The Legal Drive

01/03/2026

We have recently launched lawsauce out into the wild. It's a database tool for New Zealand legal Human Resources managers and executive search professionals working in the legal sector.
https://lawsauce.co.nz

26/07/2025

26/07/2025

Our new app, lawdbl, has been running for a few months. Kiwis everywhere are using it to find the right lawyer from them. It works from a human-curated and regularly maintained database. Give it a hoon!

19/04/2025

We're pleased to say we have launched a new app called lawdbl. It's a free lawyer-finder for the NZ public. It is still in the experimental stage, so be patient! Give it a nudge and report back if you like! FYI, our spirit-bird is the pukeko, reflected in the logo (sort of). We're not changing that for anything. Although having said that we did change it once already, today. https://lawdbl.com

07/04/2022

After having a little rest, we are up and running again providing online document attestation services including the swearing of affidavits. Use the extra time you create to go on an inner journey. Or just get a coffee. Over to you.
https://remotelegalnz.com

14/02/2022

Civil Litigation for Non-Lawyers is a comprehensive and easy-to-understand explainer for civil Court cases. It is for people without any legal training. It is a useful resource for people who are involved in a civil Court case but do not have a lawyer.

28/04/2021

We are pleased to announce a print run of Martin Dillon's book, Civil Litigation for Non-Lawyers, first published as an e-book in February 2021. Watch this space!

03/07/2020

The Legal Drive is a disruptive legal software and publishing company. Software includes Two Bees; a costs calculator and report Creator for District and High Court costs (NZ).

https://two-bees.legal

We're at the midst of finalising a manuscript civil litigation guide for non lawyers written by barrister Martin Dillon, edited by Steve Keall.

This book is intended to give lay litigants the tools they need to run civil litigation cases effectively.
The book will be published Amazon, generally downloadable as a Kindle ebook. There will also be a limited print run.

07/05/2020

The Legal Drive Ltd offers document attestation services during the COVID-19 lockdown via its website Remote Legal. Use this coupon code to get a 10% discount. It expires on 12 May 2020. UGKGWU3S
Https://remotelegalnz.com

05/04/2020

Today The Legal Drive rolled out a new app. It's called Remote Legal. It facilitates remote document attestation in NZ. It lets the user make an online booking in seconds.
Check it out here:
https://remotelegalnz.com

03/04/2020

Fellow lawyers, and business people: looking to do a little extra reading during your incubation?

Check out this essay about shareholder disputes by Legal Drive author Bret Gustafson. Read it online or on your Kindle.

Kindle now offers great additional functionality like annotations, highlighting and the like. It is a great companion research resource.

In this essay, seasoned New Zealand civil litigation lawyer Bret Gustafson provides an overview on shareholder disputes arising out of shareholder agreements. It will be informative for litigators early in their career and also a refresher for more experienced lawyers.