Kiwi Barrister’s PhD Battle Hits The Courts In the hallowed halls of Cambridge University, a legal drama is unfolding, pitting a former law student against the institution that shaped his academic journey. Jacob Meagher, a former New Zealand law graduate, Cambridge law graduate and now a qualified barrister, has taken the unprecedented step of suing […]
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Most of the LawFuel stories from last year that were most-read were from the Power List, unsurprisingly, but the top story was the shenanigans at the Northern Club and Ron Mansfield’s appointment as Lawyer of the Year in terms of ‘click volume’. We’ve assembled some of the key stories below and the lawyers from the
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Lawyers’ Alternative Career Choices Sonia Hickey, Contributing writer In the annals of legal career pivots, few stories are as deliciously unexpected as that of Roman and Andrea Jewell, the masterminds behind Fix & Fogg peanut butter. Picture, if you will, two bright-eyed lawyers, armed with freshly minted Master’s degrees from King’s College London, deciding to
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Six firms have formed a pro bono network marking a move to improve access to justice across the country. The initiative, christened the Framework for Collaborative Pro Bono in Aotearoa, has brought together six firms as founding signatories. The so-called pro bono framework, spearheaded by Te Ara Ture, the network leader and pro bono clearinghouse,
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The Northern Club, Auckland’s bastion of exclusivity, became the stage for a Christmas party turned political powder keg that has involved a District Court Judge, Winston Peters, Michael Reed KC and the Attorney General, according to a report in The Post. Picture this: A district court judge and her reality TV star beau, inadvertently gate-crashing
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Ron Mansfield KC: Championing Justice in New Zealand’s Criminal Defence Arena John Bowie, LawFuel publisher Ron Mansfield KC is LawFuel’s Lawyer of the Year 2024 – joining the pantheon of champion lawyers named by LawFuel over the past 10 years. Mansfield stands as a key figure in New Zealand’s criminal defense circles, following the catalogue
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This obituary for Frank Handy is provided by a LawFuel contributor The death at 91 of Francis Joshua Handy brings to end one of the more remarkable and colourful New Zealand legal-commercial careers of recent times. From the South Island Frank Handy was a son of the Manse and throughout his life constantly displayed the
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The following article is authored by a finance and banking industry insider in New Zealand. As members of New Zealand’s highly profitable retail banks yet again report billion-dollar profits being paid to Australian parent companies this year, they could perhaps be forgiven for failing to notice the ground shifting beneath them. It’s no longer the
LawFuel’s Power List 2024 welcomes three influential criminal lawyers who are making waves in New Zealand’s legal landscape: Emma Priest, Anoushka Bloem, and Julie-Anne Kincade KC. The appearance of women lawyers excelling in criminal law has continued to become more significant in recent years not only as a result of the growing number of female
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Although senior KCs and other barristers continue to exert their influence within the legal profession a younger group of litigators are already playing a key role in major litigation. Although commercial lawyers like Jack Hodder KC and Davey Salmon KC are have occupied significant places on the List, the new additions include effective litigators who
