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Focus on Whanganui

There are plenty of great career opportunities for mid-career lawyers in Whanganui. Former Auckland lawyer Simon Badger has just been made a partner at Treadwell Gordon, after moving to the city and joining the firm last year. “That was probably a five-year acceleration of what my career opportunities would have been…

From law to banking and back to law

Deanne TaylorDeeanne Taylor’s passion for the law blossomed at a very young age. However, it took a period of reflection during her time as a junior solicitor, changing careers and working overseas, for her to re-evaluate her approach to the realities of the legal profession and return to the law…

Corrections-funded alcohol interlock licence second pilot

Information for lawyers From 3 July 2017 the Department of Corrections will fund a further 240 alcohol interlock devices for eligible offenders on community sentences. Findings from the first pilot, which began on October 2015, showed that an alcohol interlock is more effective when probation officers have greater oversight. The second phase…

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