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Jailhouse Lawyer Taylor To Take ‘Gangland’ Book Censorship Case To Court

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Arthur Taylor, the now somewhat celebrated “jailhouse lawyer” is making a return to court by suing his former landlords, Corrections, over their banning of the book ‘Gangland’ from New Zealand prisons. The book, written by journalist Jared Savage, deals with organised crime in New Zealand and specifically the ‘inside story’ of how the police took

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Christchurch Barristers Suffer $170,000 Ripoff

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The practice manager of two Christchurch barristers stole around $170,000 over a 16 months’ period to feed her meth addiction. Barristers Rupert Glover and Margaret Sewell have worked from their chambers for several years and employed Sarah McGirr as a reportedly ‘cheerful and obliging’ practice manager. Glover described the series of thefts to Stuff.co.nz as

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The Twin Lawyers With Equal Passion For Maori Legal Issues

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The twin  23-year-old girls inspired by their non-lawyer father’s arguments for Maori Land Rights has seen them develop their respective legal careers, recently reported in the Southland Times. The twins, who grew up in Bluff and attended high school in Invercargill, are of Kāi Tahu and Kāti Māmoe descent.  Their father was on the Titi/Mutton

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Bob Jones: ‘A Horrible Green Party Little Turd’ – Refugees, Immigration & “Yeah, Nah” Bumpf

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  Bob Jones* The Green Party’s new intake included, scraping in in last place, a Mexican migrant called Ricardo Menendez March. His credentials for selection appear to be, He’s homosexual, something Green Party types view as a higher art form, and, His occupation as a cinema projectionist, that is on his own admission, simply pushing

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Grace Millane Killer Loses Appeal, But Keeps Name Suppression

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The murderer of Grace Millane has lost his appeal against conviction and sentence, but the 28 year old still has name suppression. The man was sentenced to life imprisonment with a non-parole period of 17 years for the murder of Millane, 21, in a case that drew global attention for its defence relating to alleged

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Supreme Court Agrees on ‘Opt Out’ Class Actions

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The Supreme Court in the Southern Response Earthquake Services Ltd v Ross appeal has unanimously agreed class actions can proceed on an ‘opt out’ basis, pending development of a comprehensive legislative framework. The Supreme Court in Southern Response Earthquake Services Ltd v Ross has unanimously upheld the Court of Appeal’s decision that representative claims/class actions can proceed on

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Lawyers – Are You Adequately Insured For Illness and Income Protection?

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A recent report showed New Zealanders are under insured in several areas, including income protection and critical illness, two areas that are of critical importance to lawyers. This article looks at the issue from Medical Assurance Society. Life and income protection insurance helps build financial resilience for you and your family should the worst happen.

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Litigator-Turned-Software Publisher Develops ‘Two Bees’ App To Take The Sting Out of Costs Queries

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Insurance barrister Steve Keall has had ample experience with clients discussing costs on civil claims, but the broad ‘best guess’ approach was not something that filled the bill for him, or the clients. He set about developing a smarter and accurate way to assess costs, developing an online calculator app that tallied costs under both

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