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ISSUE 929 · June 2019 Finding the perfect role New Zealand legal employment Does our use of Family Law Confirmation and Litigation imprisonment Arbitration anchoring bias in funding and breach NZBORA? - what's decision making class actions happening? in NZ Page 36 Page 40 Page 42 Page 66 19NZCRS09BA01.pdf 2 28/05/2019 11:43 AM C M Y CM MY CY CMY K Do mark-ups make a mess of your documents? Lexis® Draft’s Contract Companion scans your Less time. documents for errors and risks so you can quickly locate and correct reference mistakes, incomplete Less mess. items, numbering issues and more. Reduce risk and deliver accurate documents faster with Lexis Draft. Lexis® Dra t | LexisNexis.co.nz/Brushstroke Lexis Draft and the Knowledge Burst logo are registered trademarks of RELX Inc. © 2019 LexisNexis NZ Limited. All rights reserved. 19NZCRS09BA01.pdf 2 28/05/2019 11:43 AM Our commitment At MAS, we’re committed to doing what we can to make a positive impact on the health and wellbeing of future generations of New Zealanders, and to a more sustainable country. It’s why we’ve implemented a socially responsible investing approach across $1.4 billion of superannuation funds and insurance reserves and do not invest in the manufacture and sale of armaments, tobacco, or the exploration, extraction, refining and processing fossil fuels. Talk to us about our socially responsible Retirement Savings and KiwiSaver plans today C by calling 0800 800 627 or visit mas.co.nz M Y CM MY CY CMY K Philips SpeechLive Secure cloud dictation Do mark-ups make a mess of your documents? Sign up now and get one Lexis® Draft’s Contract Companion scans your Less time. -
Welcoming the Gender Equitable Engagement and Instruction Policy Jenny Cooper QC and Gretta Schumacher *
Welcoming the Gender Equitable Engagement and Instruction Policy Jenny Cooper QC and Gretta Schumacher * In 2018, women constitute the majority of practising lawyers, and yet represent fewer than 35% of law firm directors, fewer than 24% of partners in law firms, and only 18.7% of QCs. Can the recently launched Gender Equitable Engagement and Instruction Policy address these woeful figures? A global conversation about gender issues has ranks of QCs, these are clearly positions which been sparked in the last 12 months by the #metoo provide higher levels of status and influence within and #timesup movements. As that conversation the profession. In particular, law firm partners and has reached the legal profession, it’s clear that leaders at the bar play a key role in defining the sexual discrimination, including both conscious values and culture of our profession. The under- and unconscious bias, still affects women in representation of women in these leadership roles the law. Nine years after the New Zealand Bar matters. Association (NZBA) first launched an Equitable Briefing Policy in 2009 it still feels as though there Happily, there is reason for optimism. In is a long way to go to achieve the goal of gender December last year, the NZBA and the New equity. Zealand Law Society jointly launched the Gender Equitable Engagement and Instruction In 2018, women constitute the majority (just) of Policy. The Policy includes a specific target for practising lawyers. But despite this, women still at least 30% of lead roles in court proceedings, make up fewer than 35% of law firm directors, arbitral proceedings and major regulatory fewer than 24% of partners in law firms, and investigations to go to women barristers or only 18.7% of Queen's Counsel. -
Audio Streams up 15%, Vinyl Sales Double in First Half of 2021
