Company Law – Winding Up – Sol Management
Sol Management Ltd (in liq) v RFD Finance Ltd _ NZ13/8/201517/6/2015[2015] NZCA 254 Civil procedure — Appeals — Determination Company law — Winding up — Liquidators — Rights and powers Insolvency —...
View ArticleBaldwins Announce Promotions
Baldwins Intellectual Property is delighted to announce three promotions for 2015. Ben Halberg has been promoted to Senior Associate and Dr John Foulkes and Lucy Hopman are now Associates. This...
View ArticleNew Bill To Extend Exclusivity Periods for Agricultural and Veterinary Data
Baldwins – A new bill introduced by the New Zealand Government seeks to extend and broaden exclusivity periods for confidential data relating to agricultural and veterinary compounds. The Agricultural...
View ArticleLawyer Jefferies Convicted on Drugs Charges
Wellington criminal lawyer Keith Jefferies has been convicted and fined on drug charges after changing his plea to guilty. The charges follow drugs and related utensils found in his house and car last...
View ArticleHow One Law Firm Gained in Profits & Efficiency Through Voice Recognition...
Sponsored Post One of the interesting things about the adoption of new technology in law firms is that it is frequently small firms that lead the charge. An innovative lawyer running a...
View ArticleContract Law – Cox v Coughlan
Cox v Coughlan NZ17/8/201524/7/2015[2015] NZHC 1720 Contract — Breach — Remedies — Damages Contract — Breach — Remedies — Specific performance Judgment of Venning J regarding quantum of damages and...
View ArticleLarger Law Firms in Australia Better Set For Growth, Says Survey
Large law firms in the Australian market have greater prospects than the mid-tier firms, according to a new survey. The Legal Market Pulse, produced by CBA and Beaton Consulting, showed that mid-tier...
View ArticleBig Law Firms Are Hesitant About Social Media – Except One
The use of social media is something that makes many cautious lawyers wary for a whole bunch of reasons. But one of the world’s largest law firms’ managing partners is embracing social media and has...
View ArticleBriefcase: The Case of The Celebrity Lawyer . . And Other Matters
John Bowie – I know I’ve written before about meeting with American star lawyer Gerry Spence but before you roll your eyes, let me just briefly revisit that meeting in the Old West about 100 years...
View ArticleJim Farmer on His Road Trip, Top Gun and Other Matters
Jim Farmer QC has written on lifestyle issues, as well as a variety of matters ranging from prisoners’ voting rights in his blog at jamesfarmerqc.com When I first wrote on a balanced life style in...
View ArticleJim Farmer and The 3 Key Stressors For Lawyers
Stress among lawyers is an issue that has been front and central for the profession for a relatively short, intense time. Stress and anxiety appear to be higher in the law profession than most others,...
View Article10 Reasons Why Big Law Partners Are Feeling Uneasy
Legal consultant George Beaton takes a look at some of the key factors affecting large law firms, identifying 10 reasons why Big Law partners may not be sleeping very well. George Beaton That’s some of...
View ArticleShareholder Activism On The Rise
Chapman Tripp report that New Zealand may ben entering “a new phase of shareholder activism” that may make the coming AGM season more interesting than most. From Chapman Tripp’s report: These include...
View ArticleLegal Brothers With Their Own Street
Having a street named after you doesn’t mean you need to be decidedly dull or dead. In the case of Auckland twins Citizen and Wellington Tamatimu, brought up in West Auckland’s Kelson, the Housing New...
View ArticleThe Sexy Solicitor List – London, Style
Cheeky London law blog Legal Cheek has released a list of The City’s 25 sexiest solicitors. Now we’re not ones here at LawFuel to endulge in such tabloid tittle-tattle (damn, why didn’t we think of...
View ArticleP&O Cruises’ Parties Swing To a Twenties Tune
P&O Cruises has launched its latest Party concept – a new Gatsby evening which is set to send guests into a flap as it swings into action across the fleet this month. As part of the cruise line’s...
View ArticleLaw Students Prefer Online Learning to Classroom
The College of Law New Zealand has recently conducted a survey of law students asking about their learning preferences when considering enrolling in Profs, as well as their preferred methods of...
View ArticleLondon Cycle Incident Not Uncommon
Cycle injury law is a new area for many firms, but it is also one that has become front and centre in the UK with a recent incident when a pedestrian in London admitted he was the one filmed pushing a...
View ArticleFMA Decision Based on “Inflammatory Article”
Vivier & Co, which counts one-time political operator Luigi Wewege as a director, is appealing a Financial Markets Authority decision to strip it of its registration as a financial services firm,...
View ArticleAttorney General’s Testy Response to Law Society Comments
It took a press release to do it, but Attorney General Chris Finlayson QC criticised the Law Society for using a press release to display a “lack of rigour” in their criticism – via press release –...
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