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Rt Hon Paul East CNZM KC PC

The New Zealand Law Society Te Kāhui Ture o Aotearoa mourns the death of the Right Honourable Paul East CNZM KC PC, former Attorney-General and esteemed practitioner within our community. He was 76 years old.

The New Zealand Law Society Te Kāhui Ture o Aotearoa, in conjunction with leading insights company Kantar, are launching the Legal Workplace Environment Survey 2023 on 4 April. The survey will close 5 May.

ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence chatbot which can be a useful tool for obtaining basic legal guidance and information. With access to copious amounts of online legal material and the ability to draft legal documents quickly, lawyers have been tempted to use ChatGPT. However, many responses have been labelled imperfect…

Changes to the current approach to Trust Account Supervisor examinations have been approved by the Law Society Board and will take effect from 1 July 2023.

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Coroner Tracey Fitzgibbon: Living a life neatly woven around deaths

Contrary to her naturally amiable presence, death has been a familiar subject to Auckland Coroner Tracey Fitzgibbon who was a former police officer surrounded by tikanga protocols in her upbringing. It’s not uncommon to hear people wrongly associate coroners with medical professionals. In fact, an important part of a coroner’s…

Kerrie Heaysman: Celebrating 50 years of practising law

The article was originally published in Family Advocate, Volume 24 Issue I (Spring 2022). Kerrie Heaysman has recently achieved 50 years of practising law. We spoke to her about her experiences.

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Philip Thomas McCabe

It is with great sadness that McCabe & Company advises that Philip Thomas McCabe died after a long illness.

Rt Hon Paul East CNZM KC PC

The New Zealand Law Society Te Kāhui Ture o Aotearoa mourns the death of the Right Honourable Paul East CNZM KC PC, former Attorney-General and esteemed practitioner within our community. He was 76 years old.

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Montie Baskett joined Holland Beckett Law as a Consultant in the Corporate & Finance team.

Doran Wyatt joins the Wellington office as the newest addition to the Real Estate and Construction Partner team.

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Introducing new South Island Vice President Taryn Gudmanz

Taryn is a senior barrister who specialises in commercial and civil litigation. She also acts as counsel to assist the coroner and is on the legal assistance panel for the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care. Taryn is an accredited mediator – assisting parties to choose their own…

Meet Frazer Barton

Frazer Barton is a Partner at Anderson Lloyd in Dunedin and heads the Otago litigation team. He has been on the Anderson Lloyd Board for the last 16 years, chairing the board for eight of those years. During his tenure as Chair of Partners Frazer oversaw a change in focus…

The New Zealand Law Society | Te Kāhui Ture o Aotearoa welcomes the Coroners Amendment Bill which is currently before the Justice Select Committee, and seeks to reduce delays and backlogs in the coronial system.

The New Zealand Law Society Te Kāhui Ture o Aotearoa welcomes an announcement from the Legal Services Commissioner which sees an additional boost to legal aid funding. As well as the 12 per cent increase to the legal aid hourly rate that took effect from 1 July, Legal Services Commissioner Tracey…

Courts roundup 15 September - 21 September 2022

Decisions, proceedings and news from the courts in some common law jurisdictions in the past week.

Courts roundup 8 September - 14 September 2022

Decisions, proceedings and news from the courts in some common law jurisdictions in the past week.

Courts roundup 1 September - 7 September 2022

Decisions, proceedings and news from the courts in some common law jurisdictions in the past week.

Provisions in the Residential Tenancies Act 1986 that enable victims of family violence to leave a tenancy at short notice, are in force and can be used, even though the corresponding regulations are not yet in force. Tenancy Services (a part of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment), has…

Courts roundup 25 August - 31 August 2022

Decisions, proceedings and news from the courts in some common law jurisdictions in the past week.

Courts roundup 18 August - 24 August 2022

Decisions, proceedings and news from the courts in some common law jurisdictions in the past week.

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