Baker + McKenzie Announce Record Revenues and More Women Partners
Baker & McKenzie announces higher women promotions and all-time high productivity. Revenues up 2.2% Total productivity hits an all time high – up 5% Record number of partner promotions – over...
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Attacks on Justice Keane “Baseless”, Says QC
Bar Association President Paul Mabey QC has come out swinging at a Herald article and other media criticising Justice Keane in his decision not to impose preventive sentence on the killer of Blessie...
View ArticleNew Law Students President Well Dressed & Prepared for Drama
The new executive of the NZ Law Students' Association can expect their new president to appear in natty dress, given Geordie Johnson's work experience with Barkers Menswear and Nicholas Jermyn...
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Anti-Money Laundering Compliance – How To Assess A Businesses Risk Profile
By Kerry Grass, Principal Anti Money Laundering Consultants* The Anti-Money Laundering & Countering Financing of Terrorism Act 2009 (the Act) came into force on 1 July 2013. The Act requires...
View ArticleStephen Franks – The Big Fonterra Mistake
Stephen Franks - The amalgamation/monolith structure of Fonterra was a mistake. But it is what we have and pulling it to bits now could compound the mistake. The Fonterra monopoly came from a...
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FMA Report Shows Misunderstandings with Financial Services Provider Register
The release of the Financial Markets Authority annual report shows that there has been misunderstandings in respect of the Financial Services Provider Register which has consumed FMA time and money....
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Justice Kos Makes the Court of Appeal
Justice Stephen Kos has been appointed a Judge of the Court of Appeal in an announcement made by the Attorney General today. Justice Kos has had something of a meteoric rise through the law profession....
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Colin Craig Sued First
Conservative Party founder Colin Craig's threatened legal action against blogger Cameron Slater, Taxpayers' Union executive director Jordan Williams and former Conservative Party member John Stringer...
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Mortgage fraud guilty verdicts
The jury in the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) trial of Vicki Ravana Letele yesterday reached verdicts in the Auckland District Court. Ms Letele faced 11 charges under Section 228 of the Crimes Act for...
View ArticleEmployment Law and The Importance of Giving the Required Notice
Dundas Street Employment Law - Ending an employment relationship can be a time of mixed emotions for employees. Depending on the way they feel about the situation, laughing, crying or throwing toys...
View ArticleThe Snoring QC
David Tait QC, the Australian QC with a face only a mother could love and an hourly rate his colleagues would too, has been caught napping. It's unusual for the top lawyer, but he fell asleep yesterday...
View ArticleNew home buyers take on greater risk with trend to new builds
By Christine Lockie - The increasing number of first time home buyers choosing the new build route to home ownership – as a means of bypassing the Reserve Bank’s loan-to-value ratio (LVR)...
View ArticleMichael Heron Quits
Solicitor General Michael Heron QC has quit in an announcment made by the Attorney General today. LawFuel had been told that Mr Heron was unhappy with his position although the reason given in the...
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The Heron Resignation and the John Banks Effect
Did the failure of the John Banks prosecution this year have anything to do with the resignation of Solicitor General Michael Heron? John Banks will be one person celebrating the surprise decision for...
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The Expert Witness in the Construction and Quantity Surveying Business
What is an expert witness? By Richard Maiden* This paper was delivered by Richard Maiden, director, Prendos at the 2015 NZIQS conference. A decision maker in a Tribunal or Judge in a Court of Law has...
View ArticleMarteley v. The Legal Services Commissioner
TODD AARON MARTELEY v THE LEGAL SERVICES COMMISSIONER (SC 61/2014) [2015] NZSC 127 PRESS SUMMARY This summary is provided to assist in the understanding of the Court’s judgment. It does not...
View ArticleSydney Law Firm Marks Passing Of An Era With Tea Lady Retirement
Of all the people who provide the glue that stick a good law firm together who is the most important? The managing partner? Nah, too ambitious and focused on the bottom line. The 'staff partner'?...
View ArticleAustralian Law Firms Feeling the Pressure From InHouse Counsel
Australia's largest law firms are facing continued pressure and competition from the growth of inhouse legal teams, according to a report from Melbourne Law School and Thomson Reuters. The AFR reports...
View ArticleThe Haunting of an Otago Uni Alumni – An Other-Worldly Vagabrother Adventure
"The Vagabrothers", the part-Kiwi travel bloggers who roam the world filming travel stories for their YouTube channel have encountered most things weird and wacky. Now they can add "ghosts" to the...
View ArticleA Successful, Legal “Island Girl” Talks About Herself
Lena Tuane Ana Wong is a Cook Islander who graduated in 2013 with a Masters of Law (Honours) and who currently works with the High Court in Auckland. An "island girl" who ultimately wants to return...
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