'Repugnant': Barrister calls for law committee to be sacked
Benedict Tompkins labelled the investigation into Catriona McLellan "repugnant".
Benedict Tompkins labelled the investigation into Catriona McLellan "repugnant".
One of NZ's most senior jurists believes all women have experienced oppression.
Sixty per cent of women who contributed to the #Metoo blog were aged 18 to 35.
It comes in the wake of other firms caught up in allegations of bad behaviour.
A former lawyer is disappointed with the punishment a senior barrister received.
New service set up for New Zealand legal professionals to discuss harassment.
Olivia Wensley has inspired hundreds to share their sexual harassment stories.
Almost 90 per cent of lawyers have either experienced or witnessed harassment at work.
Ministerial inquiry likely if Law Society's harassment probe is deemed inadequate.
Ex-student says a law faculty dean was present as students stripped in a talent quest.
The annually held law camp at the University of Otago could be cancelled.
Former law student said there were 'inappropriate conversations, caresses and carry-ons.'
Her raw account of harassment stunned. Olivia Wensley is still fighting for change.
"Girls dramatising things" was the attitude to warnings about behaviour, ex-staffer says..
The fee was not fair or reasonable, a Law Society committee said.
Barrister Warren Forster says ACC needs to focus on helping more people recuperate.
Anthony Banbrook has been struck off as a lawyer for doing legal work while suspended.
Families left in New Zealand illegally after immigration advice from unlicensed woman.
An Auckland lawyer is accusing the SFO of abusing its power by initiating border arrest alerts on targets before they are charged.
An overcharging lawyer who also misappropriated $237,000 of client money has been struck off the roll of barristers and solicitors.
Valentine's Day is a chance to celebrate love but amorous punters are warned to err on the side of caution when it comes to the workplace.
Court staff across NZ have been issued a reminder to adhere to a long-forgotten protocol designed to prevent lawyers from "judge shopping".
A lawyer has been ordered to pay more than $250,000 for a raft of misconduct charges.
A now struck-off lawyer who gave false documents to his bank has been sentenced to 11 months home detention.
Raising two kids and battling cancer - Juliet Mawley had to rely on Legal Aid in a recent hearing. But she feels shortchanged because of tightening budgets for legal aid across the country. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Law Society says any 19-year-old with no previous convictions would not have been jailed on the same charges.
Edward Johnston pleaded guilty at the Auckland District Court today to three counts of Dishonestly taking or using document laid by the Serious Fraud Office.
COMMENT: The biggest problem facing the insolvency industry isn't unaccredited and unregulated professionals, it is passive liquidators.
On one of the documents he claimed witnessing a husband had forged his wife's signature.