Bulletin YOUR DAILY ENTERTAINMENT NEWS UPDATE JULY 14, 2021 Page 1 of 18 INSIDE Audio Streams Up 15%, Vinyl Sales • Walter Kolm’s WK Double in First Half of 2021 Records Expands, Hires New CEO and BY ED CHRISTMAN Launches Mexican Imprint As the pandemic ends, the recorded music business million streams. (By comparison, Roddy Ricch’s “The has continued to thrive: overall on-demand streams in Box” had been streamed 1.07 billion times during the • Venues Won’t Have to Reapply the U.S. grew 10.8%, to 555.3 billion, in the first half of first half of last year.) for Supplemental 2021 compared to the same period of 2020, according The top album is Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous: The Shuttered Venue to MRC Data. Within that audio streams grew 15% to Double Album, with 2.1 million album consumption Grants nearly 483 billion from nearly 420 million in the cor- units, outpacing the No. 2 title, Olivia Rodrigo’s SOUR, • Why Picking a responding earlier period and globally audio streams at 1.37 million units. Wallen’s album is also outper- New Britney Spears performed even better jumping a whopping 27.3% to forming last year’s mid-year No. 1, Lil Baby’s My Turn, Conservatorship 1.296 trillion. which had nearly 1.5 million album consumption units Lawyer Isn’t So Not all the good news is digital. Vinyl sales, which by this time. Simple have grown for the past decade, more than doubled Taylor Swift’s evermore leads vinyl sales over the • 2021 Billboard Latin between January and June, up 108.2% to 19.2 million period, with 143,000 units sold, followed by Harry Music Awards Date & from 9.2 million in the first six months of last year. -
The Weekly Notes Online
EGLWYS GADEIRIOL LLANDAF LLANDAFF CATHEDRAL Registered Charity Number 1159090 The Weekly Notes Online www.llandaffcathedral.org.uk Trinity Sunday 30th May 2021 Today’s 11.15 am service is live streamed at: www.llandaff-cathedral.live/sundayeucharist Today’s 4.00 pm Choral Evensong is live streamed at: https://llandaff-cathedral.live/choral-evensong The Cathedral Choir is on its half-term break so there will be no choral music today. The Collect and Readings for today Almighty and everlasting God, you have given us your servants grace, by the confession of a true faith, to acknowledge the glory of the eternal Trinity and in the power of the divine majesty to worship the Unity: keep us steadfast in this faith, that we may evermore be defended from all adversities; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. First Reading A reading from the book of the prophet Isaiah. In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lofty; and the hem of his robe filled the temple. Seraphs were in attendance above him; each had six wings: with two they covered their faces, and with two they covered their feet, and with two they flew. And one called to another and said: ‘Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory.’ The pivots on the thresholds shook at the voices of those who called, and the house filled with smoke. -
RM Directory 2021
2021 www.rmla.org.nz The Professional Directory for New Zealand’s Resource Management Practitioners Contents Cato Bolam Barristers and Solicitors 4 Cheal Consultants Ltd Anderson Lloyd Development Nous Berry Simons Mitchell Daysh Cooney Lees Morgan Planning Initiatives CR Law – Cooper Rapley Lawyers Traverse Environmental Ltd Conservation Architects 7 Planning, Engineering & Environmental 12 archifact – architecture + conservation ltd Consultants Stantec Landscape Architects / Planners 8 Harrison Grierson Traffic Engineers Abley 13 Planners 9 Bloxam Burnett & Olliver Ltd RMLA Members Brown & Company Planning Group (as at 9 February 2021) 14 2 Resource Management Directory of Professional Services Introduction With over 1000 members, the Association for Our weekly, digital RMLA News Brief provides a Resource Management Professionals, Te Kahui Ture snapshot of the week’s resource management-related Taiao (RMLA) is a thriving national multi-disciplinary news, as well as RMLA news, such as President’s notes organisation representing over 567 companies across and Members’ news, and a round-up of RMLA and 27 industry sectors. industry events. The Association’s objective is to promote an RMLA’s flagship publication, Resource Management understanding of New Zealand’s resource management Theory & Practice, is published annually and is a law and its implementation within a multi-disciplinary vehicle to provide for in-depth analysis of resource framework; excellence in resource management policy management issues relevant to New Zealand. and practice; and resource management processes that are legally sound, effective and efficient, and The Resource Management Directory of Professional which produce high quality environmental outcomes. Services enables members to promote their businesses in a specialist directory available free-of-charge to Relevant to lawyers, planners, environmental the public. -
