Wellington, New Zealand – July 2, 2024 – LawFuel Jobs & News Network – The 2024 LawFuel Law Job Survey reveals that New Zealand law firms are grappling with intense competition to attract and retain top legal talent, both locally and internationally. The survey highlights significant opportunities for skilled lawyers, particularly in Auckland and other […]
Lawyer Tug-of-War: NZ Law Firms Battle Global Competition for Legal Talent The legal law jobs landscape in New Zealand in 2024 is characterized by intense competition for top talent, including from overseas, with firms and in-house teams experiencing significant challenges in attracting and retaining skilled lawyers. The 2024 LawFuel law job survey shows that there
Barrister Michael O’Brien obtained an unprecedented judgement against the BNZ who were found to have acted with retaliatory intent against his client, Melissa Bowen, outlined in a media statement issued this week relating to the landmark ruling from the Employment Relations Authority. The ERA determined that BNZ had proposed her redundancy as an act of
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Kaplan Returns To Roots With New Litigation Boutique Few legal figures stand out as prominently as Roberta “Robbie” Kaplan in the American legal universe. A trailblazing attorney with a penchant for taking on high-profile cases, Kaplan has consistently pushed the boundaries of justice and equality scoring recent victory against former President Donald Trump in the
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>> Check new law jobs on NZ’s Best Law Jobs Network Bell Gully has further strengthened its senior ranks with the recent appointment of six senior associates in the corporate, litigation, employment and projects and real estate teams: Charles Wong, Hannah Turton, Rebecca Compson, Ruth Keats, Adam Conti and Matthew Flinn. “We are pleased to welcome six senior associates – a mix
Eric Watson, the flambouyant former New Zealand business high-flier, has finally broken cover in response to insider trading charges brought against him by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). A letter written from his current Ibiza address to the US courts is attempting to set aside a default declaration arising from his non-appearance to
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The delay in the sentencing of former Green MP and Hamas supporter Golriz Ghahraman has set off a Twitter-X storm with Court-spun tales of her parliamentary security detail equalling the PMs and her PTSD issues due to her alleged tendency to ‘build a house and then burn it down’. >> Latest law jobs here .
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Emma Priest, Barrister I’ve been thinking a lot about why is that I love criminal law. I think that when people commit crime, they show us the extreme end of what are very understandable human emotions. >> All the best law jobs on LawFuel’s Network – Best Jobs Daily There is a common humanity in
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In response to frequent requests from external firms for document and trial assistance, Chapman Tripp have established Digital Litigation Solutions a specialized team of litigation technology experts that serves barristers, legal firms, and Chapman Tripp clients alike to help manage electronic and physical information of any scale or format. The new operation employs eDiscovery tools,
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>> New Zealand’s Best Law Jobs Here MinterEllisonRuddWatts Corporate Partner Mark Forman has been recognised as a leading M&A dealmaker in the inaugural Dealmakers of the Year List published by NZ Lawyer today. The Dealmakers of the Year List details the 25 most influential and standout dealmakers from across Australia and New Zealand. MinterEllisonRuddWatts Chief Executive, Andrew Poole says
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