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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Chapman Tripp have firmly entered the legal tech world with the launch today of their new legal documentation service, employing artificial intelligence and marrying tech and legal expertise into a new service offering. Operated by the firm’s technology partner Bruce McClintock, Zeren also uses Cambridge University-developed Luminance machine-learning technology to speed up large scale documentation
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In a dramatic move the leading litigation funding group LPF Group have laid a complaint against chief justice Dame Sian Elias alleging that her actions had brought a “breach of natural justice, judicial bias and a failure to disclose potential conflicts of interest.” In a press release issued today, the company, of which former Supreme
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Jim Farmer QC is a voice worth listening to beyond just the courtroom. His occasional blog offerings provide sage advice on everything from the state of the law to legal lifestyle issues. His latest offering relates to lawyers handling pro bono work as an aid to their legal lifestyle and general obligation to provide service
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The leading law firm has been named winner of ‘Best Gender Diversity Initiative by National Firm’ at last night’s IFLR Euromoney Legal Media Group Asia Women in Business Law Awards, held in Hong Kong. Russell McVeagh senior partner and board member Sarah Armstrong said the award highlights the firm’s success in implementing and supporting diversity
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