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The Future of NZ Law Jobs Likely To Take a Downward Dive, Says Legal Recruiter

New Zealand Law News, NZ Featured Posts / June 6, 2020

Dramatically Changed Landscape Confronts Legal Profession From skills shortages and high demand for professionals of all kinds, the sudden prospect of a deep recession or even depression has fundamentally shifted the landscape practically overnight. For legal professionals, the exact extent of the fallout is as yet unclear for NZ law jobs, but candidates should be […]

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LawFuel Young Litigator Survey

New Zealand Law News, NZ Featured Posts / June 6, 2020

Who Are New Zealand’s Up and Coming Litigators? Complete our confidential survey and we will produce our “Power List” of New Zealand’s up-and-coming litigators shortly. All submissions are entirely confidential. If possible, please also provide some reasons for the selection(s).

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How This Dunedin Lawyer Provided A Post-COVID Surprise Move

Headlining NZ, Law Firms, New Zealand Law News / June 6, 2020

Dunedin lawyer Jenny Beck had called a staff meeting, post-lockdown, to discuss a matter with her 14 employees. The matter at hand was something none had expected – a one thousand dollar handout to each of them in a surprise move that had some in tears. There was one caveat coming with the handout. The

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Two Lawyers Among ‘Best brains’ Awarded Postgraduate Scholarships

New Zealand Law News, NZ Press Releases, NZ Top in LawFuel / May 29, 2020

Two young lawyers have received scholarships for postgraduate study from the prestigious William Georgetti Scholarship programme, including Gilbert Walker lawyer Jack Alexander (pictured above) and Meredith Connell lawyer Robbie Morrison. The media release announcing the scholarships noted that Jack Alexander is currently practising as a litigator. He studied law and history at the University of

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A significant five years since Lecretia Seales v Attorney General

New Zealand Law News, NZ Press Releases / May 29, 2020

In 2015, Lecretia Seales went to the High Court to seek a ruling that would allow a doctor to assist her to die with her consent; in September, the End of Life Choice Act will give all New Zealanders the opportunity to vote in a referendum to allow assisted dying. For the past five years, Te Herenga

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Corporate Lawyer Joins Russell McVeagh As Wellington-Based Partner

New Zealand Law News, NZ Press Releases, NZ Top in LawFuel / May 28, 2020

Russell McVeagh announced today that Catherine Shirley-Brown has joined its national Corporate team as the firm’s newest partner, based in Wellington. Cath has previously worked at Russell McVeagh, and her appointment to partner at the firm follows experience as partner at another New Zealand law firm and six years as a partner at leading international firm Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP, based

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Commerce Commission issues warning to Hong Kong based electronics retailer

New Zealand Law News, NZ Press Releases / May 28, 2020

Online electronics retailer BXT International Limited and its related companies (together known as Becextech) have been warned by the Commerce Commission for conduct that the Commission considers has likely breached the Fair Trading Act. The warning follows a Commission investigation into the Hong Kong based company which sells electronic goods such as mobile phones, computers,

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Seven Important, Post-Pandemic Social Media Tips For Law Firms

Law Firms, Law Marketing, New Zealand Law News, NZ Featured Posts / May 24, 2020

Former Business Development Director for major law firms, Ben Paul continues his series on developing business for firms in the post-Pandemic environment Ben Paul* Many very successful lawyers and partners within law firms have built very successful practices using traditional networking methods. Like a great many traditional business practices in the last few months, this

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NZ Law Firms Cut Graduate Programmes and Law Jobs Amid Pandemic Panic

Headlining NZ, New Zealand Law News, NZ Power Law Firms / May 20, 2020

Law firms have faced challenges over their graduate programmes amid the COVID-19 crisis with some firms either cutting their programmes or moving more of them online. Major law firms have also withdrawn jobs from the market. A senior recruiter told LawFuel that many larger law firms have placed their graduate recruitment programmes on hold for

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What’s the Future of Contact Tracing in New Zealand – The Privacy Implications

New Zealand Law News, NZ Featured Posts / May 20, 2020

Karen Ngan, Simpson Grierson – “Contact tracing” is one of the phrases Covid-19 has introduced into our everyday vernacular and even our legislation. Most New Zealand businesses, including retail stores, malls, cafes, cinemas and gyms, are now able to operate if they comply with public health guidelines, including the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level

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