LawFuel Power List 2025 No. 1 Una Jagose may be stepping down in February, but she clings to the top spot on the LawFuel Power List by continued influence in the top law role. It was not the easiest year. She had already faced issues with her late-2024 prosecution guidelines suggesting ethnicity might factor into […]
Russell McVeagh is delighted to recognise six outstanding lawyers who have been promoted to Special Counsel and Senior Associate respectively, effective 1 December, across Litigation, Banking and Finance, Government, Competition and Regulation, Corporate Advisory, Property & Real Estate and Private Client practice areas. Special Counsel promotions: Senior Associate promotions: In addition, the firm recently welcomed two
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Why Russell McVeagh Partner Brian Clayton Ditched the Timesheet (Temporarily) and What It Did to His Lawyer Brain Most construction partners spend their careers praying the pipeline never dries up. Brian Clayton, on the other hand, actually walked away from it, swapping the office for a paddock, co-founded a fully integrated hops export business with
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Chapman Tripp is proud to announce that partner Michael Arthur has been appointed as a Judge of the High Court of New Zealand. While we are sad to be saying goodbye, we are delighted to see Michael’s expertise and dedication recognised with this prestigious appointment. Michael has been a cornerstone of our commercial litigation and
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When Tikanga Just Doesn’t Cut the Mustard John Bowie, LawFuel publisher There’s something exquisitely theatrical about radicals discovering, at the very moment of personal inconvenience, that the colonial court system is suddenly quite useful. Mariameno Kapa-Kingi’s dash to the High Court after her ejection from Te Pāti Māori is a masterclass in ideological gymnastics. Kapa-Kingi,
JCC Report Exposes Ongoing Judicial Bullying Claims New Zealand’s Judicial Conduct Commissioner, the long-suffering and certainly the long-serving Alan Ritchie, has released his annual report, and surprise: the complaints box is still overflowing. Bullying, incompetence, and glacial case progress continue to stalk the courts like unwanted familiars. Bullying, delays and what might politely be called
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Todd Walker Branding Makeover John Bowie, LawFuel publisher Central Otago’s Todd Walker has decided it no longer wants to look like the firm you hurriedly Google the night before signing a sale-and-purchase agreement. The newly refreshed brand, announced in a media release, unveiled after a period of rapid expansion for the firm, signals a firm
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Queenstown/Wānaka, New Zealand — Leading Central Otago law firm Todd Walker (formerly TODD & WALKER Law) is proud to announce the launch of its refreshed brand identity, unveiling a new name, visual style and website that embody the firm’s continued evolution and commitment to clarity, connection and trusted legal expertise. The brand update marks a
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01 December 2025 Torrin Crowther Bell Gully has been awarded the New Zealand Country Award at the 2025 Lexology Index Awards (formerly known as the Who’s Who Legal Awards), held in London on 27 November. We were recognised for our leadership in the New Zealand market, based on exceptional performance among the many firms Lexology
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Compensation sought for negligent power outage estimated to have cost businesses tens of millions of dollars A class action has been filed against Transpower, the state-owned electricity grid operator, and its lines maintenance contractor, Omexom arising out of a major power outage which occurred in June 2024. The class action seeks to recover losses on behalf
