Auckland barrister Andrew Simpson, 41, has pleaded guilty to money laundering transactions which allegedly aided the Comancheros Motorcycle Club. He was arrested in April along with others during a number of raids across Auckland when almost $4 million in assets was seized. His name suppression was dropped on Wednesday, at the High Court at Auckland in […]
Liz Blythe named NZ’s top young private practice talent Technology Partner Liz Blythe has been honoured with the title ‘Young Private Practice Lawyer of the Year’ at the 2019 New Zealand Law Awards. Liz is passionate about technology and helping her clients to achieve positive change through innovation. Liz’s specialist area of expertise, her significant
Described this week as ‘Winston Peters’ right hand man’, lawyer Brian Henry has been a long time Peters counsel, in more ways than one. But the developing NZ First scandal is unlikely to greatly dent the lawyer who has seen all this before. Recently appearing in the Auckland High Court proceeding brought by Peters in
Proposed class action looks to teach an expensive lesson to Aussie private equity firm and directors behind the Intueri Education Group failure – Former MD Kevin Chin Took Home AUD13 Million ‘Bonus’ Help is near to hand for the more than 800 shareholders who invested in Intueri Education Group Limited, the NZX and ASX-listed company
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Nicole Black knows a thing or two about lawyers and technology. She’s very much the ‘been there done that’ tech law expert, having written or co-written two books on technology and the law, as well as numerous articles on legal technology. But there is one area of technology that – hands down – she believes
English media law expert Mark Stephens says the decision by Prince Andrew to talk about his connections with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein was a “catastrophic error”. Mark Stephens is a partner at Howard Kennedy LLP and gained national prominence through his representation of James Hewitt after his alleged affair with Princess Diana. In an interview with
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The fledging Aotearoa Legal Workers Union, formed in June in the wake of the #Metoo crisis, it has released a survey suggesting that some lawyers are working for less than the minimum wage. The ALWU undertook a survey of ‘large’ New Zealand law firms where half of the respondents claimed that they worked for less
As New Law continues to make inroads into traditional legal work and the way legal services are delivers, Lawyers on Demand (LOD) has expanded its footprint in Australia and New Zealand. LOD acquired Lexvoco six months ago with lawyers joining the LOD Australian offices, as well as adding offices in both Australia (Adelaide, Geelong) and
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*Kate Green and Rachel More – Duncan Webb, Labour MP, former lawyer and professor of law speaks to LawFuel reporters Kate Green and Rachel Moore about climate change, law curriculum and the transition from law into politics. First term Labour MP for Christchurch central, Duncan Webb, 51, says it’s an unbelievable moment to be in
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We reported last week about the aggressive stance taken by Cleary Gottlieb over the departure of a senior legal team to Freshfields. We now see The Lawyer has written about the ‘doomed’ lockstep model, with New York legal recruiter Mark Rosen, chairman of Mark Bruce International, predicting the end of the lockstep era. The reason
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