to COVID-19, we were excited to be back at the Cordis in 2021. The Right Honourable Sir John Key, the symposium’s keynote speaker,
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Global law firm DLA Piper has been ahead of the curve on inclusiveness policies for some time. Now DLA Piper in New Zealand are leading the private practice legal sector again with their new parental leave policy. The new policy takes large strides forward, topping up what the NZ Government is offering and committing
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Living Streets Aotearoa has filed a claim in the High Court in Auckland against the decisions of Auckland Council and the NZTA which resulted in large numbers of e-scooters being used on the city’s footpaths. Living Streets is seeking judicial review of those decisions. The essence of the case against NZTA is that it
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