Former Court of Appeal Judges Justice Lynn Stevens and Justice John Wild have been re-sworn in as Court of Appeal judges. The Judges were sworn in at the beginning of May for a 12 month term. Justice Stevens was appointed Queen’s Counsel in 1997 and High Court Judge in 2006. He was a Court of […]
The Commerce Commission has closed its investigation into David Ferrier’s acquisition of a 70% equity interest in Cavalier Wool Holdings Limited as its concerns with the transaction have been addressed. In October last year the Commission opened an investigation of the acquisition under section 47 of the Commerce Act. The Commission was concerned that the
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Kensington Swan is delighted to welcome Heida Donegan to the partnership in the latest wave of firm promotions which are aligned with the firm’s continuing growth. Heida joined the firm in 2015 as Senior Counsel with the goal of building and growing for the firm an Asian business practice specialising in advising Asian (and particularly
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Russell McVeagh has been recognised as New Zealand’s top tax firm, winning the New Zealand Tax Firm of the Year award at theInternational Tax Review Asia Tax Awards last night. For the fourth year in a row, the firm was also named the New Zealand Tax Disputes & Litigation Firm of the Year. The prestigious awards
Getting that first role/foot in the door is really what you need to focus on and it’s amazing what opportunities those roles can create. Sarah Thorner Crossley Working for entertainment company Fremantle, handling shows like The X Factor, has provided kiwi lawyer Sarah Thorner Crossley with some key commercial law experience, as well as supplying
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Another new legal ‘bot’ to enter the online world is Melbourne-based startup Josef, which has just closed a $1 million funding round and is set to roll out its bots across major law firms globally. Josef started its online life helping community law centres to better use their online resources and communicate more effectively but
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The younger sister of actress Nicole Kidman has recently qualified as a lawyer, interning for two law firms and raising six children at the same time. The Singapore-based Kidman, 48, was talking on a Sydney television show when she said she was also making one day’s appearance a week in court with a criminal lawyer
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Christchurch-based class action lawyer Grant Cameron has reportedly secured the backing of Australian class action firm Maurice Blackburn to take an action against Southern Response on behalf of over 3000 clients. Maurice Blackburn are Australia’s largest class action lawyers and would have taken a hard-nosed approach to their due diligence in a claim that evidently
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The Attorney General David Parker has appointed Justice Joe Williams to the Supreme Court, replacing Justice Sir William Young, who is to chair the Commission of Inquiry into the Christchurch Mosques massacre, while Power List barrister David Goddard has been appointed to the High Court and Court of Appeal. The statement from the Attorney General
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Former Duncan Cotterill partner and former firm chair Richard Palmer (known as Dean Palmer) has lost his employment claim in the ERA where he claimed having been unfairly disadvantaged by the firm following allegations of inapporpriate behaviour towards younger female staff and others. The allegations included claims that he had touched female staff and forwarded
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