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Health & Disability Commissioner »

A demanding, exciting opportunity. Suitably qualified applicants are being sought for the position of Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner under the Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994.  See the job…

Jan 23 2011 / No Comment / Read More »
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InHouse Legal Role – Challenge Yourself »

This is an exciting, newly created senior role within the in-house legal team of the NZ Transport Agency (NZTA), with responsibility for providing legal advice to the Auckland and Northland…

Jan 18 2011 / No Comment / Read More »

Deputy Public Defender – Hamilton »

The Deputy Public Defender, Hamilton will develop and lead a high quality criminal legal aid defence service in the Hamilton region. As part of a committed and dynamic service you…

Dec 22 2010 / No Comment / Read More »
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DLA Phillips Fox’s Big Day »

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From NBR Briefcase – Who would have thought when Phillips Nicholson, formed right back in Petone in 1884 that they…

Feb 4 2011 / No Comment / Read More »

Drowing Brissie Law firms »

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Tough times at Riverside High where a number of top Brisbane law firms are drowning and having to move premises,…

Jan 18 2011 / No Comment / Read More »

Big Bucks on Chapman’s Big Deal »

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NBR Briefcase – John Bowie - What about leaving the year with a Big Deal Bang?  One of the year’s…

Dec 20 2010 / No Comment / Read More »

“Have I Got A Deal For You!” – Lawyers Selling Real Estate »

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NZ Law Society president Paul Temm thinks lawyers need to be more engaged in the sale of real estate.  They…

Dec 6 2010 / No Comment / Read More »

Graeme Hart Gets Big Apple Lawyers Excited »

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 At a time when investing in bankrupt European economies looks like the sort of deal Hanover might have done, and…

Dec 1 2010 / No Comment / Read More »
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“Sieg Heil” Mr Jensen »

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Cactus Kate has pointed out that Napier lawyerPhilip Jensen, fined $1500 for cultivating and possessing cannabis because of what his lawyer called his cannabis addiction and requested that Jensen be discharged without conviction.  She asks whether this was the same Philip Jensen who stood up…

Jan 23 2011 / No Comment / Read More »

Bonus News From the Big Bagel »

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Here’s some very belated bonus news from the Big Apple, from AboveTheLaw. Earlier this month, the New York office of Linklaters announced bonuses that matched the Cravath scale.  As usual at Linklaters, there was no hours requirement. The news was communicated via individual memo. A…

Dec 21 2010 / No Comment / Read More »
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From Chapman Tripp, With Love »

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NBR Briefcase – John Bowie - Chapman Tripp has provided a rich training and recruitment ground for the growing Wellington boutique, Greenwood Roche Chisnall, founded…

Dec 20 2010 / No Comment / Read More »
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Rich – Clifford Chance Trainee…

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King’s Court

TV lawyers in New Zealand have surfaced with varying degrees of success over the years – Mike Bungay being a TV darling at one point – but they’ve generally been confined to a role as talking…

Jul 16 2010 / Read More »
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Bonus News From the Big Bagel

Here’s some very belated bonus news from the Big Apple, from AboveTheLaw. Earlier this month, the New York office of Linklaters announced bonuses that matched the Cravath scale.  As usual at Linklaters, there was no hours…

Dec 21 2010 / Read More »
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The Toilet Dispenser Bum Rap

It just gets worse – now AboveTheLaw reports on the ultimate bum rap, a Michigan woman who allegedly broke her hand while trying to get toilet paper out of a dispenser in a restaurant bathroom. And…

Dec 6 2010 / Read More »
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Leaking Sieves and Government Spies

DimPost took a look at the leaking Government noting that documents supplied to them call for a ‘robust system and harsher penalties’ to identify and discipline public servants who supply documents to media sources. “Speaking on…

Oct 6 2010 / Read More »

Shaky Law

Did it take this site to alert 27 legal academics who have put their names to a letter expressing their concern about the powers granted under the Canterbury Response and Recovery Earthquake Act, as reported last…

Sep 29 2010 / Read More »
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Peace Throughout the Land? Bah, humbug

It was refreshing to see Robert Fisher QC’s comments in the past NZ Lawyer magazine saying that he’s generally in favour of disputes and that “the last thing we need is harmony throughout the land.”  Good…

Dec 12 2010 / Read More »
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“Have I Got A Deal For You!” – Lawyers Selling Real Estate

NZ Law Society president Paul Temm thinks lawyers need to be more engaged in the sale of real estate.  They now have a significant opportunity to enter the real estate market he told a function held…

Dec 6 2010 / Read More »
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Seperatists v. Unionists – the ADLS v. NZLS Debate

NBR’s “Briefcase” notes that there were lots of questions and some vociferous opposition has been raised about the proposed amalgamation and the supposed benefits of an “independent” body like the ADLSi existing, but there is some…

Feb 4 2011 / Read More »
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ADLS Election Focuses on ADLS/NZLS Merger

Voting for the presidency of the Auckland District Law Society will be known shortly, with incumbent Anna Fitzgibbon seeking her third and final term in office, reports the NBR Briefcase column.  The crucial issue for the…

Dec 12 2010 / Read More »
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Drowing Brissie Law firms

Tough times at Riverside High where a number of top Brisbane law firms are drowning and having to move premises, reports Lawfuel.    As with the Christchurch earthquake, law firms have needed to shut up shop, relocate,…

Jan 18 2011 / Read More »

Aussie Atheist Lawyer’s Koran/Bible-Burning Stunt

Taking a leaf from the Koran-burning-Florida-Pastor, Queensland lawyer Alex Stewart has YouTubed himself burning the Koran and the Bible – just to keep things even-handed- and then pretending to smoke marijuana which, he says were actually…

Sep 12 2010 / Read More »
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DLA Phillips Fox’s Big Day

From NBR Briefcase – Who would have thought when Phillips Nicholson, formed right back in Petone in 1884 that they would eventually go on to be part of what is – wait for it! – the…

Feb 4 2011 / Read More »
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“Sieg Heil” Mr Jensen

Cactus Kate has pointed out that Napier lawyerPhilip Jensen, fined $1500 for cultivating and possessing cannabis because of what his lawyer called his cannabis addiction and requested that Jensen be discharged without conviction.  She asks whether…

Jan 23 2011 / Read More »

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