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Here Are 8 Kiwi Celebs Who You Never Knew Were Also Lawyers

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The law, as we know, is not just for lawyers. It is also a grounding for those in just about every pursuit you might imagine. However we have provided here a look at seven kiwi celebs who also have law degrees although most have never practised to any extent. Check the list below. List sponsor: […]

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Legal Futurists Talk About The Rush To Technology That Has Lawyers Confronting Their Digital Future

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The pandemic has altered the lives for everyone and a recent report in the Financial Times highlights how lawyers have been forced into their digital future faster than they might have imagined. While lawyers and accountants have often been immune to rapid technological change, that too is changing rapidly. They are now entering a new

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Chapman Tripp Run COVID Test Case Over Business Interruption

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Chapman Tripp are running a test case looking at business interruption insurance policies, similar to cases being heard overseas. A recent High Court case in London found cover could be provided for policies that had extra clauses involving public authority bans on entering premises. And in Australia the Insurance Council has indicated it would also

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Lawyer Accepts Over 70 Breaches of Rules Around Documents

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Treadwell Gordon principal Kirsten Harper Order to pay over $20,000 Manawatu lawyer Kirsten Gaye Harper has been censured and ordered to pay $21,833 in costs by the New Zealand Lawyers and Conveyancers Disciplinary Tribunal. Mrs Harper accepted a charge of misconduct for more than 70 breaches of the rules surrounding the witnessing of documents, and

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Market for D&O insurance hardest in living memory

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Directors in New Zealand and Australia are facing the most volatile and restrictive liability insurance market in living memory, according to a report released today by the Institute of Directors (IoD) with Marsh and MinterEllisonRuddWatts. And there are no signs of it improving anytime soon.  “Regionally, D&O claims payments have dwarfed the total insurance premium

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Freshfields Joins Slim Ranks of Big Law Firm Female Leaders As Gender Diversity Moves Slowly Grow

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Dan Garner – Female law firm leadership ranks are growing – albeit slowly – but in the London law scene the first of the Magic Circle law firms to appont a woman to the top leadership role has been Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP who have appointed Georgia Dawson as Senior Partner. Dawson is currently Asia’s

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Russell McVeagh advises on Scentre Group’s inaugural US$3b subordinated hybrid notes issue

Russell McVeagh has acted as part of a multi-jurisdictional team to assist Scentre Group, owner and operator of Westfield in Australia and New Zealand, on its US$3.0 billion subordinated hybrid note issue in the United States market. Working alongside international law firms, K&L Gates advising on the Australian law aspects, and Allen & Overy, advising on the

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Anti-money Laundering Startup First AML Raises $8 Million

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AUCKLAND, New Zealand, September 16, 2020 – Anti-money laundering tech startup First AML has raised NZ$8 million in a Series A funding round led by US-based Bedrock Capital, with support from Pushpay founder Chris Heaslip and Icehouse Ventures. First AML’s regulatory technology (regtech) platform streamlines AML anti-money laundering compliance for the likes of financial service providers, law firms,

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