Labour’s short-sighted decision in 2018 to scrap National’s highly successful Meth Action Plan – and its outright refusal to accept that New Zealand has a gang problem – is contributing to a surge in gang membership, meth use and misery in New Zealand’s most deprived communities, National’s health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says. Wastewater testing […]
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The Lawyers and Conveyancers Disciplinary Tribunal has made a finding that Auckland lawyer Quentin Duff was at the relevant time not a fit and proper person or was otherwise unsuited to engage in practice as a lawyer due to his attempts to evade paying tax. Mr Duff faced one charge of misconduct in relation to
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Russell McVeagh assisting with Park & Ride bus campaign for mobile vaccination drive With vaccination rates lower in the 20-35 age group, Auckland Airport and a group of Kiwi businesses including law firm Russell McVeagh, are pitching in to support the next phase of the vaccination drive, testing and trying new tactics to boost numbers.
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MinterEllisonRuddWatts–MinterEllisonRuddWatts Partner Stacey Shortall has joined Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington’s distinguished alumni, after being named as a Distinguished Alumni Award winner – one of only six selected in the biennial award process. Award recipients are chosen based on making positive impacts in their communities and beyond, and their achievements are outstanding examples of
The Public Defence Service is New Zealand’s largest criminal defence practice that has 150 lawyers working across the 10 PDS offices and new criminal law opportunities available provide a major opportunity for criminal lawyers. The busiest, however, remains the Public Defence Service’s office in Manukau, serving the South Auckland area and as the office has
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Jeremy Valentine has 25 years of experience in financial services and joins Cigna from The Co-operative Bank where he was Risk, Legal and Governance general manager. He’s also held key positions with the ANZ and National Bank, as well as practising in two major New Zealand law firms. Cigna New Zealand chief executive Gail Costa says
The New Zealand Bar Association is backing calls from the International Association of Women Judges (IAWJ) President, Justice Susan Glazebrook, for the New Zealand Government to help secure safe passage and refuge for Afghan women judges and their families. The judges are facing grave danger following the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan. Bar Association President, Paul
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Russell McVeagh has assisted Summerset to complete a loan facility refinance for approximately $1.2 billion, incorporating a $700 million Sustainability Linked Loan (SLL) component, which takes effect 1 October 2021. This is one of the largest SLLs in the market to date, and the second SLL of significance that the firm has advised on so
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The recent High Court judgment against Radio New Zealand (RNZ) follows the approach in Slater v APN in relation to hacked information and is likely to influence future Broadcasting Standards Authority (BSA) and Media Council decisions. Background When the Waikato District Health Board (WDHB) refused to pay the instigators of the May 2021 ransomware attack, the media
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The New Zealand lockdown, if nothing else, provides an opportunity to examine our work, as well as home. You have a friend who is working two jobs and using the pandemic as a cover story, without telling either employer. You don’t believe it? Well, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal who talked
