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

New Zealand Law News / August 7, 2019

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

New Zealand Law News, NZ Press Releases, Press Releases / August 6, 2019

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

New Zealand Law News, NZ Press Releases, NZ Top in LawFuel / August 3, 2019

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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New Litigation Partner at DLA Piper

New Zealand Law News, NZ Press Releases, Press Releases / August 3, 2019

“Female Friendly” DLA Piper Promotion Powered By LawFuel –DLA Piper New Zealand is pleased to announce the appointment of Alicia Murray to Partner. By any measure, DLA Piper is one of the most ‘female friendly’ big law firms in New Zealand. With Alicia’s promotion, 41% of partners are women. Alicia is President of the Auckland

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

Headlining NZ, New Zealand Law News / August 2, 2019

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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AMINZ Appoint New Executive Director

NZ Press Releases, Press Releases / August 2, 2019

WELLINGTON — The Arbitrators’ and Mediators’ Institute of New Zealand (AMINZ) has appointed Sue Wells as its new Executive Director. “We are thrilled to appoint Sue to the role, and look forward to working with her to build on the doubling of membership we have experienced over the past decade,” AMINZ President Royden Hindle said.

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Kensington Swan to Combine With Major Global Firm

Dentons Kensington Swan, Headlining NZ, New Zealand Law News, NZ Power Law Firms, NZ Press Releases, Press Releases / July 30, 2019

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 –

Law Firms, NZ Power Law Firms, NZ Press Releases, Press Releases / July 29, 2019

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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UK “Celebrity Barrister” Suspended For Second Time

Featured, Lawyers, New Zealand Law News, UK Law / July 29, 2019

London ‘celebrity barrister’, sometimes referred to as the ‘chemsex barrister’, after supplying his teenage boyfriend with drugs that lead to his death, has been suspended again after returning only recently to the bar following his first suspension. Henry Hendron, who has represented Conservative MP Nadine Dorries and former Apprentice contestant Stella English in earlier cases,

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Christchurch Bar Mourn Sudden Death of Leading Barrister

New Zealand Law News, NZ Power Law Firms, NZ Top in LawFuel / July 29, 2019

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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