Dame Jenny Shipley and her fellow directors of failed building company Mainzeal have been found liable for $36 million in damages, a ruling from Justice Francis Cooke has found. The company, which went into liquidation in 2013 had been trading while insolvent despite its high profile – and creditors would have been better off if
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Court appearances are second nature to Anne Stevens, but last week’s admission to the Inner Bar saw the feisty barrister as nervous as she had ever been. At a special sitting in Dunedin’s ornate courtroom, presided over by Chief Justice Dame Sian Elias the highly experienced criminal defence lawyer and former hippy who usually bikes
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The Government’s controversial decision to block Chinese tech giant Huawei from building the country’s 5G network was not the result of ‘Five Eyes’ pressure, say the top spies. Security Intelligence Service chief and LawFuel Power List member Rebecca Kitteridge and GCSB Director General Andrew Hampton fronted Parliament’s intelligence and security committee, saying that the decision
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The ongoing development of legal technology is changing many things in the legal profession and the need to understand what is happening has become more important than ever for the profession. But law firms can innovate without having to spend a great deal too, as was recently demonstrated by legal entrepreneur Tamina Cunningham-Adam, one of
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The death of British actor Albert Finney brings to mind the busy year the Oscar-winning actor had almost two decades ago when – among other movies – he achieved a nomination for his role in Erin Brockovich He played California lawyer Ed Masry, opposite Julia roberts as Erin Brockovich. Masry was a veteran Los Angeles
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One of the major trends that has emerged in the New Zealand law jobs market in recent years has been the rapid growth of in-house law jobs, which now accounts for nearly 25 per cent of the legal profession’s figures. A recent LawTalk article highlighted the situation with Law Society figures showing 3,206 in-house lawyers
Leading global law firm Baker McKenzie has hired Peter Lu as a Partner and Head of the China Group in London, joining its fast-growing London Corporate practice. Peter joins the Firm on Monday from White & Case where he was head of their EMEA China desk and Counsel in their London M&A practice. His hire
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How difficult it is for a woman in law to somehow manage a busy and successful legal life and an equally successful private life? It’s a career conundrum that women face and have to deal with in the face of increasing calls for greater achievement and success in the law. A recent Times article on
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The LawFuel Power List Shows More Women Climbing the Power Ladder in New Zealand Law Profession LawFuel.com – 30 January 2019 – The LawFuel Power List of the country’s most powerful lawyers has Attorney General David Parker at the head of the list, replacing last year’s top lister, Governor General Dame Patsy Reddy. David Parker,
The Power List features 12 barristers, lead by David Goddard QC and including some of the major names in the law. Senior silks like Jim Farmer, David Williams and Robert Fisher have been at the forefront of the profession for many years. However, the changing nature of the bar also sees others who are nudging
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