LawFuel Power List 2024 During the year, the legal profession has seen new entrants, as an emerging number of influential commercial lawyers and litigators increasingly exert their influence over the profession. Women continue to also better reflect the preponderance of women law graduates as capable and effective women lawyers play a key role in shaping […]
Harrison Cooper, Morgan Dalton-Mill, Trent Harris, Madeleine Hay, Josh Hayes, Emily James, David Keogh, Ella Knoester, Daniel Maier-Gant, Rebecca Meikle, Georgia Moore, Tallulah Parker, Ruby Tinson and Romy Wales have all been promoted, in recognition of their expertise and contribution to the firm. Top row: Harrison Cooper, Morgan Dalton-Mill, Trent Harris, Madeleine Hay, Josh Hayes,
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Bell Gully is named large law firm of the year at the New Zealand Law Awards 2024 held on Thursday 28 November in Auckland. Top Criminal Lawyer Joins LawFuel Power List in 2024 “This recognition is a testament to our team’s hard work and dedication, working alongside clients on some of New Zealand’s most significant
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Prominent criminal lawyer Emma Priest has joined the ranks of leading lawyers on LawFuel’s Power List as a result of both her work as an effective advocate and an effective legal educator. Emma Priest’s her’s two-decade journey has been marked by versatility and a career as a criminal lawyer, a job she loves as she
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Leading specialist employment law firm Kiely Thompson Caisley has elevated Hannah King to the position of Partner effective 1 December 2024. King, who was admitted to the bar in 2012, has enjoyed a varied career which has included several years at another top law firm in Auckland. Welcoming King into the senior role, Executive Partner
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The best law jobs are on LawFuel – Check Here Over 40 King’s Counsel have written to the Prime Minister and Attorney-General, expressing grave concerns about the proposed Treaty Principles Bill substance and its potential impact on the country’s constitutional arrangements. The lawyers argue that the bill seeks to rewrite the Treaty of Waitangi itself
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Una Jagose Under Attack Survivors of the Abuse in Care scandal are seeking the removal of Power Lawyer Solicitor-General Una Jagose. Seeking a new job? LawFuel’s jobs network has them The calls follow the Government apology following the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care. They argue that without significant change, including Jagose’s removal,
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Leading criminal lawyer Nigel Hampton KC has resigned from the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) amid claims that new appointments compromise the ability of the Commission to do its work properly. Nigel Hampton is one of New Zealand’s most prominent criminal lawyers and listed in LawFuel’s forthcoming 2024 Power List of the country’s most powerful
Kris Gledhill* – Most lawyers are happy to accept we’ll never be as popular as doctors. We are probably on a level with dentists: nobody really wants to see them – until they have a toothache. >> See law jobs on New Zealand’s targeted law jobs network here Same with lawyers. Having to sort out
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Although plaintiff-focused law firms have been a staple of many overseas jurisdictions, they have been scarce in New Zealand. Adina Thorn helped raise the profile of these firms when she set up her class action firm and Cuncannon Law has built a solid practice with class action and consumer complaints law, despite being a recent
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