New AMINZ chief has strong background in legislation and regulation Legal issues are a natural fit for the newly appointed Executive Director of the Arbitrators’ and Mediators’ Institute of New Zealand. Sue Wells, who began in her new Wellington-based role this month, comes to the position with a strong background in issues having to do […]
Minter Ellison Rudd Watts: New National Policy Statement on Urban Development By Bianca Tree and Rachel Devine This year, housing demand has been central to a number of policy announcements including the creation of a new Housing and Urban Development Authority, a Construction Sector Accord, and the review of the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA).
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The legend that is Ruth Bader Ginsburg is one that transcends much of what American law means in a Trump world – but also one that represents much to women lawyers and – dare we say it? – women everywhere. An opinion piece on the Guardian recognizes the obvious, that the already 86-year-old Cancer-stricken jurist,
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The Musical Barrister To Play a New Tune in Court Classical trumpeter, cathedral singer and rock band bass-playing barrister Jonathan Krebs of Napier has been made a District Judge along with Auckland lawyer Clare Bennett. Mr Krebs, who practices out of both Auckland and Napier, is best known in legal circles for his successful representation
The Ministry for Primary Industries has now released the proposed National Policy Statement for highly productive land Kensington Swan – By Marija Batistich, Christina Sheard or Nicky McIndoe The proposed NPS is intended to improve the way highly productive land is managed under the Resource Management Act 1991 (‘RMA’). All going well, the NPS should address the conflict
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Testicles & Student Mocking Steps Too Far Former Prime Minister Helen Clark has called on Canterbury Students’ Association sponsors Chapman Tripp to pull their sponsorship following the recent, offensive student review referencing testicles and a profoundly deaf student. >> See the latest law jobs on New Zealand’s leading law jobs site here They said it
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Powered By LawFuel – Fast-growing Australian insurance law firm Wootton + Kearney has expanded its New Zealand presence, appointing a cyber insurance expert as senior associate in Wellington. Wotton + Kearney (W+K) was founded in 2002 with two partners and now has over 230 lawyers working across Australia and now in New Zealand in Auckland
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The much vaunted overhaul of the Justice System has been hit with the resignation of two ‘heavy hitters’ who quit over frustrations in dealing with the major overhaul. The two to resign were general manager Dr Warren Young and crime expert and sociologist Dr Jarrod Gilbert. Dr Young is General Manager of the Independent Police
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Gisborne’s two historic law partnerships, Burnard Bull and Woodward Chrisp – are to combine to be “the largest legal practioners in Tairawhiti and Hawkes Bay”, but not without a degree of resentment over legal work that ‘leaves the district’. Burnard Bull closes its doors on September 30 after a history of 135 years and the
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP – In recent years, applications of artificial intelligence (AI) have appeared in almost every industry in the world. The term AI is broad in scope and refers to a number of different tools that utilize models of a mathematical nature to analyze data, usually large volumes of data, to predict
