MAJORITY OF CLAIMS ARE VALUED AT UP TO £5,000 BUT MOST INDIVIDUALS ARE NOT HAPPY ABOUT TAKING THESE CLAIMS ON THEMSELVES The latest consumer research findings from IRN Research show that a clear majority of claim payouts – 65% – are up to £5,000, and these would fall under the new small claims limit set to
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Strange Law Firm One question that lots of lawyers and law firms do not think nearly enough about is how often they blog. Apart from performing legal work for clients, many lawyers and law firms spend lots of time doing lots of tasks. But one thing most lawyers and law firms do not spend any
Baker Donelson – Artificial intelligence (AI) enabled legal tools are reaching the market at an incredible pace. Understanding and vetting such technology is critical to ensuring better outcomes for legal projects. Every day, news articles in my social media feed address some new legal technology powered by AI. The promise of legal AI is incredible.
The stories of Kim Kardashian going to law school have been doing the rounds, including in our previous post on the matter. But is she actually going to law school, as husband Kanye West hinted in an interview last weekend? Or not? Her efforts to raise awareness about prison reform have been has been using
Kim Kardashian, Attorney-at-Law? We Don’t Think So Read More »
Class actions and bullying are all the rage these days, but when the two are combined – and the alleged bully is National Party MP Gerry Brownlee and the class action law firm belongs to Adina Thorn of leaky home fame, then sparks fly. The claims about the incident come from Adina Thorn Lawyers who
The ability of new technology to increase the lawyers’ efficiency continues to expand along with the technology driven by new AI apps. But now, with the introduction into New Zealand of the Dragon ‘Anywhere’ app, there is a true ability for an increasingly mobile legal workforce to maintain and increase their productivity with the power
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Slaughter and May today announces a major appointment in London. Sir David Green CB QC, former Director of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), will join the firm as a senior consultant on 22 October, six months after his departure from the SFO. Sir David was at the helm at the SFO for 6 years and
Aaron Martin – Migrant employee exploitation has been making headlines lately, and there are undoubtedly some common themes. Aaron Martin of New Zealand Immigration Law, Employment lawyer Mark Donovan and Anu Kaloti of the Migrant Workers Association, detail the unique challenges their clients are facing, what they can do to protect themselves, and a simple
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The Renoir Painting, Titled “Deux Femmes Dans Un Jardin,” Was Looted by the Nazis During the Occupation of Paris in 1941 Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeny Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of
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Russell McVeagh have appointed a leading human resources woman to lead the firm in the wake of the sexual harassment scandal that enveloped the firm this year. Jo Avenell is highly regarded ‘human capital’ executive currently heading NZ Post’s role as Group General Manager of Customer Experience, Brand and People. She is also a current Board
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