Prominent Queenstown Lawyer Becomes Notary Public
Prominent Queenstown resource management lawyer and MACTODD partner, Jayne Macdonald, was recently granted a “Notarial Faculty” making her the resort’s first female Notary Public and only the second...
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Billy Murphy The Baltimore Lawyer Comes to Town
Baltimore came to the Bar Council this weekend with the lawyer for the man shot while in Police custody, in a move that prompted major civil unrest in the US, has past judgment on some of New Zealand’s...
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The TV Lawyer Ad and the Toddler’s Party
What sort of personal injury attorney’s TV commercial would appeal to – say – a kid. Like a kid of two? Two-year-olds are not exactly the target audience even for most personal injury lawyers,...
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Mark Weenink Interview: “Clients are expecting more for less”
Mark Weenink has been Minter Ellison Rudd Watts managing partner during difficult times, building the firm since the GFC to assemble one of the country’s top legal teams. Prior to his leaving Minters...
View ArticleLegal Expert Calls For New Zealand Space Law
Maybe time to adopt new space law in New Zealand, expert says: New Zealand needs to develop its own domestic space law as more and more companies enter the realm of space for commercial purposes...
View ArticleFallout Over Accountants’ Defamation Case
The defamation action between CPA Australia and the NZ Institute of Chartered Accountants has seen a loss for CPA because the Judge found as a corporate body it could not prove pecuniary loss. And...
View ArticleDefamation – CPA Australia v. NZ Institute of Chartered Accountants
IN THE HIGH COURT OF NEW ZEALAND WELLINGTON REGISTRY CIV-2013-485-939 [2015] NZHC 1854 UNDER the Defamation Act 1992 and the Fair Trading Act 1986 BETWEEN CPA AUSTRALIA LIMITED Plaintiff AND THE NEW...
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Rumpoled: QCs and Trouble at Chambers
Rumpoled, QC’d The Attorney General has been busy “making up” the numbers with our silks. We saw this with the floodgates reopening in 2013 and 2014 or thereabouts. As I’ve said before, mostly these...
View ArticleA meeting of minds – ASX100 chief legal officers come together
Some of the countries most senior lawyers will gather today in Sydney for the inaugural meeting of the ACC Australia GC100. Launched in May, the ACC Australia GC100 is an independent, invitation-only...
View ArticleThe All-Woman Court of Appeal
For the first time in its 153 year history, there is an all-woman bench in the Court of Appeal. This week, President Ellen France, Justice Christine French (pictured) and Justice Helen Winkelmann sat...
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The Undecided Lawyers and the QC Triumvirate
John Bowie – Briefcase – First Published in NBR Online Briefcase is written with New Zealand’s best pen – Staedtler. Check them here Remember Michael Douglas in that marvellous movie “Falling Down”....
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Another Class Action Claim Against James Hardie Announced
Wellington leaky home law experts, Parker & Associates has mounted an action against James Hardie in respect of defective building materials and following the action proposed by Auckland’s Adina...
View ArticleGovernment Inquiry into handling of Robertson case announced
Justice Minister Amy Adams and Corrections Minister Peseta Sam Lotu-Iiga have today released the draft Terms of Reference for the Government Inquiry into the handling of the Tony Robertson case....
View ArticleFormer Law Society Chief Alan Ritchie Appointed Judicial Conduct Commissioner
Former Nww Zealand Law Society Executive Director Alan Ritchie has been appointed Judicial Conduct Commissioner, succeeding Sir David Gascogne, with Kathryn Snook has been appointed Deputy Judicial...
View ArticleVexatious Litigation – Slavich v. Judges of the Supreme Court
N THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW ZEALAND [2015] NZSC 125 BETWEEN JOHN KENNETH SLAVICH Applicant AND THE JUDGES OF THE SUPREME COURT Respondent Counsel: Applicant in person Judgment: 11 August 2015 JUDGMENT...
View Article300 Trials and a Barrister Still “Swimming Against the Current”
Hamilton barrister Roger Laybourn is a man who can rightly celebrate his courtroom victories, with a total of some 300 jury trials as a criminal defense lawyer to back him up. Speaking to the Waikato...
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How Did a Wellington Lawyer Make It To China Reality TV
A legal career can take many twists and turns – we all know that, right? – but appearing on a Chinese reality TV show is something right out of left field. However for Wellington lawyer and...
View ArticleAMINZ Conference Confirms Leading Role
AMINZ continues to be the country’s public face of dispute resolution, according to Justice Minister Amy Adams. At the launch of the recent Arbitrators’ and Mediators’ Institute of NZ conference held...
View ArticleGourmet Travel – Top Chef For Tasmanian Cruise
Carnival Cruise Line has made cruising to the gourmet destination of Tasmania even more appetising, with news that award-winning chef Massimo Mele will be cooking up a feast onboard three cruises to...
View ArticlePaperless Law Offices Drives Move to Secure Data Storage
As law firms move towards paperless offices, fast and secure data storage is increasingly becoming a priority for firms. Lawyers Weekly reports that up to five law firms in Australia have upgraded...
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