Points of Information VOLUME 1
Points of Information VOLUME 1 Welcome to the first edition of Points of Information, the newsletter for alumni of the New Zealand Schools Debating Champs. This is the first of HOW TO JOIN four newsletters that will be published in 2010. Membership for a year is only $50 The purpose of the newsletter is to keep alumni up to date with what is for those in paid employment and $20 for students. happening in New Zealand schools debating, as well as publish news about what schools debating alumni are up to all around the world. The easiest way to pay is using a credit card via PayMate, an online The newsletter is published by the Friends of New Zealand Schools payment system. Your credit card details are protected by industry Debating Trust, which was formed to help alumni stay connected to standard SSL encryption, and are schools debating in New Zealand, organise events, and solicit financial never passed on to us or any other support for debating. party. Simply head to The Trust was formed in 2008 when the Council celebrated twenty years www.debating.org.nz/alumni and of organising regional and national debating tournaments. follow the link! In this issue: Alternatively, you can deposit $50 or $20 into the following bank account: • About the Friends of NZ Schools • Alumni News 03-0502-0637829-00 and send an email to [email protected] to Debating Trust – how to join and let us know you’ve joined. profiles of the trustees • Editorial The Friends of NZSDC Trust is a • Qatar Worlds – • How will Friends of New Zealand Registered Charity (CC42751) so how did New Zealand do? Schools Debating Trust money be your contribution is tax-deductible in spent? New Zealand. -
Law Newsletter Winter 2015 OTAGOLAW
Faculty of Law Newsletter Winter 2015 OTAGOLAW IN THIS ISSUE Greetings from the Dean 1 Staff News 1 Legal Issues Centre 4 sport Undergraduate News 5 Postgraduate News 11 Alumni Updates 13 Alumni Profiles 14 Faculty Visitors 21 &law Join us on Facebook and like our page facebook.com/otagolaw Join us on Linkedin tinyurl.com/otagolawalumni You can keep your contact details up to date at: [email protected] Editor: Lauren Julian GREETINGS FROM THE DEAN STAFF NEWS Academic Promotions Congratulations to Jessica Palmer and Nicola Wheen who have been promoted to Associate Professor. Dear Otago law alumni We are half way through another busy year, however I have been fortunate to catch up with many of our wonderful alumni at various events over the last few months. We are nearing the end of our Law Career Day promotions around the country, and I would like to once again thank the many alumni who have come along to help out with role-plays and speak to the secondary school students, who are looking to follow in your footsteps. We are very proud of you and your achievements and it’s great to see the Otago Law spirit is still alive and well! It was also a pleasure to be able to meet up with many of our London and UK based alumni in London recently. I am always delighted to see you all and hear about the wonderful work you continue to do. The success of our alumni all around the world continues to buoy the status of the Faculty of Law and contribute positively to our reputation. -
Degree Congregations
The University of Manchester Degree Congregations DECEMBER 2013 At The University of Manchester, we focus on making things happen , turning enthusiasm into achievement and ground-breaking theory into cutting-edge practice. Our newest graduates today join a prestigious We encourage our students to take charge hall of fame that includes 25 Nobel Prize winners of their future, finding a voice and forming among our current and former staff and opinions, getting involved and meeting fresh students, and a worldwide community of more challenges, making the most of the multitude than 240,000 alumni who can be found holding of resources and opportunities that we have top positions in every imaginable field. to