The US Government and Kim Dotcom Agree On One Thing At Least . . In a Supreme Court decision released today the Supreme Court has remitted the proceedings to the Court of Appeal for the identification of the outstanding issues in relation to the judicial review appeals (SC 54/2018 and SC 58/2018) and theresolution of […]
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On 12 May 2020, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) inadvertently disclosed two documents to the defendants in the National Party donations case. Those documents contained confidential information regarding donors to the National Party in 2017 and 2018. They were disclosed in error during the course of the SFO’s compliance with its normal disclosure obligations. The
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How does $7 Million Sound? It’s taken nine years of battling, but the cost to the New Zealand taxpayer of the claims against Kim Dotcom and Megaupload have consumed 40,500 hours of work by Crown lawyers and $3.4 million in ‘ancillary costs” according to documents requested by the NZ Herald under the Official Information Act.
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Christine Hansen – “Refreshing” a law firm brand is always a fraught task, but as the legal market becomes more tech-focused and competitive, the need to show you are ahead of the game is something that remains key to successful projection of a brand image. We wrote about the major law firms that have rebranded
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Bell Gully has announced a new chair to replace Anna Buchly after three years in the role, by appointing projects and real estate chief Andrew Petersen. Petersen has been at Bell Gully for almost two decades, having joined from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in 2003. His clients include Cooper and Company (the company redeveloping Auckland’s Britomart
A recent Spectator column identified what Karl du Fresne says was “inflammatory rhetoric from an ideologically driven Human Rights Commission and a handful of vociferous immigrant activists . . ” Karl du Fresne – Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern promised, on the night of her general election triumph last October, to govern for all New Zealanders.
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A collaboration between two barristers – one as author the other as publisher – has resulted in a new book to help self-represented litigants navigate the judicial system successfully. Hamilton-based barrister Martin Dillon has published his book ‘Civil Litigation For Non Lawyers’, which is available on Amazon and is the first of its kind in
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MinterEllisonRuddWatts–Continued responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, greater regulatory action and adjustments to legislation will all shape the litigation landscape in the year ahead. These are among the predictions made by MinterEllisonRuddWatts’ leading dispute resolution team in its Litigation Forecast 2021.Partner and co-leader of the national law firm’s Dispute Resolution team, Andrew Horne (pictured) says that
Bell Gully is delighted to announce the appointment of three new partners, five senior associates and a special counsel for 2021. The new partners are specialist banking and finance lawyer Jennifer Gunser (pictured)and two experienced litigators Blair Keown and Kirsty Dobbs*. Bell Gully’s three new partners “The firm’s market leading litigation and financial services teams continue to be very busy
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Senior Associate Eva Roe has been promoted to Senior Associate in Anderson Lloyd’s Queenstown Property and Private Client Team. Eva specialises in property law, with a focus on projects, property subdivisions and developments, and has a background in banking and finance. Heidi Bendikson has been promoted to Senior Associate in Anderson Lloyd’s Queenstown Property and Private Client
