Joanna Simon\’s short term at the New Zealand Law Society as CEO has seen her take a new position as Chief Executive of the Starship Foundation. She served as NZLS CEO for a little over a year, resigning over alleged ng launched review of \’behavioural concerns\’ involving Society\’s president, Jacque Lethbridge. The Law Society has
Business leader New Entrant Paul Majurey has been at logger heads with newly elected Auckland mayor Wayne Brown, who has sought his and his board’s resignation of the Auckland Council’s property arm. But Majurey, of law firm Atkins Holm Majurey, has not bowed at time of publication to any such request. A new entrant to
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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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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New Zealand law jobs show diversity and continued growth
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An attempt to strike out a negligence claim by Morrison Kent and relating to a troubled property development partnership has failed in the High Court in Auckland. The claim against the firm has been brought by Premier Legal Finance who is suing the firm for alleged breaches of duties of care. The property partnership at
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The High Court has given the class action claimants in their action against the ANZ Bank NZ and the ASB consent to proceed on an ‘opt out’ basis, meaning everyone affected is included unless they opt out of the litigation-funded lawsuit. The claim is funded by LPF in New Zealand and CASL in Australia with
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The 2022 LawFuel New Zealand law gender survey of the country’s largest law firms.
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>> the Latest Law Jobs on New Zealand’s Best, Dedicated Law Jobs Network New Zealand law firms are beginning to get their pro bono act together with ‘unsophisticated systems’ measuring the pro bono work they do, an article in BusinessDesk reports. The article from Victoria Young notes that Chapman Tripp is the number 1 law
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>> Latest Law Jobs on the LawFuel Network Hamilton law firm Tompkins Wake has commemorated its 100th year with a quarter-million dollar contribution to the new Waikato Regional Theatre. The gift was achieved through a partnership the firm made with Momentum Waikato, which originated in 2013 with the intention of providing pro bono legal
