Bob Jones* – In the days immediately following the Presidential election, like many folk I was glued to television following the counting updates. This exercise revealed the world’s most boring man, conceivably in all of history, namely CNN’s Chief National Correspondent, John King. King, a circa 60 year old with a face totally devoid of […]
A recent report showed New Zealanders are under insured in several areas, including income protection and critical illness, two areas that are of critical importance to lawyers. This article looks at the issue from Medical Assurance Society. Life and income protection insurance helps build financial resilience for you and your family should the worst happen.
Lawyers – Are You Adequately Insured For Illness and Income Protection? Read More »
Insurance barrister Steve Keall has had ample experience with clients discussing costs on civil claims, but the broad ‘best guess’ approach was not something that filled the bill for him, or the clients. He set about developing a smarter and accurate way to assess costs, developing an online calculator app that tallied costs under both
Creating a new digital accessibility app has been an interesting journey for two Rotorua lawyers whose iaccess app is designed to provide greater accessibility choices for website users who are impaired in some way. Lawyers Danielle Caudwell and Ros Morshead set up the app when they were seeking some challenges beyond their legal work. The
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The chaotic US election has been enveloped in the ‘voter fraud’ controversy, which has also largely enveloped Big Law firm Jones Day and their involvement in lawsuits for the GOP. The firm has worked to avoid being drawn into the controvery, any more than it can, that is, by releasing a statement that affirms that
MinterEllisonRuddWatts’ leadership of gender diversity initiatives in the legal profession has again been recognised by the prestigious Euromoney Legal Media Group Asia Women in Business Law Awards 2020. The awards celebrate the achievements of leading women in the legal profession, as well as progressive initiatives for gender diversity, mentorship, minority women, talent management, and work-life
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In what is dubbed as the biggest change to trust law in 60 years, people entitled to benefit from trusts will soon receive basic information about them. For some, finding out they’re a beneficiary of a trust may come as a surprise. Following an 18-month lead-in, on January 30 the new Trusts Act takes effect.
Are Lawyers – And Others – Ready For The Coming Trust Law Changes? Read More »
The Solicitor General, Una Jagose QC and Crown Law came under vociferous attack during the hearings into historic abuse claims being held presently. Jagose, a LawFuel power list member, had given evidence earlier when she said some cases handled by Crown Law had been poorly handled, but that the office had ‘evolved’ in how it
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The increase in the number of email scams or business email compromise scams is a major concern for lawyers. This article from Australia’s GotoCourt Lawyers looks at the liability issue. Michaelle Makela* During an initial consult, a client presented the following scenario: The client had engaged a local small business in Melbourne (Business) to complete
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John Bowie – The Johnny Depp libel trial win for The Sun newspaper was a high stakes gamble by the Murdoch-owned newspaper, but it was also a major test for its primary gossip columnist and executive editor, Lower Hutt-born Dan Wootton who wrote the allegedly defamatory story. The story exposed Depp as a wife beater
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