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The Growing Trend Towards Direct Briefing of Counsel by In-House Lawyers

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A trend towards in-house counsel briefing counsel directly is evolving in both Australia and New Zealand, following the increased growth and sophistication of in-house legal teams in both countries. Australia has around 30 per cent of its lawyers working in-house and New Zealand is closing in on that number with around 25 per cent working […]

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‘Casual Sexism’ Not Good Enough – The Law Society ‘Cocktail’ Invitation

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A LawFuel story on the law event in New Zealand that permitted the ladies to wear cocktail dresses has generated high interest in the US, where leading law site AbovetheLaw reported on the disturbance Down Under. By way of recap, the story involved an invitation from the New Zealand Law Society that outlined the dress

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Forget Hot Desking and Open Plans – Here’s a Law Firm Going Back to Private Spaces

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The strong trend towards open plan office space is something we’ve written about previously, but the honest approach, according to one major Australian law firm, is because open plan = less expense. And they don’t want lawyers to be battery hens. The firm recently designed new offices for its Brisbane and Cairns offices, but it

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Law Society Goes Off Uncocked: The Cocktail Dress Brouhaha

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The NZ Law Society has now been held to account for its ‘casual sexism’ in respect of its forthcoming 150th anniversary celebration, with a note that men should wear formal wear and women a cocktail dress. And therein lies the issue. Wellington lawyer Mark Ford posted a note on his LinkedIn account that received a

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Farming & Law: Effluent Discharge Prosecutions under the Resource Management Act

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Mark Copeland Lawyers – Regional Councils take unlawful effluent discharge, especially when it enters waterways, extremely seriously. Under the Resource Management Act (RMA) any discharge is unlawful if it breaches the permitted activity rule in your region. The severity of the fines imposed has recently increased significantly as the government cracks down on polluters, with

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Litigator To Lead Shine Lawyers Following Retirement of Andrew Hooker

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Powered by LawFuel – International law firm Shine Lawyers have appointed Angela Parlane to take over leadership of Shine Lawyers New Zealand, as former Managing Director Andrew Hooker announces his retirement. Ms Parlane joined Shine Lawyers New Zealand as a director in February 2018 having spent the eight years prior running her own boutique law

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Bob Jones on Ross Asset Management Class Action – Investors Blaming Others for Their Own Negligence

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Sir Robert Jones* writes about the planned class action against the ANZ Bank and its chances of success . . and the senior lawyer leading the charge. Since I wrote about the RAM, mug “investors” looking to blame the ANZ for their stupidity, it’s come to light that the instigators of this action, such as

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