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Judge Aitken Hearing: Video Evidence of Michael Reed KC at NZ Conduct Panel

The unprecedented Judicial Conduct Panel hearing into District Court Judge Ema Aitken’s conduct has entered its evidentiary phase, with NZ First officials providing testimony about events at Auckland’s Northern Club in November 2024. Video footage was played to the panel on Wednesday showing Auckland barrister Michael Reed KC being asked to leave the NZ First […]

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From TVNZ Political Editor to Superinjunction Lawyer – Linda Clark’s Next Move

Linda Clark Leaves Dentons for Thorndon Chambers >> A New Law Job – Check the LawFuel Jobs’ Board Here The move to the independent bar follows a year of high-stakes injunction work that put Clark at the centre of New Zealand’s biggest media-law flashpoints Linda Clark has done what a lot of senior lawyers say

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NZ Law News – SFO files charges against TV producer over alleged fraudulently obtained funds

New Zealand Law News, Press Releases / February 3, 2026

>> A new law job? Check LawFuel’s Job Board Here The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has filed charges in the Auckland District Court against a television producer for allegedly obtaining fraudulent lending and funding for television productions. The SFO has filed 33 charges against Alexander Breingan, alleging he made false representations and used forged documents to obtain

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NZ Law – Criminal Lawyers Called To Auckland Forum About Struggling System

New Zealand Law News, New Zealand Law News, Press Releases / February 3, 2026

>> Looking for a new law job? – Check LawFuel’s Jobs Board In a move that barely ever happens, Chief District Court Judge Heemi Taumaunu has called a forum in Auckland next week to hear, directly and without filters, from criminal lawyers about what life inside an overloaded court system is actually doing to them

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NZ Law – Russell McVeagh recognised in Legal 500 Asia Pacific Guide 2026

New Zealand Law News, Press Releases / January 30, 2026

Russell McVeagh Rankings News The Legal 500 Asia Pacific Guide has once again recognised Russell McVeagh as a leading New Zealand law firm. In the 2026 rankings, the firm has been ranked across 16 practice areas with 42 individual lawyer rankings. We are delighted to have received 11 Tier 1 rankings, including Banking and Finance, Competition, Real Estate and Construction, Corporate

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The Dangerous Precedent in Judith Collins’ New Role

New Zealand Law News, Press Releases / January 29, 2026

Judith Collins’ Law Commission Appointment Breaks 40 Years of Independence When Prime Minister Christopher Luxon announced that Judith Collins would become the next President of the Law Commission, he reached for familiar talking points about her “astute legal knowledge” and her service to the country. What he didn’t mention was far more significant: this marks

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New, Aggressive Ransomware Group Attack New Zealand Law Firm

Featured, Law Firms, New Zealand Law News / January 28, 2026

A New Zealand law firm is investigating a cyber incident that has seen passport scans and other sensitive data linked to staff and clients posted online by the Anubis ransomware group, a Russian-linked ransomeware group with an increasingly menacing way of attacking organisations. Langley Twigg Law, based in Napier, says a “small proportion” of its

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NZ Legal Profession Hits 17,500 Lawyers as Women Dominate New Intake

Lawyers, New Zealand Law News, Press Releases / January 22, 2026

New Zealand’s legal profession is still growing, still skewing young and female, and still overwhelmingly European in makeup, according to the New Zealand Law Society’s 2025 Snapshot of the Profession. As at 30 June 2025, there were 17,504 lawyers holding a current practising certificate. That is a 2.9 percent increase on the previous year, continuing

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Stewart Germann – the Franchise Lawyer – Awarded NZ Order of Merit

New Zealand Law News, Press Releases / January 21, 2026

Stewart Germann Appointed as Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2026 New Zealand Royal Honours Stewart Germann, founder of Stewart Germann Law Office, based in Auckland, New Zealand, has been formally recognised in the 2026 New Zealand Royal Honours, receiving appointment as an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit by

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From Bell Gully To Big Law AI – Ivo’s US$55m Raise Targets Uber‑Style In‑House Teams

Featured, Legal AI, New Zealand Law News / January 21, 2026

Ivo’s latest capital raise puts the Kiwi-founded, San Francisco-based contract Big Law AI company firmly in the top tier of legaltech, with a US$55 million Series B at around a US$355 million valuation and a cap table now packed with marquee US and Australasian funds.
Ivo, co-founded by former New Zealand lawyer (Bell Gully) Min-Kyu Jung (pictured) has closed a US$55 million Series B to accelerate product development and sales, taking total funding well past the US$70 million mark once prior rounds are included.

This follows the $16 million raised a year ago, which we reported here.
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