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"NO" Decision to NZLS/ADLS Amalgamation

Tuesday, 22 February 2011, 1:27 pm | LawFuel

"Huge disappointment" says NZLS president Jonathan Temm LawFuel - The Law Jobs and News Wire – http://www.lawfuel.co.nz - Senior law society figures are hugely disappointed at the results of an Auckland District Law Society members' ... More >>

Legal Profession's Independence Threatened

Thursday, 10 February 2011, 11:25 am | Law Fuel

LawFuel.co.nz – NZ Legal News, Legal Jobs - Threats to self regulation and political threats to the legal profession have been identified by Auckland Law Society president Anna Fitzgibbon as strong reasons provided to the ADLS members to vote in favour ... More >>

Lawyers Involved in Billion Dollar Deals

Thursday, 3 February 2011, 10:51 am | LawFuel

The Fletchers Building buyout of Australia's Crane Group was one that gathered headlines on both sides of the Tasman, but two other major deals also set the year off to a cracking start for commercial lawyers here, in Australia and - in one case reported ... More >>

Heartland" deal a $2.2 billion whopper to finish the year

Friday, 17 December 2010, 8:27 pm | LawFuel

LawFuel.co.nz – Law News & Jobs wire - Lawyers Chapman Tripp have been working hard sealing the biggest deal of the year – the $2.2 billion “Heartland” merger that will next month create one of New Zealand’s largest finance institutions. More >>

Government Changes Rules For Legal Services

Wednesday, 17 November 2010, 9:29 am | LawFuel

If lawyers want to play the law game with government, the rules are about to change More >>

Top Earning Legal Aid Lawyers Audited

Monday, 15 November 2010, 4:57 pm | LawFuel

Top Earning Legal Aid Lawyers Audited Reports indicate top earning legal aid lawyers are under the audit spotlight Top earning legal aid lawyers are being audited by the Legal Services Authority, according to reports from senior lawyers. More >>

New Zealand Law Society welcomes dialogue w ADLS

Tuesday, 19 October 2010, 12:32 pm | LawFuel

New Zealand Law Society President Jonathan Temm says ongoing discussions with the Auckland District Law Society Inc have considered how the two organisations might work to combine their Auckland operations. More >>

More Lawyers Face Legal Aid Suspension

Friday, 15 October 2010, 11:00 am | LawFuel

More lawyers face suspension from the legal aid roster, following last week's termination of three lawyers' contracts with the Legal Services Agency. More >>

Women Lawyers Predominate in Most Powerful List

Friday, 8 October 2010, 12:14 pm | LawFuel

Lawyers predominate professionally in the Forbes 'Most Powerful Women' list, with Most Powerful Woman Number 1 being the president's wife and attorney Michelle Obama. More >>

Law profession debates formal court wear

Thursday, 7 October 2010, 12:19 pm | LawFuel

LawFuel reports that the legal profession is in a vigorous debate over the Law Society’s suggestion that the profession adopt the wearing of gowns for trials of indictable offences in the District Courts. The suggestion from Law Society president Jonathan ... More >>

Law Society Charges McKay and Hill

Monday, 27 September 2010, 5:21 pm | LawFuel

The Law Society has issued charges against Napier lawyers Gerald McKay and Richard Hill following the freezing of their firm's trust account in June. More >>

Labour Wavered Over Abolition of Privy Council

Friday, 24 September 2010, 9:44 am | LawFuel

*LawFuel.co.nz* - Former Attorney-General Margaret Wilson has revealed the previous Labour-led Government reconsidered its plans to proceed with abolition of appeals to the Privy Council in the wake of the outcry generated by the proposal. More >>

Missing Lawyer Subject to Law Society Enquiry

Monday, 20 September 2010, 2:11 pm | LawFuel

The Wellington lawyer who went missing on the south coast of Wellington is believed to have been the subject of a Law Society enquiry, according to the NBR 'Briefcase' column. More >>

Christchurch Lawyers Continue Through Quakes

Monday, 13 September 2010, 11:02 am | LawFuel

By John Bowie - NBR “Briefcase Column" & LawFuel.co.nz - For lawyers, the quake and its after shocks caused obvious problems with accommodation, but didn’t slow things up unduly for the larger firms, although some were clearly better prepared ... More >>

Judges Cross Swords

Friday, 3 September 2010, 3:10 pm | LawFuel

The Justice Wilson hearing in the High Court at Wellington today saw former Court of Appeal judge Sir Edmund Thomas vigorously reject accusations from Justice Wilson's lawyer Colin Carruthers QC that he was guilty of any "fantasy" in his views on the ... More >>

Tiger Wood Divorce Statement

Wednesday, 25 August 2010, 12:43 pm | LawFuel

McGuireWoods LLP, counsel for Elin Nordegren and Sasser, Cestero and Sasser P.A., counsel for Tiger Woods, make the following announcement: Elin Nordegren and Tiger Woods confirmed today that they have divorced. Judgment was entered today in Bay ... More >>

Corporate Law report carries some unwelcome news

Wednesday, 18 August 2010, 12:22 pm | LawFuel

A new survey of corporate law users has produced some bad news for large law firms, including increased pressure on the fees charged to corporates for legal services and the need to keep to quoted fee estimates. More >>

Earnings down, overheads up, deals down

Thursday, 12 August 2010, 12:20 pm | LawFuel

Lawyers are facing tougher times in the recession. Earnings are dropping significantly among smaller and medium-sized firms with firms across the spectrum maintaining earnings by "releasing" partners. More >>

New Zealand A World Leader in Per Capita Lawyers

Thursday, 15 July 2010, 4:46 pm | LawFuel

Lawfuel, the legal jobs and legal news website said New Zealand is third behind the United States, with one lawyer per 265 people and Brazil with one per 326 of its citizens. New Zealand, with 10,800 lawyers comes in at one in 391. More >>

Labour Out To Get Finlayson

Friday, 2 July 2010, 2:18 pm | Law Fuel

The Labour Opposition is 'out to get' Attorney General Chris Finlayson, according to NBR columnist John Bowie in his 'Briefcase' column today.See: ScreamingLawyer More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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