The nightmare election result for the National Party may have been anticipated by leader Judith Collins, who told a group of Hamilton lawyers last week that she was holding on to her practising certificate as something to fall back on. Her question now may be whether fallback time has come. Asked why she retained her […]
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Two of New Plymouth’s oldest law firms are to merge next year, involviong over 50 staff between them. RMY Legal, which has five partners, is to merge with Billings Lawyers, a four partner/director firm, are to merge next April a joint statement from the firms announced. “We both share similar values and have highly experienced
Law Firm Rainmaking Recommendations Lindsay Griffiths* – In many different blogs and Rainmaking Recommendations, I have said – repeatedly, that Rainmaking is about 3 things: Creating visibility and becoming known as an authority in the field of law that you practice – this is known as Marketing yourself and your services; Meeting people – whether in
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Judiciary Committee, House of Representatives – Hunter Biden introduced his father, then-Vice President Joe Biden, to a top executive at a Ukrainian energy firm less than a year before the elder Biden pressured government officials in Ukraine into firing a prosecutor who was investigating the company, according to emails obtained by The Post. The never-before-revealed meeting is
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Bob Jones – The meaning of the word “socialism” is not in dispute. The Oxford dictionary describes it as, “A political and economic theory of social organisation which advocates that the community as a whole should own and control the means of production, capital and property. Also, a transitionary social state between the overthrow of
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Jenna Shay – The English Bar has long been regarded as as bastion of some of the brightest lawyers in the country, but no more, it would seem. Instead, a recent report referred to the ‘culture of fear’ at the bar and the bullying and harassment that occurs. A new report from the UK Bar
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John Bowie – One of the major legal disrupters and a firm that has been described as the fastest-growing law firm in the Asia-Pacific region, is opening its doors in New Zealand from the beginning of 2021. LegalVision has become a major presence in Australia where its legal website is one of the most popular
A former assistant of the Māori King has been sentenced to 12 months’ home detention and 300 hours of community work. He was also ordered to make full reparation for stealing approximately $111,000 of charitable funds and lying to the Serious Fraud Office. Te Rangihiroa Whakaruru (57) committed the offences while he was employed by
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The challenges provided by the COVID-19 pandemic are undoubted, but in an interview with Russell McVeagh they also provided some useful lessons. Partners Caleb Hensman, Kirsten Massey and Cath Shirley-Brown (pictured above) provided some insight into how the firm handled the pandemic during an interview conducted when New Zealand was operating under Alert Level 1.
Reports in London indicate that salaries in the high-paying London legal world, including the much-vaunted Magic Circle law firms, could fall as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic and remote working. Several senior law firm partners are suggesting that paying remote workers hardly requires the high-paying salaries given that they are working remotely. In June
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