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SFO Reach Settlement Over Inadvertent Disclosure of National Party Documents

NZ Press Releases / February 21, 2021

On 12 May 2020, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) inadvertently disclosed two documents to the defendants in the National Party donations case. Those documents contained confidential information regarding donors to the National Party in 2017 and 2018. They were disclosed in error during the course of the SFO’s compliance with its normal disclosure obligations. The […]

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MinterEllisonRuddWatts: COVID-19 reaction, increased regulatory action and legislative change ahead

MinterEllisonRuddWatts, NZ Press Releases, Power Law Firms - New Zealand / February 11, 2021

MinterEllisonRuddWatts–Continued responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, greater regulatory action and adjustments to legislation will all shape the litigation landscape in the year ahead. These are among the predictions made by MinterEllisonRuddWatts’ leading dispute resolution team in its Litigation Forecast 2021.Partner and co-leader of the national law firm’s Dispute Resolution team, Andrew Horne (pictured) says that

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Bell Gully: Three New Partners, Five Senior Associates Appointed

Bell Gully, New Zealand Law News, NZ Power Law Firms, NZ Press Releases / February 10, 2021

Bell Gully is delighted to announce the appointment of three new partners, five senior associates and a special counsel for 2021. The new partners are specialist banking and finance lawyer Jennifer Gunser (pictured)and two experienced litigators Blair Keown and Kirsty Dobbs*. Bell Gully’s three new partners “The firm’s market leading litigation and financial services teams continue to be very busy

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Anderson Lloyd: Promotions at Anderson Lloyd

Anderson Lloyd, NZ Press Releases, Power Law Firms - New Zealand / February 10, 2021

Senior Associate Eva Roe has been promoted to Senior Associate in Anderson Lloyd’s Queenstown Property and Private Client Team. Eva specialises in property law, with a focus on projects, property subdivisions and developments, and has a background in banking and finance. Heidi Bendikson has been promoted to Senior Associate in Anderson Lloyd’s Queenstown Property and Private Client

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Employment and Health & Safety Law Firm Expands

New Zealand Law News, NZ Press Releases / January 27, 2021

Janet Copeland, Managing Partner and Kate Ashcroft, Partner are delighted to announce the promotion of Naoimh McAllister and Myriam Mitchell to Partners at Copeland Ashcroft Law. Naoimh joined the Copeland Ashcroft Law team in 2018 as a Senior Associate in our Queenstown office. Naoimh advises on all forms of contentious and non-contentious workplace law issues

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Bell Gully Lawyers Recognised in Chambers Directories

Bell Gully, New Zealand Law News, NZ Press Releases, Power Law Firms - New Zealand / January 27, 2021

Bell Gully is proud to have many of its people and practice areas recognised across two recently released major international directories – Chambers Asia Pacific 2021 and The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2021. The rankings are a result of extensive research which analyses the views of clients, investment bankers, commercial bankers and accountants who work closely with lawyers

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DLA Piper Wellington Office Moves

NZ Press Releases, Power Law Firms - New Zealand / January 18, 2021

DLA Piper has moved its Wellington office into new waterfront premises in the Deloitte building. DLA Piper’s New Zealand Country Managing Partner, Martin Wiseman, says “Our move in Wellington is another exciting step in our firm’s ongoing pursuit of excellence and innovation. Once again, we have created a world-class, technically sophisticated office environment which not

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Former EY Law Employment Lawyer Sets Up Firm

New Zealand Law News, NZ Press Releases / January 13, 2021

Employment law specialist Shelley Kopu, who once led EY Law’s employment law team, has commenced practice as an employment lawyer at Shelley Kopu Law. The new law firm’s services include advising on all aspects on employment law, as well as mediation and investigation. Shelley Kopu has both private practice and in-house experience having practiced at Chris Patterson Barrister, SBM

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Russian Billionaire Takes US Legal Action For LawFuel Emails

New Zealand Law News, NZ Press Releases / January 12, 2021

The Russian billionaire vendor of the mansion recently sold to Meghan Markle and Prince Harry has sought to obtain private emails from New Zealand-based law news site LawFuel.com. Russian banker Sergey Grishin has indicated that he will take legal action against the small kiwi-based website and has attempted to obtain emails between the website and its

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Davey Salmon To Lead Homeowners Class Action For Southern Response Policyholders

Meredith Connell, New Zealand Law News, NZ Press Releases / December 15, 2020

Today, the Canterbury Homeowners Class Action has been launched to provide Southern Response policyholders a choice in their battle for full compensation from Southern Response for their quake-damaged homes. The new class action aims to ensure around 3,000 homeowners who were short-changed by Southern Response in the settlement of their claims before 1 October 2014,

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