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NZ Law Society Rejects View That It “Goes Easy” On Law Law Firms to Harvest Revenue

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The New Zealand Law Society says it totally rejects reported assertions that it goes easy on lawyers in large law firms in order to continue collecting revenue from practising certificates. “The Law Society regulates all 14,000 lawyers with a New Zealand practising certificate without any preference. To suggest that a lawyer would not be disciplined […]

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New Law Jobs . . And Deciding What Sort of Lawyer You Should Be

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Deciding what sort of lawyer you should be involves a range of issues potential and actual lawyers need to consider, such as their interests and other matters.   LawFuel has a short quiz that can help lawyers decide what sort of lawyer they are based on the short questionnaire.  You can take the short quiz right

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Julia Batchelor-Smith appointed to Culture Change Taskforce

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Source: MinterEllisonRuddWatts–Julia Batchelor-Smith, a Senior Associate at MinterEllisonRuddWatts has been appointed to the New Zealand Law Society’s ‘Culture Change Taskforce’ – a group committed to driving systems and culture change within the legal community. As well as being a Senior Associate in the firm’s leading construction law team, Julia is the author of Balancing Work and Life: a

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Mark Copeland Appointed to Chair of Paralympics Committee

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Commercial lawyer Mark Copeland of Mark Copeland Lawyers at Rotorua and Auckland has been appointed as Chairman of the Legal and Ethics Committee of the International Paralympics Committee in Bonn, Germany. Pursuant to this role he is responsible for the determination of all complaints made under the IPC Code of Ethics, and also acts as

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7 Myths of Flexible Working – BUSTED!

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The demand for flexible working conditions and flexible work arrangements is a growing trend in New Zealand, and with benefits linked to increased productivity and happier staff, it’s no wonder a growing number of savvy law firms are taking notice.   Everyone, it seems, is after the ‘4 Hour Work Week’, or some flexi-time equivalent. It

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Kensington Swan appoints new special counsel to our national employment team

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Kensington Swan is delighted to welcome James Warren to the firm. James joins our national employment team based in Auckland, and will play an integral role in leading its employment law practice.  James has 20 years’ experience in employment law across both New Zealand and the UK. He has returned to New Zealand and joins

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While We Await Russell McVeagh’s Next Statement, Let’s Consider The WTF Jerk Lawyer Issue

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From a special LawFuel contributor, a senior female lawyer. What is it about people with initials and delusions of grandeur. Some were blessed with grandeur – think of the presidential offenders,  JFK WJC or OBJ, before we even get to Trump and those with TWO initials (did I mention OJ?).  But others were lesser mortals

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The New Chief Justice – And The Likely Candidates Are . .

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With the term of Chief Justice Sian Elias coming to an end in early 2019, the process for replacing her will now be well underway by Attorney-General David Parker (above).  And with it, there has been observed a few instances of political jockeying by those who are quite clearly vying for the job.  A legal

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The Taranaki Lawyer Who Could . . Making The Forbes List With Her Law Tech Biz

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Legal entrepreneur Claudia King has reached the Holy Grail of Lists – forgetting the Billionaire Forbes List perhaps – by making that magazine’s list of 60 women-led startups. Claudia King’s Automio, is a tech law platform that has been notching up continuing success in the law tech area with its recent successes. The ‘bot’ can

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Russell McVeagh advises on mid-market buyout deal

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Russell McVeagh has acted for global private equity firm The Riverside Company on all aspects of its majority investment in Hiway Group. Hiway Group is a market-leading provider of road construction and maintenance, geotechnical and environmental services in New Zealand and Australia. The Russell McVeagh team worked closely with Riverside partners Steven Spiteri and Nick

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