The New Zealand Law Society has – at last, most will think – dropped its investigation of barrister Catriona MacLennan. The decision, which concluded that ‘no further action is required’, was released on Friday evening when most of the Society’s members would have been enjoying their Friday night drinks or watching the Hurricane beat the […]
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MinterEllisonRuddWatts is delighted to announce the appointment of Sarah Thirlwall as the firm’s new Chief Digital Officer, effective 14 May 2018. Sarah will join the progressive law firm’s leadership team to advance new technology that will further increase efficiencies while ensuring security of the firm’s IT environment. Announcing Sarah’s appointment, the firm’s CEO Mike Schubert
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#Metoo campaigner, public lawyer Zoe Lawton has set up another blog to get men to sign on to end harassment in the legal profession. Lawton’s initial blog calling for accounts from lawyers who had experienced harassment and bullying in the legal workplace. She claimed criticism from several quarters of the blog, saying she had been
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The Privacy Commissioner and the Domain Name Commissioner have developed guidance on privacy and domains, which will foster greater awareness of good privacy practices in the .nz domain name space. The new fact sheet gives individuals with .nz domain names some practical tips on how to manage their personal information during the life cycle of
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Prominent Maori performing arts educator Donna Grant has appeared at the Rotorua District Court on charges laid by the Serious Fraud Office. Mrs Grant faces representative charges of ‘Dishonestly using documents’ and ‘Obtaining by deception’ and individual charges of ‘Creating a forged document’ and ‘Using a forged document’. The SFO alleges that the defendant used
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The jobs market for New Zealand lawyers remains strong with a range of new jobs coming onstream. LawFuel law jobs site and social media pages have shown a record number of new postings, ranging from in-house jobs (Gisborne, Auckland, Wellington) to provincial firms seeking lawyers in practice areas ranging from relationship property and family work
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Judges need more training in domestic violence law – Lawyer Catriona MacLennan Catriona MacLennan told TVNZ 1’s Q+A programme that the Domestic Violence Act is an excellent law but it’s not being applied properly. ‘I’ve been saying for a long time that I think judges need a lot more training in domestic violence, and this
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UK law blog ‘Legal Cheek’ re-released” their article on the Eminem case involving the non-foot-tapping lawyers in the Wellington High Court during the litigation brought by rapper Eminem’s copyright holders and the National Party. LawFuel reported the event here, but LegalCheek decided they loved it all so much they would put it back out again
MinterEllisonRuddWatts – Deciding whether to end an employment relationship on medical grounds can cause quite the headache for employers. Helpfully, drawing on existing cases, the Employment Court (Court) has confirmed the core principles to follow in medical incapacity situations in its recent decision in Lyttelton Port Company v Arthurs [2018] NZEmpC 9. Mr Arthurs had
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Jim Farmer QC has heavily criticised the Law Society’s standards committee for their prosecution of barrister Catriona MacLennan, saying he “earnestly hoped that the Law Society will quickly rein in its National Standards Committee.” Ms MacLennan, who has publicly pronounced that she would ‘not be silenced’ on the matter’, criticised the comments and decision by