offer. Over a distinguished history spanning more And we know, with their intelligence, inspiration than 180 years, our innovative minds have and ambition, our new graduates will find they accomplished feats of global importance, have what it takes to make their future happen. including the birth of the modern computer, the splitting of the atom, and the foundation of modern-day economics. Today, our students form a diverse and fascinating community, drawn from all corners of the globe, united in their goal to build a better future via a world-class educational experience of a lifetime. Welcome from the President and Vice-Chancellor I welcome you all – graduands, family For those of you graduating today, these members and friends – to The University of ceremonies mark not the end of your Manchester for this degree congregation. relationship with the University but the start of a new stage. It is my hope that the links This is a time of celebration for all of us and between the University and you will grow I very much hope that you find it an ever stronger and I look forward to you enjoyable occasion. -
Dance Music Business
01 01FEB Cover_v8_cover template 29/01/13 19:06 Page 1 05 9 776669 776136 THE BUSINESS OF MUSIC www.musicweek.com 01.02.13 £5.15 BIG INTERVIEW VIEWPOINT PROFILE 12 22 20 John Reid on the difference Is it time for the industry to Patrick Moxey’s just done between labels and live - and start being a bit more deferential a big deal with Sony - bagging the Olympic Park towards its veteran execs? we sit down for a chat Calvin Harris king of songwriting in 2012 SECOND YEAR AT THE TOP FOR SCOTTISH DJ, PRODUCER AND SONY/ATV/EMI POP COMPOSER SONGWRITING artist albums chart in early Australian, Brazilian and I BY PAUL WILLIAMS January. Uniquely, seven of the South Korean. album’s cuts have made the Led by Harris, UK alvin Harris has finished top five of the UK singles songwriters make up 34.3% of C as the top hit songwriter chart, including most recently the Top 100 with the US in the UK for a second Drinking From The Bottle with marginally ahead with a 36.7% successive year, according to Tinie Tempah. share. Around one-fifth of the Music Week research. Harris beats into second place chart is made up of writers from The Scottish DJ and producer fellow Sony/ATV/EMI signing the rest of Europe with France, tops our exclusive countdown Sia Furler who scored a string of the Netherlands and Norway based on writing shares of the big songwriting successes last among the nations represented. Official Charts Company’s top year, including co-penning UK A second songwriters chart 100 downloads of 2012 after a No 1 singles Titanium by David based on the 20 top-selling artist run of successes including solo Guetta and Diamonds by albums of last year places singles Let’s Go (with Ne-Yo), Rihanna in addition to hits for Emeli Sande in first position We’ll Be Coming Back (with Flo Rida and Ne-Yo. -
MP Demands Scrapping Maid Company Due to High Prices Bedoons Under Rights Panel • Speaker Slams Footage ‘Leakers’
RABI ALTHANI 7, 1439 AH MONDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2017 Max 31º 32 Pages 150 Fils Established 1961 Min 13º ISSUE NO: 17415 The First Daily in the Arabian Gulf www.kuwaittimes.net MP demands scrapping maid company due to high prices Bedoons under rights panel • Speaker slams footage ‘leakers’ By B Izzak ing to debate the establishment of the national human rights commission. He said KUWAIT: MP Safa Al-Hashem yesterday the committee will pay an inspection visit to demanded in a draft law the scrapping of the the central jail on Thursday and also decided MoI mulls fee newly-established company for the recruit- to visit any facility where human rights abus- ment of maids from abroad because of its es take place. high prices. Hashem said in her proposal that MP Mohammad Al-Dallal said yesterday hikes to plug the company was established in accordance that he will grill the new finance minister if with a law passed in 2015 by the National he does not send the financial and economic budget deficit Assembly with the main objective of bringing reforms document to the Assembly before down the highly inflated prices