Access to Justice – Survey report 2021 The largest ever survey of lawyers on ‘access to justice’ in Aotearoa New Zealand shows the legal aid system is on life support. Thousands are struggling to get legal aid, with potential life-changing consequences when they don’t, and Covid-19 has greatly aggravated the problem. Almost 3,000 lawyers responded […]
Chapman Tripp is stoked and stunned to have won New Zealand Law Firm of the Year for the sixth consecutive year in the KangaNews Awards for the Australian and New Zealand debt markets. The winners are decided purely on the votes of market participants. KangaNews does not employ an awards committee or ask for awards pitches.
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>> Latest law jobs on New Zealand’s Best Law Jobs Network Here Following the announcement of three new partner promotions last week, Russell McVeagh has promoted seven of its emerging leaders to Senior Associate. With a further two alumni senior lawyers having recently returned to the firm from overseas, they round out a total of nine new
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Law firm Anderson Lloyd has launched a fixed-fee service to act for people who settled with Southern Response who are now entitled to a top up payment. It is estimated up to 3,000 homeowners may be entitled to further compensation where Southern Response underpaid their earthquake damage settlements, with the average top up payment expected
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Leading New Zealand law firm Russell McVeagh is set to further grow its partnership* with the announcement of the promotions of three outstanding lawyers and leaders of the firm – Jesse Fairley, Sarah Blackmore and Tom Gillespie. Appointed from today, 1 December 2021, these promotions continue the expansion of the firm’s senior teams and follow the partner appointments earlier
NZ First – Press Release – “Legislation passed that allows illegal iwi roadblocks to now become legal is pure legislative separatism,” says Winston Peters Leader of New Zealand First. “Not only does it allow the government to continue their dangerous separatist agenda, it makes a mockery of the policing system in New Zealand.” “The concept of
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>> See latest law jobs on LawFuel Jobs Here Saunders Robinson Brown has announced a number of promotions of professional staff. Vanessa Baakman, who specialises in employment and family law, has been elevated to Senior Associate within the Litigation team. Callan Wilson and Emma Morgan of the Property team have been promoted to Associate. Both work
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Top law firm, MinterEllisonRuddWatts, was named as the Employer of Choice at the New Zealand Law Awards 2021 last night. Senior Associate Stephanie de Groot also was awarded excellence in the Young Private Practice Lawyer of the Year category. MinterEllisonRuddWatts’ Chief Executive, Andrew Poole says, “This recognition reflects the firm’s continuing efforts to create a
SEATTLE (November 10, 2021)—Powered by LawFuel – Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that 28 counsel and senior counsel have been promoted to partner effective January 1, 2022. The new partner class of 2022 includes: Alberto Araiza Diana Z. Bowman Alexander O. Canizares Jesús J. Castillón Michelle W. Chan Erin K. Earl Rebecca A. Eberhardt John D. Esterhay
Murray Bolton – Press Release – Auckland businessman Murray Bolton says he is relieved that he will be able to self-isolate safely at home on returning from overseas, following a successful judicial review of officials’ decision-making in his case, and now wants to help other New Zealanders who do not have the financial resources
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