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Auckland Law School Shake-Up Sees Critics Cry Foul Over ‘Stacked’ Committee

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Auckland Law School’s ‘Stacked Deck’ Committee The University of Auckland’s decision to exclude practising lawyers and barristers from the committee reviewing its proposed law and business school merger has raised eyebrows and concerns within the law profession, with critics questioning the committee’s ability to adequately assess the potential impact on the legal profession and the […]

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Bijural Bombshell And One Judge’s Radical Plan to Rewrite NZ Law

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Justice Whata’s Legal Revolution Anthony Willy Readers are excused if they do not know what this means. That is because it is an entirely new system of law for New Zealand advocated by Justice Christian Whata our latest judicial appointment to the Court of Appeal. The fact that it is practiced nowhere else in any

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Wellington Law Firm Links To Global Giant

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Wellington boutique disputes resolution firm Darroch Forrest is to join international insurance and litigation firm Kennedys. Darroch Forrest will operate under the Kennedy’s name from 1 October. Kennedy’s in New Zealand has specialised in insurance work with an existing office in Auckland, as well as developing work in litigation, disputes, real estate and related areas.

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New Zealand Law: LawFuel 2024 Law Job Survey

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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

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The Powerful Maiden Speech From Young Maori Lawyer

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James Meager, the new National MP and former Simpson Grierson lawyer, made an impression upon Parliament with his maiden speech, challenging the ownership claims of the leftover Māori, the poor, and workers. The speech impressed many on both sides of the House and heralded a significant career ahead for the new politician. >> Latest Law

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Russell McVeagh Grows Partnership with Four New Partners

Leading commercial law firm Russell McVeagh is further growing its partnership with key home-grown senior talents – Alex MacDuff, Bevan Peachey, Hannah Wilson and Michael Loan – being promoted to partner (subject to completing Law Society requirements). Spanning the firm’s Litigation, Banking & Finance, and Corporate Advisory practice groups, the appointments follow on from the firm’s appointment of Real Estate & Construction partner, Doran Wyatt,

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Capital Lawyers Come Out of Retirement To Battle Out-of-Control Wellington Council

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The shambolic proceedings in Wellington’s endless earthquake strengthening and bicycle lane obsession has brought two retired lawyers to the forefront of a new activism to attempt to provide some measure of common sense to the capital’s parlous state. The much-vaunted pedestrianization of the ‘Golden Mile’, part of an attempt to get Wellington moving, but which

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