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Leading New Zealand Legal News Source | NZ Lawyer
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Most Influential Lawyers 2022 | NZ Lawyer
Meet the standout legal professionals across four categories who have made a notable impact on laws, the justice system, and the legal profession in New Zealand. Learn about their achievements, challenges, and initiatives in various practice areas, including technology, immigration, Treaty of Waitangi, and diversity.
NZ's leading women in law for 2021 set the bar for future generations
The 36 awardees hail from a variety of renowned firms and in-house departments, and include: Mai Chen, Chen Palmer Helen Macfarlane, Hesketh Henry Anna Kirk, Bankside Chambers Kristy Redfern, AIA New Zealand Stephanie Ambler, Tompkins Wake Suzie Sneddon, Base Law Wendy Alexander, Norling Law. To know who the other Elite Women for 2021 are, click here.
Winners of the 2023 NZ Law Awards unveiled | NZ Lawyer
The best of the New Zealand legal profession was celebrated at a black-tie gala in Auckland last night. See the winners and finalists of 27 categories, from law firms and lawyers to mediators and service providers.
Most Influential Lawyers 2021 | NZ Lawyer
The importance of work-life balance. According to DLA Piper partners Laura Scampion and Reuben Woods, two of this year’s Most Influential Lawyers, one aspect of lawyers’ lives that took a real hit from the COVID-19 pandemic was wellbeing. “Our people lost their work-life separa-tion during the lockdowns, so we had to reset and adjust priorities quickly,” Scampion says.
Challenging New Zealand’s growing gap in access to justice
Access to justice is fundamental to upholding the rule of law. However, New Zealand is facing an “increasingly unmet need for civil justice” according to the Rules Committee, which cited unaffordability and “overly complex” procedure in its 2022 review.
The top NZ lawyers setting standards and making waves in 2023
“We don’t have any specific crypto law in New Zealand, but that doesn’t mean the law won’t apply to people using digital assets. There are various ways digital assets can touch on different areas of the law, and I find that exciting”, he says.
Law firms see sustained growth, according to Thomson Reuters …
For the first time since the transactional boom in late 2021, lawyer productivity growth became positive at 0.4 percent, said the Q2 report. Over fifty percent of firms saw this growth, with lawyers billing more hours compared with the second quarter of 2023.
Fast Firms 2022 - NZ Lawyer
Methodology. NZ Lawyer invited submissions for its 2022 Fast Firms report on 27 June, as the publication sought to recognise the fastest-growing law firms in New Zealand.. The research team asked firms to list their revenue and headcount for the 2021–22 financial year, in addition to any other growth milestones they wanted to highlight.