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Forget Hot Desking and Open Plans – Here’s a Law Firm Going Back to Private Spaces

The strong trend towards open plan office space is something we’ve written about previously, but the honest approach, according to one major Australian law firm, is because open plan = less expense. And they don’t want lawyers to be battery hens. The firm recently designed new offices for its Brisbane and Cairns offices, but it […]

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Law Society Goes Off Uncocked: The Cocktail Dress Brouhaha

The NZ Law Society has now been held to account for its ‘casual sexism’ in respect of its forthcoming 150th anniversary celebration, with a note that men should wear formal wear and women a cocktail dress. And therein lies the issue. Wellington lawyer Mark Ford posted a note on his LinkedIn account that received a

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Farming & Law: Effluent Discharge Prosecutions under the Resource Management Act

Mark Copeland Lawyers – Regional Councils take unlawful effluent discharge, especially when it enters waterways, extremely seriously. Under the Resource Management Act (RMA) any discharge is unlawful if it breaches the permitted activity rule in your region. The severity of the fines imposed has recently increased significantly as the government cracks down on polluters, with

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Litigator To Lead Shine Lawyers Following Retirement of Andrew Hooker

Powered by LawFuel – International law firm Shine Lawyers have appointed Angela Parlane to take over leadership of Shine Lawyers New Zealand, as former Managing Director Andrew Hooker announces his retirement. Ms Parlane joined Shine Lawyers New Zealand as a director in February 2018 having spent the eight years prior running her own boutique law

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Bob Jones on Ross Asset Management Class Action – Investors Blaming Others for Their Own Negligence

Sir Robert Jones* writes about the planned class action against the ANZ Bank and its chances of success . . and the senior lawyer leading the charge. Since I wrote about the RAM, mug “investors” looking to blame the ANZ for their stupidity, it’s come to light that the instigators of this action, such as

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The Judicial Fishing Expedition: “On what planet is that okay?”

Randerson to Pinochet And the Reverberating Judicial Fishing Epedition – Did Our New Chief Justice Just Get a “Fail” on the Fishing Expedition Case? John Bowie – Up here in Rarotonga, where I’m currently warming my bones, there remains a banana-republic taint that provides the island the sort of charm expected in small, tropical countries.

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