Leading Wellington lawyer and mediator Geoff Sharp, who also practices his mediation work in Singapore and London, has been appointed to the International Advisory Board of the Office of the Ombudsman for United Nations Funds and Programmes, having oversight of the Ombudsman’s Global Mediation Panel. He joins a global group of mediators and academics on […]
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Powered by LawFuel – Bell Gully is delighted to have been recognised as the most innovative law firm in New Zealand at the IFLR Asia-Pacific Awards 2020. According to IFLR, Bell Gully had made a “notable impression in the New Zealand market in 2019 in relation to M&A.” In 2019, Bell Gully was involved in several
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Ben Paul* The last few weeks have been a unique and challenging time for us all, mentally and economically. As we all now start to plan how we emerge from our bubbles post lockdown, there is a great deal to consider as we move into Level 2. The economic outlook domestically and globally is the
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Secretary for Justice Andrew Kibblewhite has provided some heartfelt thanks in his message to the New Zealand legal profession in the latest LawTalk, adopting the Americanism for the profession’s disruption by “Turning the Titanic on a Dime”. “The past weeks have been challenging, to say the least, but I thank the Heads of Bench for
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A former chartered accountant has been sentenced to three years and nine months’ imprisonment for stealing approximately $1.01 million from his clients. Christopher George Wright (64) misappropriated refunds from his clients on whose behalf he filed tax returns and received refunds. The tax refunds intended for Mr Wright’s clients were deposited in his accounting practice’s
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Jelena Gligorijevic* – As the Government begins to ease the lockdown, serious questions remain about the lawfulness of these extraordinary measures. Parliament’s Epidemic Response Committee has indicated it will issue summonses for the production of legal advice about the legal basis of the powers exercised by the Government over the past few weeks. It is possible the
Tompkins Wake’s Auckland office has this month been bolstered by five new team members, including a new partner. Partner Zandra Wackenier has joined Tompkins Wake along with two members of her team that previously worked with her at Wynyard Wood. Zandra brings with her senior solicitor Isabelle Stevenson and EA Bernadette Carroll. Senior solicitor Annie
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Powered by LawFuel – James Hardie’s release to the Australian Stock Exchange yesterday – that it ultimately intends to “cease all manufacturing of products in New Zealand”, at the cost of some 120 Kiwi jobs – is unlikely to stall the class action brought by over 1,000 leaky home owners. Adina Thorn, the lawyer leading
Tenants’ rights, employees’ rights and immigration measures guidance notes are available through the LexisNexis New Zealand COVID-19 Information Centre AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND – LexisNexis New Zealand, a leading provider of legal, regulatory and business information and analytics to the legal industry, announced today www.lexisnexis.co.nz/COVID19. This information for the general public is an extension of the
Christine Lloyd* Building law lists is an entire industry, but the problem with generating a list of ‘innovative law firms’ is made more difficult because there are few euphemisms more abused by law firm profiles than the word ‘innovative’. Yet the coronavirus pandemic will unquestionably change the practice of law forever, with one of the
