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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 >>
Women Judges More Favoured by Lawyers
Friday, 18 June 2010, 11:14 am | Law Fuel
LawFuel.co.nz - A survey of barristers conducted by website publishers KiwisFirst, published by Vince Siemer, have shown that retiring Court of Appeal Judge David Baragwanath was the highest overall scorer at 9.1, with embattled Supreme Court Justice Bill ... More >>
Senior Judge Reshuffle Sees Upset Glazebrook
Friday, 18 June 2010, 11:09 am | Law Fuel
A reshuffling of the judges on the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal has left some judicial noses out of joint, according to NBR's 'Briefcase' columnist John Bowie. More >>
Lawyers Sue TradeMe and Others For Karam
Friday, 4 June 2010, 11:58 am | LawFuel
Joe Karam, the long time backer, sponsor, friend and advocate of David Bain, has issued defamation proceedings against TradeMe, owned by Fairfax, and defendants who set up the “Justice for Robin Bain” (formerly “David Bain is Guilty”) Facebook ... More >>
Justice Wilson Could Have Been Chief Justice
Thursday, 3 June 2010, 4:44 pm | LawFuel
According to legal insiders who have said the current crisis could have been worse More >>
The 'Dark Figure' of Crime Statistics
Friday, 9 April 2010, 1:28 pm | LawFuel
Auckland law professor Julia Tolmie says the crime statistics released by Police last week that show an increase in violent crime may conceal a 'dark figure' that needs to be taken into account when considering such statistics. More >>
Concern remains over Three Strikes Bill
Friday, 26 March 2010, 10:47 am | LawFuel
Wellington, 26 March 2010 - The New Zealand Law Society remains concerned over the so-called "three strikes bill", saying the aims of the proposed bill woudl be better met by changes to the preventive detention regime rather than the "three strikes" ... More >>
Jobs Outlook For Lawyers Improves, Says Recruiter
Wednesday, 24 March 2010, 12:36 pm | LawFuel
The New Zealand legal jobs scene is improving according to a recruiter reported in LawFuel, the legal jobs website. More >>
Few Woman Lawyers Making Partner in Kiwi Firms
Thursday, 4 February 2010, 10:10 am | LawFuel
New Zealand law firms still languish behind other jurisdictions in terms of women making partner. More >>
The buyers market for lawyers may change in 2010
Wednesday, 23 December 2009, 1:52 pm | LawFuel
The current market for lawyers, placing law firms in the box seat, may be short-lived, according to recruiters spoken to by LawFuel, the law jobs board. More >>
Chief Justice Involved in ‘Recusal’ Argument
Friday, 18 December 2009, 11:46 am | LawFuel
The Siemer/Stiassny argument has reached right to the top of the judicial heap More >>
Briefcase Blog
Friday, 11 December 2009, 4:09 pm | LawFuel
Briefcase Blog – ScreamingLawyer - Who’s Afraid of Miss Alice – “Poor Bill” (Wilson) And Other NZ Legal News More >>
ADLS President Responds To Bazley Allegations
Thursday, 10 December 2009, 11:49 am | LawFuel
Honest and hard-working criminal legal aid barristers practising in Manukau Court must be demoralised by Dame Margaret Bazley’s report on legal aid, says Anna Fitzgibbon, President of ADLS Inc. More >>
Criminal Bar Association And Bazley Report
Thursday, 10 December 2009, 9:25 am | LawFuel
Politicians, law reformers and law report writers such as Dame Margaret Bazley should respect criminal defence lawyers who did relentless work at the coal face, Auckland barrister Charles Cato told the annual general meeting of the Criminal Bar Association ... More >>
Small Kiwi Law Firms Have Room For Improvement
Friday, 4 December 2009, 4:35 pm | LawFuel
LawFuel - The Law Jobs and Legal NewsWire - Small law firms have plenty of room for improved profitability if the results of Markhams’ Legal Practitioners Performance Survey for 2009 can be extrapolated nationally. The survey found that many firms ... More >>
Supreme Court recalls decision - judicial bias
Friday, 27 November 2009, 4:45 pm | LawFuel
In what may be the only such case to have come before the court, involving allegations of judicial bias because of the relationship between a judge and a lawyer appearing before him, the Supreme Court have taken the unusual step of recalling a decision ... More >>
The Siemer Battles - Judges Remain In Firing Line
Thursday, 19 November 2009, 11:08 am | LawFuel
Vince Siemer, who faced the wrath of the Solicitor General this week with contempt of court proceedings that threatened him with imprisonment, has already filed a complaint against the High Court judge who heard the proceeding. And the Auckland litigant ... More >>
NZ First To Launch Global Entrepreneurship Week
Monday, 16 November 2009, 4:09 pm | LawFuel
Global Entrepreneurship Week, the international week of competition and events encouraging and celebrating entrepreneurial activity, was started in Wellington, New Zealand as the first country to see the light of the new day. More >>
Global Entrepreneur Week Launches First In NZ
Friday, 13 November 2009, 4:44 pm | Law Fuel
The launch of the international Global Entrepreneur Week starts first in the world in Wellington next Monday with an ‘innovation breakfast’ at the Wellington mayoral chambers lead by GEW patron and TradeMe founder Sam Morgan and Wellington mayor Kerry ... More >>
Lawyers Agree with Finlayson on Legal Training
Wednesday, 28 October 2009, 11:20 am | LawFuel
LawFuel.co.nz - The NZ Legal Jobs & News site reports a poll of lawyers on the legal jobs site shows that most agree with Attorney General Chris Finlayson that court lawyers need more training (42 per cent) compared to 37 per cent who say the Attorney ... More >>
