The Law Society have announced that Auckland barrister Anthony David Banbrook has been struck off following a hearing on 2 November. Mr Banbrook had been a director of failed finance firm National Finance and in 2013 was sentenced to eight and a half months’ home detention and ordered to pay reparations of $75,000 for making an […]
The leading law firm is pleased to welcome to the Russell McVeagh partnership Cameron Law, who joins the firm from the transport sector, together with homegrown talents Ben Paterson and Joe Edwards. Russell McVeagh Board Chair, David Hoare says, “The firm is proud to welcome Cameron to the firm’s Environment, Planning and Natural Resources team,
Chapman Tripp is pleased to announce the appointment of three new partners, effective 1 December 2017. In the Auckland office, Hamish Bolland becomes a property partner. In our Wellington office, Lucy Cooper becomes a competition and regulatory partner, and Tim Sherman a commercial and technology, media and communications partner. Auckland Hamish Bolland, Construction and Major
Green MP and lawyer Golriz Ghahraman entered the age-old area of being criticised for representing “guilty” parties with criticism leveled at her by former Labour Party staffer Phil Quinn who criticised the new MP over the ‘moral and conscious’ choice’ in who she defended. The MP rejected accusations she is a “genocide denier” after
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Voice recognition technology has come a long way in recent years. Nuance Dragon Legal is the market leader and LawFuel took the opportunity to interview Asia Pacific Business manager for the company to find out exactly how the latest version is changing the way lawyers work – and what’s in store. Q & A for
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Launching tonight at an event hosted by leading law firm Russell McVeagh, the New Zealand Women’s Law Journal — Te Aho Kawe Kaupapa Ture a ngā Wāhine is a first for New Zealand’s legal profession as the only academic publication solely dedicated to publishing and supporting the work of women lawyers in the country. Berkeley,
MinterEllisonRuddWatts’ reputation for helping clients get the country’s most complex and technically challenging deals done was cemented at the New Zealand Law Awards last night. At the prestigious annual industry awards celebrating excellence in the legal profession, the top tier firm was awarded five out of the possible six deal awards: – New Zealand Deal
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Winning 8 awards, the leading law firm has been recognised at last night’s 2017 New Zealand Law Awards – winning Large Law Firm of the Year, Employer of Choice, Deal Team of the Year for the Corporate Advisory team, as well as five of six deal categories. Russell McVeagh Chair of the Partnership Malcolm Crotty
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Kensington Swan is delighted to announce the promotion of Marija Batistich (pictured left) and Charlotte Parkhill as Partners with effect from 1 January 2018. Marija joins partners Nicky McIndoe and Christina Sheard in the firm’s leading environment and planning team. She joined Kensington Swan in 2017 from another major New Zealand firm and has more
Litigation funders LPF Group’s official complaint to the Judicial Conduct Commissioner regarding Chief Justice Dame Sian Elias’s alleged conflicts and bias and reveals the depth of opposition by insurers and others to litigation funding in New Zealand. The 10 page complaint explains the dramatic effect of Dame Sian’s alleged opposition to litigation funding and to
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