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The Innovators: Tamina Cunningham-Adams, Co-Founder & Director, Evolution Lawyers

LawFest organiser Andrew King continues a series of interviews with key legal professionals with their innovation and technology stories.

Lawyer plans to start NZ chapter of charity surfing organisation

Lawyer Mike Newdick remembers the days of surfing at Takapuna Beach on Auckland’s North Shore during the 1960s. Those youthful beach boy days may have long passed but he still loves riding waves and has also turned his attention to charities that benefit from lawyers who surf. “Back in those days…

Are you being served? Notes from the client’s chair

Have you got a favorite café or bar? Why are you loyal to it – the convenience, the calibre of coffee, or the service? There is a high probability that the quality of customer interaction is a contributing factor to your choice. Most of us encounter and evaluate customer service…

Should We Legalise All Drugs?

Methamphetamines are not the problem, the gangs are. I have been working and living in the Wellington region as a family lawyer for the past 17 years. Up until around 2013, illicit drugs were not really an issue in any of my cases. Marijuana use featured in some cases, but that…

First UK woman barrister Helena Normanton KC commemorated

The Bar in Britain is about to get its first set of chambers named after a woman, Helena Normanton KC, the first woman to practise as a barrister in England. The 218 Strand Chambers, which a set of eight members launched at the start of 2018 in London, was due…

How an Outward Bound experience inspired a lawyer to partnership

Some might be under the impression that outdoor pursuit courses are for adrenalin junkies or people who are attempting to find their inner self or perhaps having a midlife crisis. However, nowadays they’re increasingly tailored to meet the needs of professionals and leaders working in stressful corporate environments. Sarah Scott, a partner…

The interpretation of contracts

Those engaged in the ever controversial topic of contractual interpretation will be intrigued by the current spat between Lords Sumption and Hoffman playing out in their recent extrajudicial musings. In the latest Law Quarterly Review, Lord Hoffman has sought to defend the interpretive philosophies that have predominated in the UK…

Price fixing without fixing the whole price

On 23 November 2018 the Court of Appeal issued its decision in Commerce Commission v Lodge Real Estate Ltd [2018] NZCA 523. The court held that a number of Hamilton’s biggest real estate agencies breached the prohibition on price fixing in the Commerce Act by reaching an arrangement to move…

Playing rights for women, the Pupuke Golf Club case

Surrounded by forest with views over the Hauraki Gulf, Pupuke Golf Club on Auckland’s North Shore describes itself as a great escape from the hustle and bustle of the city. Like most golf clubs it has lawyers among its members, but litigation will be far from their minds as they…

Ensuring ethnically diverse workers do not suffer greater injury and illness

On 14 December 2018, the Superdiversity Institute for Law, Policy and Business released its latest report: Health and Safety regulators in a superdiverse context: review of challenges and lessons from United Kingdom, Canada and Australia. Commissioned by WorkSafe, New Zealand’s primary workplace health and safety regulator, and supported by the Ministry…

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