>> See the latest law jobs in NZ and elsewhere on NZ’s best law jobs network DLA Piper is pleased to announce the appointments of two Senior Associates, Kierra Parker and Jacob Nutt. Kierra, who has been practising in Melbourne while completing her Masters in Environmental Law, is welcomed back to DLA Piper having been […]
Lawyers representing the Mainzeal liquidators are seeking over $58 million from the failed construction company’s directors, including former Prime Minister Jenny Shipley. The Supreme Court is hearing an appeal against the company’s former directors, who include Richard Yan, Peter Gomm and Clive Tilby as well as Dame Jenny Shipley. The three day hearing is due
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>> See the latest law jobs on the LawFuel Law Jobs Board Here – Inhouse, regulatory, senior, junior and every other law job For some reason Westpac has harboured as number of LawFuel’s major power list lawyers, including former Wellington solicitor David McLean, who recently left the role of Chief Executive as the bank –
Simpson Grierson’s Ukrainian
‘resistance fighter’ who seeks tougher sanctions against Russia and its oligarchs
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Next Saturday (12th March) sees our first ‘live’ art auction for 2022 here in Whanganui at Heritage House. There will be a maximum 150 entries and the auction should take no more than 2½ hours. Starting at 2pm this means that anyone living within 3-4 hours’ drive of Whanganui will be able to make a day
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Russell McVeagh is pleased to have assisted the Westpac Group complete the sale of its New Zealand life insurance business to Fidelity Life this week. The $400 million sale includes a 15-year strategic alliance agreement for the exclusive provision of life insurance products to Westpac New Zealand retail customers. Ian Beaumont, Russell McVeagh’s Corporate Partner who led
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Deputy Public Service Commissioner Helene Quilter QSO announced the appointment of Ms Karen Chang to the position of Director and Chief Executive, Serious Fraud Office. The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is the lead law enforcement agency responsible for addressing serious and complex financial crime in New Zealand. The SFO also works to prevent financial crime
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Sean Phelan* One striking feature of the “freedom convoy” protests in Ottawa, Wellington and elsewhere has been the intense antagonism towards “mainstream media” (MSM). These antagonisms are expressed not only in now familiar descriptions of MSM journalists as sinister agents of a wider power elite, coupled with pity or scorn for the befuddled “sheeple” who
Two well-known and proudly Waikato owned law firms are joining forces in April this year, growing their ability to service the wider Waikato region. Harkness Henry and Cambridge Law have a proud history in the Mighty Waikato and plan to strengthen bonds further in a joint partnership moving forward under the Harkness Henry brand
Ian Fleming may be known as the creator of James Bond but when it came to work and career advice the famed author was someone who took risks in his own careers, ensuring that opportunities were not wasted but were grasped with both hands. A reporter who had worked at Reuters, covering a Moscow
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