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Jonathan Eaton QC on The Law, Universities, The Media . . And His Unlucky Suit

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Jonathon Eaton, high-profile lawyer and Queen’s Counsel, spoke to LawFuel reporters Kate Green and Rachel Moore about the media, mentoring young lawyers, and maintaining a balance between work and family.  Jonathan Eaton, 55, has spent 30 years as a lawyer and six years as a Queen’s counsel, and is currently based at Bridgeside Chambers in […]

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Is There a Lawyer in the House? Plenty, actually

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There have always been lawyers-aplenty in parliament, but taking a leaf from the LawFuel book, The Herald’s Sasha Borissenko decided to take a look at some of the ‘more colourful’ of the profession by providing her ‘listicle’. >> See the LawFuel Power List – The Country’s 50 Most Powerful Lawyers Perhaps unsurprisingly, Winston Peters did

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Kensington Swan to Combine With Major Global Firm

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Kensington Swan has announced that it is to join with Dentons, the largest law firm in the world by partner numbers and the sixth largest in revenue terms. The move will provide a significant shakeup to the New Zealand legal scene, following DLA Piper’s link to the global network. In a press release today, the

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Kensington Swan Promotions –

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Property expert makes Partner in latest wave of firm promotions  Powered By LawFuel – July 2019 – Leading national law firm Kensington Swan has promoted commercial property expert Michelle Hill to Partner. Michelle joins partners Matthew Ockleston and Paula Ormandy in leading the Auckland property team, which has seen significant recent growth and is part

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Christchurch Bar Mourn Sudden Death of Leading Barrister

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The sudden death of highly experienced Christchurch barrister Tim Fournier has left colleagues and family mourning the death of the popular lawyer. He died on Friday after reportedly being injured in a fall. Known as both a cheerful and engaging personality, as well as a savvy and successful criminal defence lawyer, Fournier had been involved in

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The LawFuel Female-Friendly NZ Law Firm Equity A-List

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When it comes to measuring true parity among law firms, it is the equity partner list that tells the true story of female parity in the large firms. The LawFuel equity partner list shows that more firms are disbanding the ‘paid partner’ roles, which conceal a multitude of issues, and instead provide true equity parity

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The LawFuel Gender Survey: Which Are New Zealand’s Most Female-Friendly Law Firms?

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The LawFuel Gender Survey: New Zealand’s Most Female-Friendly Law Firms A Power List Feature – Our Power Sponsors LawFuel Power List Survey:   The Gender Survey list is based on all partners, equity and salaried, although the more significant list is the percentage of equity partners who are female (shown in our second list). We have

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The Barrister Trying To Shake Loose from the Whaleoil Case

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Brian Henry’s attempts to extricate himself from the Whaleoil defamation has become a question of the case that won’t go away. A Newsroom story reported that the “unorthodox advocate” has been trying to remove himself from the three year old defamation case following Whaleoil blogger Cameron Slater’s stroke last October. As a result of Slater’s

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C&F Legal

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Firm Snapshot – A Nelson-based boutique practice with a solid reputation across a range of legal work undertaken for local, national and international clients. The firm is also known for its healthy work/life balance and innovative practices. 3 Directors and legal support staff Nelson Office Open to career opportunities in commercial, property and litigation work

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