More lawyers than ever . . that’s the result of the Law Society’s latest stats on the New Zealand legal profession, which show over 14,000 lawyers holding practising certificates. That amounts to one lawyer for every 365 people in the country, one of the highest per-capital lawyers-per-head in the world. As LawFuel reported eight years […]
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The rise of class actions in New Zealand, culminating most recent with the $36 million Mainzeal action, reflects a trend towards lawsuits against corporate targets rather than the government, according to a new report from Auckland University law lecturer Nikki Chamberlain. Her report shows that one third of class actions have been taken against the
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Bob Jones* Recently, I wrote about “the good old days”, specifically the early 1960s and the character lawyers so prevalent then. Here’s another tale of those times to lighten your day. In my previous contribution I referred to Mike Bungay, John Tannahill (“Tan”), Des Deacon and Colin Beyer who about 1961 collectively set up offices
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The majority of serious crime victims lack faith in the justice system and feel justice was not served in their case, according to new research released by Victim Support. Victim Support released preliminary findings from the study at the two-day Hāpaitia te Oranga Tangata Safe and Effective Justice: Strengthening the Criminal Justice System for
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Lime scooters have been in the news with wheel-locks and gridlocks with Councils, but one law firm has trialled them successfully . . in their own offices. Dunedin’s Jenny Beck Law have been scooting the corridors of law after discarding the idea of taking Limes to the Emerson’s brewery on eight Limes. Instead they took
John Bowie – The Mainzeal case was a win for litigation funder LPF Group, which hit the trifecta after succeeding in the PSA kiwifruit case and the earlier settlement in the PwC claim involving Dave Henderson’s property group. But it will also place litigation funding into sharp relief with the Law Commission’s imminent review of
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Today, technology law firm Simmonds Stewart launched its 2019 techlaw intern programme in conjunction with the Law School at the University of Auckland. The programme, first run in 2018, offers law students paid intern positions at companies in the high-growth tech sector. The programme is a first for New Zealand law students (and, as far
Dame Jenny Shipley and her fellow directors of failed building company Mainzeal have been found liable for $36 million in damages, a ruling from Justice Francis Cooke has found. The company, which went into liquidation in 2013 had been trading while insolvent despite its high profile – and creditors would have been better off if
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Court appearances are second nature to Anne Stevens, but last week’s admission to the Inner Bar saw the feisty barrister as nervous as she had ever been. At a special sitting in Dunedin’s ornate courtroom, presided over by Chief Justice Dame Sian Elias the highly experienced criminal defence lawyer and former hippy who usually bikes
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Pundit, Knight, Author and Property investment supreme Sir Robert Jones has launched a blog to poke fun at a world “gone mad with political correctness”. His initial entry provides some advice for politician Jamie-Lee Ross, who Sir Robert castigates and notes that MP Sarah Dowie’s text that is the subject of police investigation is a
