Sir Robert Jones – New Zealand Green Party leader James Shaw has established a Parliamentary first in embracing an open plan office with his staff. He suggests other Cabinet Ministers should follow suit. Being in the office space business I know a bit about this but will probably be accused of talking my own book in […]
The last of the big Magic Circle firms to life its newly qualified pay rates has happened with Linklaters now lifting its NQ rate to £100,000. The pay rise follows Slaughter & May’s pay rise and increases recently by Freshfields. The rise includes a discretionary performance bonus as well and follows moves by all the
John Bowie – It may have been inevitable that a saga like the Colin (“Enough is enough”) saga would entangle the judicial system itself. And now, as the Herald reveals today in its story ‘The judge, the QC and the holiday’, it sees the cosy relationship between bar and bench once again hitting the rocky
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A Herbert Smith Freehills partner allegedly claimed that a female complainants actions would end her career if persisted with them. The claims have gone to the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA). Herbert Smith Freehills said that employment partner Andrew Taggart (pictured, left) had been reported to the UK Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA). There is no suggestion
Organising staff functions can be a challenge for anyone, but for Tauranga law firm Holland Beckett, they came up with something different this year: building childrens’ bikes by collecting bike parts. So, part fun, part feel-good ‘giving’. The team building event required each team to build a child’s bike by completing challenges within their teams
Former Linklaters lawyer and potential British PM Dominic Raab has been castigated by his former legal colleagues following his recent debate over the Tory leadership on UK TV. The Channel 4 debate saw the front runners other than THE major front runner Boris Johnson, debate the leadership question, revolving around the current Brexit fiasco. Raab,
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Ructions at the New Zealand Transport Agency have impacted the legal team, including many from its Land Transport Rules Team and as a result of the Agency’s new focus on technology and its apparent aim to transform from a traditional transport funder and safety regulator to a digitised transport service provider. The legal team at
The explosion in legal tech ‘apps’ will result in some massive consolidation, says an expert in the area, Professor Daniel Katz. Katz is professor of law at Chicago-Kent College of Law as well as having a major hand in legal tech himself, via his vice-president role in the global law tech company Elevate. There would
The Supreme Court hearing in respect of Kim Dotcom and his co-accused who face extradition to the United States has seen Dotcom’s former marketing manager Finn Batato finally appoint a lawyer to represent him. But the lengthy last ditch attempt by the Dotcom team to avoid extradition to the US also saw the Supreme Court
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While the pay rate increases may excite the interests of young lawyers, it also comes at the cost of smaller associate teams required to hit higher billing targets.
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