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Italian Law Firm Grimaldi Studio Legale advises on the first Italian Project...
Grimaldi Studio Legale has advised a syndicate of banks which comprises Banca IMI, UniCredit Bank AG, Morgan Stanley, in relation to the first Italian project bond (namely, the 600 million Euro bond...
View ArticleThe Winkelmann Court Report
The Chief High Court Judge, the Hon Justice Winkelmann, has published her Annual Review for 2014, which is downloadable below. As the NZ Bar Association summary reports: The report says that in 2014...
View ArticleFamed Baltimore Lawyer Billy Murphy To Address Kiwi Barristers
The lawyer who represented Freddie Gray, the 25 year old who received fatal spinal injuries that ignited racial unrest in Baltimore, is to address the Criminal Bar Association conference. The death...
View ArticleJohn Marshall QC Dies
Former New Zealand Law Society president John Marshall has died in Wellington. Mr Marshall had been diagnosed with a brain tumour almost a year ago. He was made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of...
View ArticleA Fish & Food Law Firm Finding New Directions
Finding new forms of practice is essential for any law firm and Lincolnshire firm Wilkin Chapman, which developed during the booming fish and food trade in the 1950s has rapidly developed its corporate...
View ArticleIPLS to offer 13-week full-time onsite course in 2016
Following consultation with the profession, the Institute of Professional Legal Studies (IPLS) has announced the development of a 13-week full-time onsite Professional Legal Studies Course (Profs)...
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John Marshall QC calmly led profession through change
John Marshall QC calmly and resolutely led New Zealand’s legal profession through significant changes and with his death New Zealand has lost an outstanding lawyer, New Zealand Law Society President...
View Article“Making Good” And Arguing The Toss at the End of Lease
Peter Scott* The new building surveyor profession in New Zealand is having a significant impact on the way building owners are managing commercial leases. I’ve written before about how easy it is for a...
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David Ross Investor To Be Disclosed in Clawback Case
The Ross Asset Management “claw back” investor who has desperately attempted to retain his identity secret is to be revealed once the High Court release their final judgment. The ongoing case has...
View ArticleThe Changing Face of Litigation Risk For Corporates
Chapman Tripp – Chapman Tripp has published a report on the state of litigation and dispute resolution in New Zealand, examining the development of class actions and dispute resolution, along with the...
View ArticleSupreme Court – Sexual Assault Appeal – Ah-Chong v. R
AH-CHONG v THE QUEEN (SC 93/2014) [2015] NZSC 83 PRESS SUMMARY This summary is provided to assist in the understanding of the Court’s judgment. It does not comprise part of the reasons for that...
View ArticleSupreme Court – Clayton v. Clayton & Others
NOTE: PURSUANT TO S 169 OF THE FAMILY PROCEEDINGS ACT 1980 AND S 35A OF THE PROPERTY (RELATIONSHIPS) ACT 1976, ANY REPORT OF THIS PROCEEDING MUST COMPLY WITH SS 11B TO 11D OF THE FAMILY COURTS ACT...
View ArticleClayton v. Clayton Sees Non-Claytons Victory For Wife
The wife of sawmilling magnate Mark Clayton has prevailed in a Supreme Court case that has been the culmination of ongoing litigation for the past decade between the couple and involves a $28 million...
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5 Ways Desk Standing May Save Your Life
Standing at desks is not something peculiar, or something left to eccentrics like Dickens and Hemingway. There are sound reasons why standing rather than sitting at your desk will increase your health...
View ArticleThe rule of law is alive and well in New Zealand
The rule of law remains a fundamental driver of our society 800 years after Magna Carta was signed on 19 June 1215, the New Zealand Law Society says. The convenor of the Law Society’s Rule of Law...
View ArticleWhat Makes a Good Lawyer? “Transferable Skills”, Says Academic
Academic results are not as important as having people skills and an ability to relate to clients, according to a legal academic in Australia. That’s nothing new, particularly. Several New Zealand...
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Chapman Tripp Advises G3 on NXT’s First Listing
Chapman Tripp has advised G3 Group Limited (G3) on its listing today on NZX’s new market, NXT. G3 is the first company to list on the market, which has been designed for small and mid-sized...
View ArticleAuckland Ports Halted by High Court
Justice Venning has stopped Ports of Auckland and its attempts to create its wharf extensions, describing the extension process as “flawed” and setting aside the consents. The Lobby group Urban...
View ArticleMinters Australian Chief Says Talks of Law Biz “Funk”
Law industry woes have placed the business in Australia in a “funk” according to Minters’ Australian head Tony Harrington (pictured) who says it is not a question of narrowing focus in order to grow....
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Sidebar-Mongrels
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