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Law firm tips the scales and takes out gender diversity award

It’s a significant achievement when a law firm gains a major award for gender diversity in the workplace, particularly when the culture of law firms has been a big talking point over the past year or so. At June’s Women in Governance awards, Canterbury law firm Saunders Robinson Brown took home…

Focus on legal practice in the Hutt Valley

It’s only a wee trip to the capital, but the Hutt has its own identityGiven the proximity to its neighbour it’s understandable that, in many ways, the Hutt Valley is intrinsically linked to Wellington. But, despite the 20-minute drive to the capital, Lower Hutt and Upper Hutt have distinct legal…

Professor Penelope Mathew: Refugees and the University of Auckland

Penelope MathewPerched among the human rights law books in Professor Penelope Mathew’s office is a silver motorcycle helmet. “I ride a Vespa”, she says cheerfully. “But, I still have to get it through compliance over here – that’s what I’m going to do next.” The Australian export took over the deanship at…

One man’s Celtic Crusade …

Jock Anderson is familiar to many lawyers from his long career as a court reporter and legal commentator and for the popular lawyer profiles he has written every week for the past four years for the Law Society’s LawPoints e-newsletter. For 61 years Aberdeen-born Jock (now 72) had to admit to…

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