New Zealand’s new law sanctioning Russians from travelling to or having interests in New Zealand has been passed under urgency. The initial round of sanctions under the Russia Sanctions Act were published in legislation on Thursday, after being signed off by Governor-General Dame Cindy Kiro, targeting Putin and 12 others who are banned from travel to New […]
LawFuel – Powering Lawyers – Leading law firm Russell McVeagh has been recognised as the top law firm in the country. The firm was awarded the ‘National Law Firm of the Year: New Zealand’ title at the prestigious IFLR Asia-Pacific Awards 2022 at last night’s online awards ceremony. Russell McVeagh CEO Jo Avenell said, “We’re extremely proud of
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The New Zealand Law Society | Te Kāhui Ture o Aotearoa made a submission on a draft Bill enabling the New Zealand Government to impose and enforce sanctions in response to Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine. Last week, the Law Society submitted on a draft of the Russia Sanctions Bill, which was subsequently introduced and
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>> See the latest law jobs in NZ and elsewhere on NZ’s best law jobs network DLA Piper is pleased to announce the appointments of two Senior Associates, Kierra Parker and Jacob Nutt. Kierra, who has been practising in Melbourne while completing her Masters in Environmental Law, is welcomed back to DLA Piper having been
>> See the latest law jobs on the LawFuel Law Jobs Board Here – Inhouse, regulatory, senior, junior and every other law job For some reason Westpac has harboured as number of LawFuel’s major power list lawyers, including former Wellington solicitor David McLean, who recently left the role of Chief Executive as the bank –
Simpson Grierson’s Ukrainian
‘resistance fighter’ who seeks tougher sanctions against Russia and its oligarchs
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Next Saturday (12th March) sees our first ‘live’ art auction for 2022 here in Whanganui at Heritage House. There will be a maximum 150 entries and the auction should take no more than 2½ hours. Starting at 2pm this means that anyone living within 3-4 hours’ drive of Whanganui will be able to make a day
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Russell McVeagh is pleased to have assisted the Westpac Group complete the sale of its New Zealand life insurance business to Fidelity Life this week. The $400 million sale includes a 15-year strategic alliance agreement for the exclusive provision of life insurance products to Westpac New Zealand retail customers. Ian Beaumont, Russell McVeagh’s Corporate Partner who led
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Deputy Public Service Commissioner Helene Quilter QSO announced the appointment of Ms Karen Chang to the position of Director and Chief Executive, Serious Fraud Office. The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is the lead law enforcement agency responsible for addressing serious and complex financial crime in New Zealand. The SFO also works to prevent financial crime
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Sean Phelan* One striking feature of the “freedom convoy” protests in Ottawa, Wellington and elsewhere has been the intense antagonism towards “mainstream media” (MSM). These antagonisms are expressed not only in now familiar descriptions of MSM journalists as sinister agents of a wider power elite, coupled with pity or scorn for the befuddled “sheeple” who
