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The Taranaki Lawyer Who Could . . Making The Forbes List With Her Law Tech Biz

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Legal entrepreneur Claudia King has reached the Holy Grail of Lists – forgetting the Billionaire Forbes List perhaps – by making that magazine’s list of 60 women-led startups. Claudia King’s Automio, is a tech law platform that has been notching up continuing success in the law tech area with its recent successes. The ‘bot’ can […]

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Russell McVeagh advises on mid-market buyout deal

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Russell McVeagh has acted for global private equity firm The Riverside Company on all aspects of its majority investment in Hiway Group. Hiway Group is a market-leading provider of road construction and maintenance, geotechnical and environmental services in New Zealand and Australia. The Russell McVeagh team worked closely with Riverside partners Steven Spiteri and Nick

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‘Why I Left The Law’ . . A Successful Woman Lawyer is Angry About ‘Profitable Jerks’ And More, But Tells Women There Is Another Way For Them In The Law

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Sacha Judd was – and is – a successful lawyer who had made it in the male dominated New Zealand legal profession, like those in the US, UK and Australia too, but she knows too that it is “profitable jerks” that are one factor making things difficult for women lawyers to enjoy a successful, satisfying

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Why John Shingleton Made The Bold Move From Old Law to Tech-Driven “New Law”

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[vc_row][vc_column][ultimate_info_banner heading_tag=”h3″ button_text=”LawFuel TechLaw Feature” info_alignment=”ib3-info-left” info_effect=”zoomIn” banner_size=”20″ ib3_border=”solid” ib3_border_width=”6″ button_color=”#dd1818″ button_border_width=”6″ title_font_style=”font-weight:bold;” button_font_style=”font-weight:bold;” ib3_background=”#ffffff”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Any lawyer will know that technology is driving major changes in the way law practices are managed, but few ‘old line’ lawyers have made the dramatic changes that Christchurch lawyer John Shingleton has. Having spent most of his career with

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NZ Law Tech News – Dragon Dictation Goes Mobile . . Big Time

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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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Migrant worker rights in NZ, time to set the record straight

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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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Future Firm Forum Secures Insights From Innovator Katherine Thomas on How to Use Legal Contracting Successfully

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The fast-developing world of legal contracting is something lawyers need to learn about, particularly with the heavy focus on work-life balance, gender equality and related issues. The Future Firm Forum  has secured a leading voice in this area with Katherine Thomas, who established the flexible resourcing service  Vario for international law firm Pinsent Masons in 2013. Ms

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NZ Immigration – Employer Assisted Visas: addressing the unwritten trade-off

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Aaron Martin* Leading Immigration Lawyer for NZIL, Aaron Martin, explains the changes that will be made to the Employer Assisted Work visa this November. If New Zealand employers allow for it, Aaron believes this won’t only be a win for new migrant graduates, but Kiwi employers as well. Upcoming Immigration law changes in November mean holders of

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The Importance of Record Keeping in Anti-Money Laundering Compliance

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  Record keeping is often found to be a problematic area during an AML CFT audit. The lack of record keeping is more common in small and medium sized businesses where communications between staff are informal. To meet the criteria of record keeping it is recommended you consider the following – Should a meeting between

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