Capella Lodge Joins National Geographic Unique Lodges of the World
Lord Howe Island’s luxurious Capella Lodge has joined National Geographic Unique Lodges of the World, a prestigious collection of boutique hotels in remarkable destinations around the globe. The...
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Speech Recognition…a Technology That Makes a Difference
By Mike Kelly, Director, Sound Business Systems and based on a recent paper by Derek Austin, Director of Dragon Desktop Solutions, Asia Pacific with Nuance Communications. Thanks also to Mark Robinson...
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Here Come The Women Partners Says Australian Law Firm Survey
We’ve all suffered many stories about women lawyers who fail to make the top echelons of law practice and in New Zealand that story continues to be the case. However, the Australian law profession...
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Grays Inn Goes Silent Over Barrister’s Conduct
Grays Inn is one of Britain’s most eminent Chambers, but according to a leading British law blog the Chambers “has gone into lockdown” after one of its members was fined for inappropriate sexual...
View ArticleDefects in disciplinary process prove expensive
Bell Gully – Tim Clarke, Partner and Liz Coats, Senior Associate A recent decision of the Employment Court – Hoff v The Wood Lifecare (2007) Ltd – has highlighted some common issues that trip employers...
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How Much Should Your Law Firm Spend on Marketing?
Marketing law firms has increasingly become both more significant and more vexed. New Zealand law firms are now spending more on their marketing initiatives, setting up media contacts, hiring PR...
View ArticleStewart Germann Law Takes Global Law Expert Award
Franchise law firm Stewart Germann Law Office has been awarded a Global Law Expert award, having already won the Boutique Franchising Law Firm of the Year Award. Global Law Experts has expert lawyers...
View ArticleFormer Chief Justice Dies
The Former Chief Justice Sir Ronald Davison, renowned for his role inthe Wine Box tax inquiry in the 1990s, has died at his home at the age of 94. The father of well known QC Paul Davison, Sir Ronald...
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The Keys To Buying A Property In The Skyrocketing Auckland Market
LawFuel spoke with prominent Auckland mortgage broker Christine Locke of Loan Plan to ask about the current situation for lenders in the low interest environment of property. Christine Lockie and her...
View ArticleThe A-G’s Birdie
Attorney General Chris Finlayson QC was cock-a-hoop over his second birdie in recent weeks at his Royal Wellington Golf Club, posting this picture on his Facebook account after his second birdie,...
View ArticleHelen Clark on Women in Law
If anyone can speak about how women can succeed – in the law as well as anywhere else – it’s surely former Prime Minister Helen Clark. The lacklustre statistics regarding how well women reach...
View ArticleThe Power Lawyer List
LawFuel is shortly to publish the “Power Lawyer” list of New Zealand’s most powerful lawyers. The “LawFuel Power List” will provide our listing of the lawyers wielding the most power in terms of their...
View ArticleThe Magna Carta in New Zealand
Judith Collins, MP – Good law takes time. Sometimes it takes several attempts to get it right and then, as any Minister of the Crown who has carefully shepherded major law changes through, first...
View ArticleTech Tips for the Small or Sole Practitioner
Law firm technology issues are a huge expense very often, yet they also provide equally large efficiences. New Zealand lawyers are generally early adopters when it comes to taking up new technology and...
View ArticleRaising the Red Flag For Uber’s Future
Dundas Street Legal – Susan Hornsby-Geluk – Mobile technology has paved the way for an on-demand economy. Uber is a poster child for this revolution in the way we engage with services on the go. It...
View ArticleLaw Firm Partners and Other Matters . . The Missing QCs
Briefcase – John Bowie Last week’s comments about salaried partners drew a range of reactions from lawyers and their minders and rose the ire too of Kensington Swan’s deservedly well regarded Chief...
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How To Deal With Anxiety and Depression in the Law
Depression in the legal profession has been an ongoing and mounting issue for the past decade. In all the common law countries, from Australia to the US, depression and suicide issues have concerned...
View ArticlePayments From Foreign Insurers to Insolvent Insureds
Bell Gully -Murray Tingey, Partner and David Friar, Partner and Tim Fitzgerald, Senior Associate What happens if a claimant is injured by an insured person, and the insured becomes insolvent? A recent...
View ArticleMinters Chief Resigns For Westpac Role
Mark Weenink, the managing partner at Minter Ellison Rudd Watts is leaving the firm to take up a senior role with Westpac. Mr Weenink has been with Minters since 2007 and has been instrumental in...
View ArticleWTO commends NZ approach to trade
Bell Gully – Ian Gault, Partner and Andy Glenie, Senior Associate – The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has just completed its fifth Trade Policy Review for New Zealand.1 As expected, the WTO endorsed...
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