A Russell McVeagh partner has resigned following an ‘independent external” review by an investigator over alleged breach or breaches of the firm’s policies, which the partner denies having breached. “A partner has recently resigned from the Russell McVeagh partnership. This followed the appointment of an independent external investigator to complete a thorough investigation into concerns raised that the […]
Following the first lockdown in 2020, Auckland family lawyer Jeremy Sutton recognised a need for greater support for sole practitioners, resulting in the setting up of a new legal platform providing support for sole practitioners who might otherwise feel isolated and disconnected from the support systems available to lawyers in larger firms in the larger
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Commercial lawyer Roger Wallis has been an important contributor towards commercial law issues and policy, making his entrance into the Power List Apart from his acting on various key commercial deals (Precinct Properties $250m placement; SkyCity fund raising etc) he has played a key role in governance, regulatory and commercial matters that lend an important
Wellington Lawyer Tyrone Barugh has come up against a 102 year old law that prevents him from selling milk, despite the obsolete law apparently having been overriden by subsequent legislation. >> Criminal law jobs – in-house roles – new jobs daily on the LawFuel Jobs Network Barugh had applied to the Wellington City Council for
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Arthur Taylor’s legal career has perhaps overshadowed his illegal career that saw him guesting with the Corrections Department for around 40 years including a dozen successful escapes, including two in Australia, and a growing list of often successful court appearances. But now, with the publication of his book, ‘Prison Break: The Extraordinary Life and Crimes
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” . . it was “incomprehensible” that Ms Kimmitt did not contact Mr Bartlett before sending the email.” The scandal involving the email from MinterEllison’s former CEO Annette Kimmitt has lead one Australian law leader to describe the incident as “off the planet and incomprehensible.” Kimmitt has now resigned her position following the imbroglio over
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Russell McVeagh is putting its best womens’ feet forward with International Women’s Day and having the firm’s newly appointed woman Chair, Allison Arthur-Young speak to the firm’s breakfast club, their network of junior women lawyers. It’s as if the crisis of three years ago never happened – or because of it that the event and
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Tributes have flowed for former Law Society president Jonathan Temm, 58, who died this week. A Rotorua-based barrister who was appointed Queens’ Counsel in 2019, Jonathan Temm was a highly respected barrister and a popular member of the profession for his selflessness and humanity as much as for his service to the profession and his
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It’s on 8 March, in case you didn’t know, but for Dunedin law firm Staley Cardoza Lawyers they’re celebrating being Otago’s first all women law partnership. Support Independent Law News: It’s appropriate that the firm would be in Otago where Ethel Benjamin became the first woman to study law in either Australia or New zealand,
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New Law firm Juno Legal has recruited another senior New Zealand In-house Counsel with its recruitment of former BP NZ General Counsel Rachael Lynch. She has spent 15 years as in-house lawyer with BAT NZ, working in Australia and London before moving to the BP role in New Zealand. She previously worked at Simpson Grierson.
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