The range and scope of New Zealand legal jobs continues to grow, according to New Zealand law jobs network LawFuel who have the top 5 law jobs in New Zealand currently. Among the legal roles are fixed term and long term roles and one role with the Disputes Tribunal as a referee, assisting in a […]
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Four Senior Associates at Chapman Tripp have been recognised as leading practitioners in New Zealand’s legal profession with promotions to Special Counsel, appointments effective from 1 December 2021. Vonda Engels, Andrea Shepherd, Emma Dale, and Greer Fredricson, all based in the firm’s Auckland office, are well-known and highly regarded by many of the firm’s
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Two Russell McVeagh partners have been honoured for their outstanding work and client service in the 2021 Lexology Client Choice Awards announced today. Mei Fern Johnson and Troy Pilkington have each been named the exclusive New Zealand winner for General Corporate and Competition respectively. This year’s wins mark the second time for both of these partners to have been awarded the
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As the Covid vaccination programme steps up the pace Russell McVeagh has been one of the first firms to adopt a ‘jab only’ visitor policy, saying it will prevent anyone, clients, staff or visitors, from entering the firm premises from 1 November unless they have had both Covid vaccinations. The policy is the result of
Roger Partridge* -If Auckland takes the full eight weeks to work its way through the Government’s “three-step plan” for Alert Level 3, 1.6 million Kiwis will have endured one of the world’s most stringent lockdowns for more than half a year. Seven-and-a-half weeks at Levels 3 and 4 in March and April last year. Further
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EY Law has increased its Auckland-based legal team with the recruitment of former MinterEllisonRuddWatts partner Cameron Taylor. Taylor, a former Olympian has joined EY Law who are focused on expanding ‘their footprint’ in the New Zealand legal market. As well as the recruitment of Taylor, EY Law have also made Brendon Prebble, also a former
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LegalTech startup Law Vu has recruited a senior LinkedIn executive in a recruitment coup that will further help the startup’s rise. Greg Stephenson was North America’s marketing chief for Microsoft-owned LinkedIn who came to New Zealand because his Kiwi wife was keen to return. LawVu has been successfully fund-raising as LawFuel has reported and has
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Ron Pol – When the solutions to Panama, Paradise, and Pandora papers prevent better anti-crime outcomes. The latest round of coordinated outrage from a carefully manicured document leak – dubbed the Pandora Papers – provoked the usual storm of readymade “solutions” this week to “fix” the anti-money laundering system. But when perceptions (no
Christchurch barrister Jonathan Eaton QC has been appointed a High Court judge, sitting in Christchurch. He sat this year at number 27 on the LawFuel Power List of the country’s most powerful and influential lawyers. Attorney‑General David Parker announced the appointment this week, when he also announced that Auckland lawyer Clive Taylor was an associate
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The issues over the the alleged bullying behavour of Napier Family Court Judge Peter Callinicos has lead to complaints to the Judicial Complaints Commission and an unseemly scrap among the brethren in the judiciary. The complaints surround two cases in particular, one involving the custody of a Maori child and one a domestic abuse case
