The Thomson Reuters 2026 State of the New Zealand Legal Market report delivers the best financial news the sector has had in years. But the most important material isn’t always in the headline figures. Read between the lines and five standout findings emerge — each one with real consequences for how NZ law firms compete, […]
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Leading law firm, MinterEllisonRuddWatts has been recognised as New Zealand’s Best Law Firm in this year’s Beaton Client Choice Awards, one of the professional services sector’s most respected benchmarks for client experience. The award is based entirely on independent research and direct feedback from clients, recognising firms that consistently deliver outstanding service, trusted advice and
From Yale to the Auckland High Court, from Crown prosecutor to PHARMAC board member, Anna Adams has spent nearly three decades quietly becoming one of New Zealand’s most formidable public lawyers. Now she’s got the biggest brief of her career. Attorney-General Judith Collins has announced the appointment of Auckland barrister Anna Adams as Solicitor-General and
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In Tauranga three legal heavy hitters have decided the talent shortage is painful enough to warrant an actual ceasefire. >> Looking for a Top Law Job? – Check LawFuel’s Law Jobs Network Cooney Lees Morgan, Sharp Tudhope and Holland Beckett have linked arms for the “Redefining Legal” campaign, cooked up with Priority One’s Work Life
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Body Corporate 207624 v Grimshaw & Co [2026] NZSC 5 17 February 2026 >> New Zealand’s Latest Law Jobs on LawFuel Jobs The Supreme Court has dismissed the Body Corporate 207624’s application for leave to appeal against Grimshaw & Co in a long-running professional negligence claim arising from the leaky building proceedings for the Spencer
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Buddle Findlay is delighted to announce that as of 1 January 2026, Andrijana Milosavljevic, Seamus Barnett, Chelsea Easter and Emma Roper have been promoted to senior associate. Our new appointments continue to build depth and expertise across the firm. Buddle Findlay congratulates Andrijana, Seamus, Chelsea and Emma on their appointments. Andrijana Milosavljevic becomes a senior
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NZ Law’s Power Lawyer List 2025 By John Bowie, LawFuel Publisher | The 2025 LawFuel Power List delivers its usual cocktail of institutional heavyweights, courtroom titans, regulatory shock troops, and a few strategists whose influence is quiet but devastatingly real. It’s opinionated, occasionally provocative, and guaranteed to irritate at least some of the people who
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LawFuel Power List 2005 No. 23 Auckland Crown Solicitor (2015-2023), Dickey was the first Māori to hold that position Dickey led NZ’s highest-profile prosecutions including Grace Millane’s murder trial and involvement in the Polkinghorne case. His 30 years of criminal and commercial litigation, SFO panel membership since 2010, and white-collar crime expertise following the GFC
LawFuel Power List 2005 No. 27 Epati’s September 2025 KC appointment made her New Zealand’s first Pacific silk—a milestone that transcends individual achievement. As NZ Law Society President (2019-2022), the first Pacific Islander and youngest person elected to the role, she championed diversity, mental health, work-life balance, and bullying/harassment reforms. She was LawFuel’s lawyer of
LawFuel Power List 2025 No. 34 The “divorce trust diva” has consistently held top rankings in both global and Asia-Pacific Chambers guides, handling high-profile divorce cases with multi-jurisdictional complications and appearing in the LawFuel list since 2019. Her practice involves complex relationship property matters, particularly where trusts obscure asset ownership. Recent personal challenges, including the
