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MinterEllisonRuddWatts Partner Rachel Devine has been appointed president of the Association of Resource Management Practitioners (RMLA) following the resignation recently of James Gardner-Hopkins. In a release from Minters today, the firm said – Rachel brings 22 years’ experience in environment law to the role, including her experience advising private and public sector clients on matters
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And now Chapman Tripp are ensnared in the #Metoo movement, with a report that one of the firm’s solicitor’s had sex with a law student at an Auckland University Law Students’ Society camp in 2012, which Chapman Tripp had sponsored. The firm said it had only just been made aware of the allegation and investigated
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The New Zealand Law Society has welcomed legislation to give the Legal Complaints Review Office new powers that will assist in clearing a backlog of complaints involving lawyers. The legislation would also make the resolution of complaints more efficient and timely, the Law Society has told Parliament’s Justice Committee in a submission on the Tribunals
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Law students and others gathered in their black-clad #Metoo gear outside the Wellington office of law firm Russell McVeagh to vent their feelings regarding sexual harassment in the workplace. The large crowd, which marched to Midland Park in their ‘March on Midland’, outside the firm’s office where they staged a loud rally calling not only
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Victoria University students will march from their Law School grounds to Midland Park in protest of the sexual harassment and violence students, interns and graduates are subject to within the legal fraternity and professional services. Stories of sexual violence and harassment in the workplace are increasing, as more survivors have the courage to come forward,
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Parliament’s lawyers – who to watch and who to not Parliamentary Reporter – With the Ardern government finally coming down from the shock of making it into the Beehive, it is become increasingly clear who the key players are in the administration. Ardern herself, along with Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters and Finance Minister Grant
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By Clare Sinnott, Special Counsel, MinterEllisonRuddWatts New Zealand is facing a range of resilience-related issues The Resource Management Act (RMA) is facing a range of resilience-related issues: – The vulnerability of primary industries and regional economies to climate change effects – The risks to communities, transport and other systems from natural hazards, climate change and
Litigation Funder Phil Newland doesn’t exactly pretend he’s doing God’s work with LPF Group, but despite the naysayers, he does say he’s on the side of the little guy to even up the litigation playing field. Celebrating its 10 years in business next year, LPF has already settled 15 cases and has achieved success for
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Minister of Justice Andrew Little is prepared to intervene formally in the law profession’s current crisis over sexual harassment issues that have to date encircles law firm Russell McVeagh and two law schools. The #MeToo movement and a variety of womens legal groups and others have been heavily critical of the Law Society’s response to
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