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Law firm wins gender equality award
20 September 2017
Law firm, Simpson Grierson has taken out the top prize at the White Camellia Awards.The White Camellia awards celebrate organisational…
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Car dealer to pay upwards of $320,000 for employment breaches
20 September 2017
Second-hand car dealer 2 Cheap Cars Ltd has been ordered to pay a $70,000 penalty, and is to be liable…
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14,000 people wait in line to see new Justice Precinct
20 September 2017
Cantabrians turned out in force, and endured long queues, to get a glimpse of the new Justice & Emergency Services…
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Reflect on women’s rights, urges Women’s Minister
19 September 2017
Women's Minister Paula Bennett is encouraging all New Zealanders to take time, on Suffrage Day, to reflect on women's rights…
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Charges laid against former Christchurch lawyer dismissed by Disciplinary Tribunal
19 September 2017
The New Zealand Lawyers and Conveyancers Disciplinary Tribunal considered the case against Susan Barbara Lewis to be highly unusual.It says…
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Property rights upgrade needed, says law professor
15 September 2017
To commemorate the first female lawyer, Otago University law school professor Nicola Peart has told an address the law on…
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Creativity not highly valued by law firms
14 September 2017
Creativity is not as highly valued by New Zealand and Australian law firms as critical thinking, communication or collaboration, according…
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Law student’s advocacy skills takes out top prize
14 September 2017
AUT law student Abhijit Desai has beaten off 23 competitors to win the 2017 Sentencing Advocacy Competition.The contest, which is…
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Telco industry continues to get a bad report
14 September 2017
The Commerce Commission receives more complaints about telecommunications than any other industry, while four out of ten complaints about the…
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Council pushing for yes vote in Australia’s same-sex marriage vote
13 September 2017
The Law Council of Australia has strongly advocated a ‘yes’ vote following the decision of the High Court to clear…
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PM cuts ribbon on Christchurch’s new Justice Precinct
13 September 2017
Christchurch’s state-of-the-art Justice and Emergency Services Precinct was officially opened by Prime Minister Bill English on Tuesday.Justice and Courts Minister…
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New code of conduct for ministerial staff
13 September 2017
The State Services Commissioner has released a new code of conduct for ministerial staff, which will apply to staff working…
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Lawyers’ dominate tax competition final
12 September 2017
Three lawyers are in the running to win $10,000 after being named as finalists in a competition run by the…
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Parking story unbalanced rules Press Council
12 September 2017
The New Zealand Press Council has partly upheld a complaint against three media outlets over a story about parking at…
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Sex scenes in Māori TV’s Albanian film acceptable, says BSA
11 September 2017
The Broadcasting Standards Authority (BSA) has ruled that sexual material in a foreign language film is not in breach of…
Last updated on the 28th June 2018