31 March 2021 | – The Court of Appeal decision released today has confirmed the liquidators were successful in the Court of Appeal. The court found the liquidators “are entitled to an award of compensation in respect of the director’s breaches”. Liquidators of the failed Mainzeal group of companies, Andrew Bethell and Brian Mayo-Smith of
In-House roles, RMA and Property Law to Disputes Tribunal Opportunities As the LawFuel law jobs platforms continues to expand, the range of new legal jobs for New Zealand lawyers continues to display its variety. In recent days the LawFuel law jobs network has featured some key New Zealand legal jobs for lawyers across different locations,
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Boxer Joseph Parker has been named as the ‘high profile sportsman’ with connections to an international drug syndicate that smuggled 20 kgs of drugs into New Zealand through the postal service. A Supreme Court judgment released today saw the Court say that it was not in the interests of justice to allow Parker to appeal
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Powered by LawFuel – Buddle Findlay was recently lead counsel to Price Industries Limited, a Canadian company specialising in commercial HVAC, on its acquisition of an interest in the air management solutions business of Holyoake Industries Limited in New Zealand and Australia. Headquartered in Winnipeg, Price Industries is one of North America’s leading commercial HVAC
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Three public health advocates are relieved that their long-standing Whale Oil defamation trial against Cameron Slater, Carrick Graham, Katherine Rich and the Food and Grocery Council has finally concluded and they are pleased that the truth has come out. Shane Bradbrook, Doug Sellman and Boyd Swinburn settled their case at the High Court today, just
Tributes have flowed for former Law Society president Jonathan Temm, 58, who died this week. A Rotorua-based barrister who was appointed Queens’ Counsel in 2019, Jonathan Temm was a highly respected barrister and a popular member of the profession for his selflessness and humanity as much as for his service to the profession and his
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Lawyer of the Year Sponsors LexisNexis New Zealand [adrotate banner=”140″] Staedtler – The pens successful lawyers use Cassie Nicholson – Legal First Responder Government legal counsel Cassie Nicholson, perhaps the key legal figure behind the mountain of legal work required to be climbed during the Covid-19 pandemic, is LawFuel’s Lawyer of the Year for 2020.
New Law firm Juno Legal has recruited another senior New Zealand In-house Counsel with its recruitment of former BP NZ General Counsel Rachael Lynch. She has spent 15 years as in-house lawyer with BAT NZ, working in Australia and London before moving to the BP role in New Zealand. She previously worked at Simpson Grierson.
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Russell McVeagh Partner and Board member Allison Arthur-Young has been elected as Russell McVeagh’s Board Chair. Arthur-Young, who has been a Board member for three years, succeeds outgoing Board Chair Malcolm Crotty who has completed his term, having served three years in the role. Crotty will resume his full-time practice as a key Litigation partner at the firm. Joining
On 12 May 2020, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) inadvertently disclosed two documents to the defendants in the National Party donations case. Those documents contained confidential information regarding donors to the National Party in 2017 and 2018. They were disclosed in error during the course of the SFO’s compliance with its normal disclosure obligations. The
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