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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The strongly worded complaint to the Judicial Conduct Commissioner by litigation funder LPF Group, as reported in LawFuel last year, has been responded to with the Litigation Funder deciding to “take the matter no further at this point in time.” Litigation Funding Group director Phil Newland wrote a nine page complaint to the JCC in
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Howick lawyer Richard Galbraith (left) didn’t know what he was up for when he started his online conveyancing-tracking programme KeyTrack way back in 2003. Certainly spending over 1 million dollars on the programme and associated Start-Up costs was not something he contemplated. Now, 15 years later, the software is redesigned, rebuilt and rebooted with
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Hon Justice Stephen Kós & Privacy Commissioner John Edwards to Speak at “Power Breakfast” in aid of Victim Support As sponsor for a new charity breakfast series in partnership with Victim Support, LawFuel is proud to present the LawFuel Power Breakfast Club and invite you or your firm to consider joining us. Over the course
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Russell McVeagh have appointed Dame Margaret Bazley to lead the external review of the firm in the wake of the sexual harassment scandal that has surrounded the firm in recent weeks. The announcement of Dame Margaret’s appointment was made today by the firm’s chair, Malcolm Crotty. She is also to be assisted by an as-yet
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