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Two Lawyers Among ‘Best brains’ Awarded Postgraduate Scholarships

New Zealand Law News, NZ Press Releases, NZ Top in LawFuel / May 29, 2020

Two young lawyers have received scholarships for postgraduate study from the prestigious William Georgetti Scholarship programme, including Gilbert Walker lawyer Jack Alexander (pictured above) and Meredith Connell lawyer Robbie Morrison. The media release announcing the scholarships noted that Jack Alexander is currently practising as a litigator. He studied law and history at the University of […]

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Corporate Lawyer Joins Russell McVeagh As Wellington-Based Partner

New Zealand Law News, NZ Press Releases, NZ Top in LawFuel / May 28, 2020

Russell McVeagh announced today that Catherine Shirley-Brown has joined its national Corporate team as the firm’s newest partner, based in Wellington. Cath has previously worked at Russell McVeagh, and her appointment to partner at the firm follows experience as partner at another New Zealand law firm and six years as a partner at leading international firm Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP, based

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Gerard McCoy – The Legal Giant Who Took The Difficult Cases & Developed a ‘Cult Following’

LawStars, Lawyers, New Zealand Law News, NZ Top in LawFuel / May 14, 2020

The death of Dr Gerard McCoy, 63, arguably Hong Kong’s leading QC, saw the end of a 40 year-long legal career that included some of Hong Kong’s most difficult criminal trials for the kiwi lawyer. Highly regarded in both New Zealand and Hong Kong for his legal skills, he was a senior counsel since 1997

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New Zealand’s (Un)lawfuel Lockdown – Now Is the Time For Parliament to Hold the Government Accountable

New Zealand Law News, NZ Top in LawFuel, Power Law / May 13, 2020

Jelena Gligorijevic* – As the Government begins to ease the lockdown, serious questions remain about the lawfulness of these extraordinary measures. Parliament’s Epidemic Response Committee has indicated it will issue summonses for the production of legal advice about the legal basis of the powers exercised by the Government over the past few weeks. It is possible the

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NZ Lawyer’s Innovative Law Firm List Lists Apps . . But The Pandemic Creates a Whole New Issue For All NZ Law Firms

Law Firm Technology, Law Firms, New Zealand Law News, NZ Top in LawFuel / May 6, 2020

Christine Lloyd* Building law lists is an entire industry, but the problem with generating a list of ‘innovative law firms’ is made more difficult because there are few euphemisms more abused by law firm profiles than the word ‘innovative’. Yet the coronavirus pandemic will unquestionably change the practice of law forever, with one of the

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Largest Law Firm Chair Says “Going Back to the Office” Will Never Be The Same

Law Firms, NZ Top in LawFuel / May 4, 2020

Joe Andrew* – With 19,000 employees in 183 offices in 75 countries, most working remotely, I keep being asked when we are going back to the office. With offices in every pandemic hot spot in the world — from Wuhan to Milan — let alone places with reputations of managing the crisis, like Singapore or

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Sir Bob Jones on Why Labour Will Lose the Next Election After Their Over-The-Top Pandemic Lockdown & Busy-Body Rules Create Havoc

New Zealand Law News, NZ Featured Posts, NZ Top in LawFuel / April 14, 2020

He’s not known for holding back on his views, but Sir Robert Jones has taken to task the Government’s reaction to the pandemic, saying it will probably cost Labour the election and lead to massive economic pain, layoffs and business failures. The government pursued a policy of “mindlessly aping Britain” with an array of nonsensical,

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The Long-Time Partner at Chapman Tripp Explains How He Survived and Thrived

New Zealand Law News, NZ Featured Posts, NZ Top in LawFuel / April 13, 2020

We know that becoming a senior lawyer in a Big Law firm means preparing to exit when you’re in anything from mid-50s and beyond. But for Chapman Tripp consultant Arthur Young, who has spent 60 years as a partner, he has gone well beyond what hundreds before him have achieved in terms of Big Law

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Law Firms Develop Collegiality Amid Crisis With COVID Co-Opt Trends

Headlining, Law Firms, NZ Top in LawFuel / April 10, 2020

The COVID-19 has developed some unusual bonds among law firm that might normally be competing with one another as they work in their newly-forged partnerships to meet client needs in a time of economic mayhem. In Florida, law firms have created ‘Task Forces’ that assist clients, both commercial and individual. Coral Gables attorney Luis Salazar

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Born in a Pandemic – New Defence Law Group Focused on Delivering Better Results For Maori Defendants

Headlining NZ, New Zealand Law News, NZ Top in LawFuel / April 8, 2020

“..the justice system was beginning to consider the impact of colonisation on offence rates. .” Christopher Stevenson A new defence lawyers group, the Defence Lawyers Association New Zealand, is the only such group set up solely for defence lawyers and will help lawyers deal with the challenges posed by the COVID-19 Pandemic. The group’s co-founder,

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