It doesn’t get much tougher for anyone that surviving a tough refugee camp, particularly if education has been denied. But Kiwi-educated lawyer Rez Gardi became the first Kurd graduating from Harvard Law School and is now prosecuting the Islamic State for egregious war crimes – the very people who persecuted her own Kurdish people. Once
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Kris de Jong* “Unprecedented times” is a term that’s been overused in the past, but at this moment it seems completely appropriate. Disruption, uncertainty and additional pressures from clients or colleagues caused by the Covid crisis can lead to lawyers and legal professionals feeling even more stressed and anxious than usual. Looking after your mental
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Former Meredith Connell and Russell McVeagh litigator Michael Thomas, who worked on major prosecution against Rolls Royce some years ago has joined Quay Chambers, Auckland. He specialises in fraud law issues including anti-money laundering, internal investigations, professional discipline, regulatory proceedings, sports law, and health/medical law. He has expertise in serious and complex investigations and prosecutions
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Long-time LawTalk editor Geoff Adlam has joined the team at The Capital Letter. Adlam was most recently communications manager and the editor of LawTalk and Law Points at New Zealand Law Society. and previously worked at legal information services firms Thomson Reuters and Brookers. He was admitted as a barrister and solicitor in 1991. Joshua
Sir Robert Jones – Even the right-wing media have now seemingly written off Trump’s prospects of re-election, so overwhelming are the polls. Furthermore, they continually worsen. Trump’s Presidency has been disastrous, not just for America but the world. It’s hugely desirable it ends. But I don’t think that’s a certainty given there’s still some time
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Moray & Agnew the most female-friendly law firm in Australia according to a report in the Australian Financial Review. The insurance specialists promoted five partners and six senior associates the AFR reports. The firm’s managing partner Geoff Connellan told the newspaper: “We’re promoting the best lawyers for the job and it just happens that this year – and other
Bob Jones – The Nats new leader has finally put some runs on the board. Speaking to the Wellington Chamber of Commerce he stated the obvious, namely that it’s totally untenable to keep our borders closed until either/if a vaccine is developed or every country has eliminated the virus. I pointed that out on this
Former Australian Sex Discrimination Commissioner Pru Goward writes about the sex discrimination decision made by the Australian High Court against one of its most eminent members The next time I disagree with a judgment of the High Court of Australia concerning some personal offence I am accused of committing, I shall invoke the now priceless
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Sir Robert Jones – With the public’s broad support, in the face of the Covid threat, the government closed down New Zealand, imposing a dictatorial control regime to an extent unprecedented in our history. That said, every measure they took copied to the letter what was being done abroad, albeit to little criticism from a
Susie Paul – Jim Farmer QC is used to giving advice to tough commercial clients, but he also has some tough advice for those seeking law jobs in the COVID world we now inhabit. As we recently reported the law jobs situation is significantly more difficult now with the COVID crisis, but the best thing
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