The leading law firm has announced it has signed on as a sponsor of the NZ Falcons RFC, a gay and inclusive rugby club which aims to enable players to come together to participate and enjoy rugby in an open and supportive environment. Russell McVeagh HR Director Lesley Elvidge says the firm has been supporting […]
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With a change in government for the first time in nearly a decade, a legal recruitment firm says changes in hiring trends are likely as the programmes of the Labour-led alliance get underway. McLeod Duminy Legal Careers says the focus on corporate and property lawyers prevalent in the first half of 2017, is already giving
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Law firms seeking lawyers to work in the provinces are taking aggressive steps to recruit staff, with reports that one law firm is offering new solicitors up to $25,000 cash deposit for a house to attract quality staff. A Hasting-based law firm has made the offer, with the advertisement looking for a senior and junior
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Two women lawyers, both Maori, have wound up working for the same company after taking entirely separate routes to their current jobs: One a varied and more circuitous journey and one a more traditional one. Both demonstrate the opportunities that exist for women lawyers notwithstanding the obstacles that confront many in the profession. VUW Law
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Dealing with self represented defendants has been an issue for the courts for some time, notwithstanding the Court of Appeal indicating that amicus curiae appointments should be rare to avoid conflicts, confusion and undermining the legal aid system. The Court of Appeal decision in Grenville Henare Fahey v. The Queen saw the court consider submissions
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Wellington Queen’s Counsel and former partner of what is now Minter Ellison Ken Johnston has been appointed an Associate Judge of the High Court. The appointment was announced by Attorney General David Parker. Ken Johnston practised from Lambton Chambers and has handled extensive arbitration work, as well as commercial and criminal trial and appellate work. Following
Bell Gully has retained its market-leading position as a legal adviser for mergers and acquisitions, according to two major international league tables released in January. Annual reviews from Bloomberg and Thomson Reuters ranked Bell Gully within the top 20 firms in Australasia in three out of four measures of merger and acquisition activity in 2017.
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It was always coming – the day when women outnumbered men in the New Zealand legal profession. And now it has arrived, with the NZ Law Society announcing that of the 13,103 lawyers practising, 6553 are women. Women admitted to the bar have exceeded men since the early 1990s, but the gap has now closed.
The pregnancy of Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has lead to Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters accepting the baubles of Ms Ardern’s office for at least six weeks while she takes leave to have her baby in June. Ironically perhaps, Ms Arderns’ pregnancy was found out during the coalition talks where Mr Peters was centre state
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Paul Crail Among New Zealand’s most powerful lawyers, outlined in the third LawFuel “Power List”, the politicians and jurists are excluded from membership. We all know they have power. The purpose of the Power List is to outline those non-political, non-judicial legal identifies who wield power within New Zealand. But one politician who has enveloped
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