charged by Feb 20 for a debate. Dallal asked the minister KUWAIT: Director General of private recruitment offices. about the motives and the reasons behind Residency Affairs Maj Gen Talal But the company, which began operations the finance ministry’s plans to impose taxes Maarafi said the most important rea- recently, is charging almost similar fees, which on individuals and companies, especially sons that made the interior ministry means it has failed to achieve the goals of its since taxation has a unique system under submit a proposal to increase fees is establishment and should be scrapped, she capitalism and does not apply to the Kuwaiti the deficit in the state’s general budget, said. -
Investing in New Zealand
Investing in New Zealand July 2018 Investing in New Zealand July 2018 Introduction This is a basic guide for those wishing to invest in New Zealand and provides a high-level summary of key topics that investors should be aware of, including New Zealand’s overseas investment, competition law, taxation and employment regimes. The information in this guide is correct as at 2 July 2018. Anyone considering investing in New Zealand should seek advice from Russell McVeagh on the specific details of their proposed investment. This publication is intended only to provide a summary of the subject covered. It does not purport to be comprehensive or to provide legal advice. No person should act in reliance on any statement contained in this publication without first obtaining specific professional advice. If you require any advice or further information on the subject matter of this newsletter, please contact the partner/solicitor in the firm who normally advises you, or alternatively contact one of our specialist listed at the end of this publication. © Russell McVeagh 2018. 1 of 30 About Russell McVeagh Widely regarded as New Zealand’s premier law firm, Russell McVeagh is committed to operating on the cutting edge of legal practice. With an impressive track record of attracting clients from throughout Australasia and internationally, the firm acts for 11 of the NZX 15 companies, and New Zealand’s major corporates, including numerous energy and utilities companies, all of New Zealand’s retail banks, and New Zealand’s largest company and largest listed company. All of our practice groups are respected as leaders in the market and we assist clients with their most complex, challenging and high-profile transactions. -
2014 Hot List
COVER FEATURE / HOT LIST 2014 NZLAWYERMAGAZINE.CO.NZ HOT LIST BREAKDOWN 2014 HOT LIST FIRMS WITH MOST HOT LIST LAWYERS RUSSELL MCVEAGH – 7 SIMPSON GRIERSON – 3 ANDREW BUTLER RUSSELL MCVEAGH CHAPMAN TRIPP – 6 MINTER ELLISON RUDD WATTS – 3 ANDREW HARMOS HARMOS HORTON LUSK BELL GULLY – 4 WYNN WILLIAMS – 2 BRYNN GILBERTSON BELL GULLY BARRY BROWN CHAPMAN TRIPP GENDER SPLIT WHERE THEY CATHY QUINN MINTER ELLISON RUDD WATTS PRACTICE 27 Male lawyers 1 DAVE WETHERELL MAYNE WETHERELL Auckland 27 30 Wellington 6 GAVIN MACDONALD BELL GULLY Christchurch 3 GEOF SHIRTCLIFFE CHAPMAN TRIPP Tauranga 1 GRAEME QUIGLEY RUSSELL MCVEAGH Dunedin 1 6 GRANT DUNN BUDDLE FINDLAY 3 GRANT KEMBLE RUSSELL MCVEAGH Female lawyers HAYDEN WILSON KENSINGTON SWAN 1 8 JARED ORMSBY WYNN WILLIAMS JASON ROGERS JAMES & WELLS HOT LISTWho’s on the big deals? MOST COMMON AREAS OF SPECIALISATION (self-identified) JEFFREY LAI ANDERSON CREAGH LAI Who’s the talk of the town? M&A JEN CRAWFORD ANDERSON LLOYD Joint ventures JEREMY JOHNSON WYNN WILLIAMS NZ Lawyer presents an inside Securities law JOE WINDMEYER RUSSELL MCVEAGH look at the hottest private Corporate structuring JOHN STROWGER CHAPMAN TRIPP Administrative law KATHERINE BECK SWARBRICK BECK MACKINNON practice lawyers in the Litigation & dispute resolution KEVIN JAFFE SIMPSON GRIERSON New Zealand market Private equity MAI CHEN CHEN PALMER Public offerings 2014 Employment law MARK FREEMAN BELL GULLY Property MARK STUART MINTER ELLISON RUDD WATTS Intellectual property MARTIN WISEMAN DLA PHILLIPS FOX Legal practice is a game of mixed fortunes. In the many lawyers who are worthy of accolades but for 20 10 0 deal environment, every year produces a series of one reason or another have never received one.