Prison sentences handed down to a corrupt former council executive and his associate today reflect the serious nature of their crime and the widespread harm that can be caused by corruption, says the Serious Fraud Office. Former Westland District Council Group Manager of District Assets Vivek Goel was sentenced to three years and eight months’
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The Auckland Law Students Association apologised for their pizza and partners evening that ignored issues of diversity and gender equality in the law recruitment event.
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LawFuel’s 2022 Lawyer of the Year is the battling ‘loophole lawyer’ who fought to get Charlotte Bellis into the country under the MIQ lottery system.
A recent briefing from Bayleys NZ looked at the repercussions of rising inflation and interest rate rises when it comes to the outlook for property prices next year. The report from Bayleys’ property partner Knight Frank indicated that economic upheavals in the New Zealand property market are “far from done”. >> See The LawFuel Power
The largest law firm in Hamilton is one credit claimed by Tompkins Wake, but its 100th centenary has also seen the firm building on the Waikato origins it enjoyed when founded by ‘Lance’ Tompkins and Cecil Wake in 1922. Now sitting among the top 12 firms in the country, the firm enjoyed an evening with
New Zealand’s 50 most powerful lawyers in 2022 include a dozen new entrants as the law profession changes
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The Go-To Inquirer New Entrant Maria Dew KC appears to be the go-to King’s Counsel for troubled political parties, first used by the Labour Party to investigate allegations of sexual assault, resulting from a close relationship with the Labour leadership, which LawFuel has already written about, and her mediation work and high level employment misconduct
Business Thinker Last Year – 21 From Calling time on the Commerce Commission to lambasting the government over its Covid response, reform agenda and Three Waters proposal have ensured that former Bell Gully executive chair Roger Partridge has elevated his public position as a significant opinion-maker through his role at the New Zealand Initiative where
Senior Silk Last Year – 13 A KC who has handled work on behalf of the largest companies in New Zealand, including Air New Zealand, Auckland Airport, Auckland City Council, the BNZ, Fonterra, Lion Nathan, Fisher & Paykel and others, as well as representing the Commerce Commission and other public and government organisations retain Alan
