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Tributes Flow For Former NZLS President and ‘Good, Kind Man’ Jonathan Temm

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Tributes have flowed for former Law Society president Jonathan Temm, 58, who died this week. A Rotorua-based barrister who was appointed Queens’ Counsel in 2019, Jonathan Temm was a highly respected barrister and a popular member of the profession for his selflessness and humanity as much as for his service to the profession and his […]

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LawFuel’s 2020 New Zealand Lawyer of the Year

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Cassie Nicholson, LawFuel lawyer of the year 2020

Lawyer of the Year Sponsors LexisNexis New Zealand [adrotate banner=”140″] Staedtler – The pens successful lawyers use Cassie Nicholson – Legal First Responder Government legal counsel Cassie Nicholson, perhaps the key legal figure behind the mountain of legal work required to be climbed during the Covid-19 pandemic, is LawFuel’s Lawyer of the Year for 2020.

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Did You Read This? – NZ Book Awards Go ‘Fully Woke’ Says Braunias

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BowPress.com- Newsroom’s Steve Braunias announces that the Ockham NZ Book Awards have gone ‘fully woke’ with the announcement of the contenders for the literary prize. Writing for Newsroom’s ReadingRoom, Braunias notes that New Zealand literaturehas long tried to be work and ‘made various woke noises’, but he notes thatthe recently announced 2021 Ockham New Zealand national book

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The New Zealand Law Profession’s Unceremonious ‘Third Anniversary’ Of Workplace Bullying & Harassment

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John Bowie* It’s an anniversary that the New Zealand law profession would rather not have needed to talk about. But the end of February marked the third anniversary since the allegations of bullying and sexual harassment in the profession first arose and important questions still remain. The news broke in February 2018 with stories about

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Otago All-Women Law Firm Celebrate International Women’s Day

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It’s on 8 March, in case you didn’t know, but for Dunedin law firm Staley Cardoza Lawyers they’re celebrating being Otago’s first all women law partnership. Support Independent Law News: It’s appropriate that the firm would be in Otago where Ethel Benjamin became the first woman to study law in either Australia or New zealand,

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JunoLegal Grows With Another NZ In-House Counsel Hire

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New Law firm Juno Legal has recruited another senior New Zealand In-house Counsel with its recruitment of former BP NZ General Counsel Rachael Lynch. She has spent 15 years as in-house lawyer with BAT NZ, working in Australia and London before moving to the BP role in New Zealand. She previously worked at Simpson Grierson.

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Russell McVeagh Appoint Female Chair

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Russell McVeagh Partner and Board member Allison Arthur-Young has been elected as Russell McVeagh’s Board Chair. Arthur-Young, who has been a Board member for three years, succeeds outgoing Board Chair Malcolm Crotty who has completed his term, having served three years in the role. Crotty will resume his full-time practice as a key Litigation partner at the firm. Joining

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Linklaters Set To Join The Ranks Of The Female Law Firm Leaders

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Three candidates left in the race to succeed Charlie Jacobs as Linklaters’ senior partner It looks like Magic Circle law firm Linklaters could shortly have a woman senior partner as the trend towards female lawyers heading major law firms continues. Linklaters have seen the departure of the only male contender for the top role for

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