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Chris Finlayson QC To Receive Honorary Doctorate in Law After Fighting for Maori Rights

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Former Attorney General Chris Finlayson QC is to receive an honorary doctorate of Law from Victoria University at the December graduation week. A National Party Cabinet Minister for nine years, until 2017, the former Bell Gully partner had extensive experience representing Maori interests, principally Ngai Tahu, before becoming a distinguished Minister for Treaty of Waitangi […]

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The Power-Lifting, In-House Lawyer Who Dismisses a Harvey Specter Comparison & Rises To CEO

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It was not difficult for in-house lawyer Patrick Gamble to shrug off a comparison made by a magazine article that the up-and-coming young legal operator was something of a Harvey Spector (pictured below) because of his sharp mind and sharp dressing. The proficient sportsman, who became a New Zealand Power Lifting champion in 2015 and

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Patrick Gamble Named CEO of Perpetual Guardian Group

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[adrotate banner=”105″] Patrick Gamble has been named CEO of the Perpetual Guardian Group, a collection of companies delivering market-leading fiduciary and investment services across New Zealand. The Group is the largest professional trustee service provider in New Zealand and distributes the largest volume of philanthropic funds in the country. Mr Gamble joined the parent company

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Former Liquidator Geoffrey Smith Gets Four Year Prison Term for Fraud

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A former Auckland liquidator has been sentenced to four years’ imprisonment on charges brought by the Serious Fraud Office. Geoffrey Martin Smith (67) stole approximately $130,000 from two companies while acting as their liquidator. He was convicted in September following a judge-alone trial on two counts of ‘Theft by person in a special relationship’ and

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Litigation Funding: LPF Director Says Supreme Court Decision Stresses Importance of Access to Justice

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  Phil Newland, founder and director of LPF Group, New Zealand’s leading litigation funder, said the principles of access to justice are critical to LPF, yet because legal action can be expensive, uncertain, and take a long time, it can be out of reach for most ordinary New Zealanders.  “The Supreme Courts’ decision in Ross

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The Splendour & Sustainability of Chapman Tripp – Who Said The Law Office Was Dead?

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Chapman Tripp’s new digs in the Commercial Bay development spare little expense, as befits one of the country’s leading law firms who have made 2020 a year to remember (pandemic excepted). The firm, which undertook a mid-year ‘brand refresh’ will undoubtedly be establishing in tangible fashion far more than prestige, class and an appropriate level

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MinterEllisonRuddWatts Sells AI Innovation Product To Realise Full Potential

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— Leading AI business, McCarthyFinch, is selling its business to Onit, a leading provider of enterprise workflow solutions including enterprise legal management, contract lifecycle management and workflow automation. McCarthyFinch was co-founded by top tier law firm MinterEllisonRuddWatts in 2017. The firm notes that the timing is ideal to hand over the reins to Onit – enabling McCarthyFinch and

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NZ Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal – Southern Response v. Ross

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[adrotate banner=”97″] SOUTHERN RESPONSE EARTHQUAKE SERVICES LTD v BRENDAN MILES ROSS AND COLLEEN ANNE ROSS (SC 105/2019) [2020] NZSC 126 PRESS SUMMARY This summary is provided to assist in the understanding of the Court’s judgment. It does not comprise part of the reasons for that judgment. The full judgment with reasons is the only authoritative

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Chapman Tripp: ‘COVID-19 has opened the Government’s cash faucet on infrastructure spend’

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Chapman Tripp – Our latest Infrastructure – trends & insights publication reflects on the past two years and looks at what lies ahead for infrastructure in New Zealand. Pressure on all forms of infrastructure remains high with little evident physical progress since our 2018 publication What next for infrastructure?, but we may now be about to obtain

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