The New, High Profile Barristers With CVs You Just Can’t Ignore Former Commerce Commission Chief Dr Mark Berry is the latest senior legal figure to set up in private practice following the end of his tenure at Comcom. His new website talks of his speciality (surprise, surprise) in competition and consumer law and economic […]
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Chris Baldock The Employment Relations (Triangular Employment) Amendment Bill passed into law last week, and will come into force in 12 months’ time (unless a date is appointed by Order in Council in the meantime). The Bill enables employees employed by one employer, but working under the control and direction of another business or organisation to
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Powered by LawFuel – National law firm, Lane Neave, is proud to welcome two new Partners in recognition of their outstanding work and contribution to the firm’s clients. Chris Anderson becomes a Lifelaw Partner in Christchurch and Daniel Kruger becomes an Immigration Partner in Auckland. Chris Anderson brings a wealth of knowledge and skill to
New Zealand Justice Minister Andrew Little has admonished Google for their name suppression breach over the naming of a murder suspect in a Twitter video. Justice Minister Andrew Little has taken to his 27,000 followers on Twitter to admonish Google for breaching name suppression orders in the Grace Millane case in December 2018. The online
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United States Ambassador Scott Brown, Dylan Asafo, and the Rt Hon Winston Peters, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs, at the Fulbright New Zealand Awards Ceremony. A desire to understand and redress society’s worst inequalities is what drives University of Auckland academic Fuimaono (Dylan) Asafo. With this in mind, the twenty-six year-old Teaching Fellow
Class actions are on the rise in Australia after the Royal Commission into misconduct in the financial sector, but also with more ‘litigation funding action’. The first half of 2018 saw 29 class actions filed in Australia, 35 in the second half and a further 18 for the first half of 2019, according to figures
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Sir Robert Jones – New Zealand Green Party leader James Shaw has established a Parliamentary first in embracing an open plan office with his staff. He suggests other Cabinet Ministers should follow suit. Being in the office space business I know a bit about this but will probably be accused of talking my own book in
Legal practice consultant Sue-Ella Prodonovich of Prodonovich Advisory said more quantitative and qualitative research of wellbeing across the legal industry was needed to assist in reducing the alarming rates of mental illness in the profession. Ms Prodonovich, who has spent more than 20 years advising big and small law firms on business development, said Meritas
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Law Office Design: From Corporate to Collaborative: Redesigning Legal Spaces Sapna Patel* Often when we think law firms, there are a few stereotypes that tend to come to mind: commonly, people in suits with briefcases perched in plain, wood panelled corporate offices. However, as work trends change, there is also a need for work environments
Powered by LawFuel – Wellington media and commercial lawyer, Michael Stephens has accepted an invitation to join the board of The Urban Art Foundation Limited. The Foundation, operating as The Urban Art Agency is a not-for-profit company committed to making art accessible on streets and in public gateways to enrich New Zealander’s experience of their urban
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