This week the New Zealand Law Society | Te Kāhui Ture o Aotearoa co-hosted an event at Parliament to celebrate the enactment of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021. We were invited to co-host the event with the Parliamentary Counsel Office and the Attorney-General to reflect our broader contribution to the…

Professor Philip A. Joseph was joined by the Chief Justice, Dame Helen Winkelmann, to launch the fifth edition of his book, now titled Joseph on Constitutional and Administrative Law, at Russell McVeagh in Wellington. The launch marks the new era covering the change in Public Law thinking about New Zealand’s…

Amy Webster Amy Webster (Senior Associate) joined the Wakefields Lawyers Team in 2019, specialising in employment law, commercial law, and general dispute resolution. Amy has worked in-house for one of New Zealand’s largest government departments and has experience dealing with a wide range of commercial matters, with a particular interest in…

Rotorua law firm Lance Lawson and Mount Maunganui law firm Beachside Legal have merged with effect from 1 April 2021. The merged firm will operate as Lance Lawson (incorporating Beachside Legal). Talia Marshall will be joining the firm as a partner and Patricia Jones and David Gubb will join as…

The New Zealand Law Society | Te Kāhui Ture o Aotearoa has published its Annual Report for the financial year 2019/20.

A Standards Committee has determined that a lawyer’s breaches of the Trust Account Regulations (TA Regulations) were sufficiently serious to warrant a finding of unsatisfactory conduct.

Aligning your investments with your values shouldn’t be a negative experience, according to Financial Adviser Patrick Fogarty.

New Zealand will become the first country in the world to require mandatory reporting on the potential financial impact of climate change for a number of organisations from 2023. We hear from three lawyers about their experience of reporting on and preparing for Climate Related Financial Disclosures.