Big Class Action Win For Small Firm Lawyer ASB has agreed to pay $135.6 million to settle the four-year old Banking Class Action over alleged disclosure breaches under the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act. The deal needs High Court approval and comes with the usual non-admission of liability. The quick take: ASB writes a

Will She Stay, Or Will She Go? John Bowie, LawFuel publisher A Judicial Conduct Panel has graciously cleared its diary for a fortnight in February to deliberate whether District Court Judge Ema Aitken’s spirited intervention at the Northern Club – the ‘Clubgate Drama’ – merits her departure from the judiciary a fate which, one notes

Shaun Plunket has issued an unreserved public apology to Wellington employment lawyer Barbara Buckett, retracting comments he made on The Platform and confirming a settlement that includes damages and legal costs. In a statement published on 30 September 2025, Plunket says he is apologising in response to a High Court statement of claim served on