NZ Lawyer

15/12/2025

This article, provided by K3 Legal, details a major reform to New Zealand’s civil case management, promising a fairer and faster High Court system beginning 1 January 2026.

https://hubs.ly/Q03Y5fw10

New rules promise faster, leaner civil justice, but front-loaded costs loom

15/12/2025

Jenn Little, Founder and Managing Director of Insource, discusses how her firm is digitally disrupting the legal recruitment process across Australasia.

https://hubs.ly/Q03Y5fJ_0

Game changing is how an innovative firm has been described

12/12/2025

Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith announced the introduction of the Crimes Amendment Bill, which seeks to impose stronger penalties for assaults on first responders, coward punches, and retail crime.

https://hubs.la/Q03XKlpY0

Proposed changes cover investigations, prosecutions, human trafficking, child exploitation

12/12/2025

Liam Mason, General Counsel at the Financial Markets Authority (FMA), welcomed the European Commission's decision to deem New Zealand's framework for the NZ bank bill rate benchmark (BKBM) as equivalent to the EU's.

https://hubs.la/Q03XKm4T0

Financial Markets Authority lauds decision recognising New Zealand’s legal framework

11/12/2025

New Zealand’s Supreme Court has dismissed a request to appeal by a man who sought to avail of the special plea of previous conviction in connection with a charge under the Crimes Act 1961 after his conviction under the Parole Act 2002.

https://hubs.la/Q03XxsJ20

Ruling notes over-‍criminalisation may be a question of general, public importance

11/12/2025

Beneath the surface of the New Zealand legal profession’s growing AI fluency sits a blind spot: sensitive data is drifting across too many platforms. Many lawyers are using legal generative AI tools such as Lexis+ AI® with Protégé™ to great effect, but alongside general AI tools like ChatGPT, potentially exposing sensitive client data to different platforms with varying security standards.

Protégé General AI, launched on 25 November, aims to shut that vulnerability down. By bringing enterprise versions of GPT-5, GPT-4o, OpenAI o3 and Claude Sonnet 4 into the same secure environment as its legal research products, LexisNexis promises to give lawyers the flexibility they want without the data-security trade-offs they’ve been making.

"We're trying to make sure that Lexis+ AI with Protégé becomes a comprehensive solution that lawyers are using in their day-to-day life, that they don't need to jump between or buy different services," said Alastair Fernandes, product manager at LexisNexis New Zealand.

Read the full article now:

https://hubs.la/Q03Xxnnr0

New feature lets lawyers use multiple AI models securely, without switching platforms

10/12/2025

LexisNexis New Zealand reflects on 2025, a "watershed year" where the legal profession's time seemed to "expand" due to rapid transformation driven by Artificial Intelligence (AI).

https://hubs.la/Q03Xxs6z0

As the legal profession navigated a year of change, one company leapt forward as time telescoped

08/12/2025

Roger Beaumont, Chief Executive of the New Zealand Banking Association, highlighted an update to the Code of Banking Practice that introduces additional protections against banking scams.

https://hubs.la/Q03X9L7d0

Code update addresses approach for retail banks to compensate losses

08/12/2025

WRMK Lawyers has beefed up its associate and senior lawyer ranks with the hire of Amelia Tai Kie and Amber Pemberton.

https://hubs.la/Q03X9K6T0

The new associate and senior lawyer commence at the firm's Whangarei and Warkworth branches

07/12/2025

Australasian Lawyer and NZ Lawyer are seeking nominations for the Future Legal Leaders 2026 report, which will highlight the legal profession’s most promising young talent. Submit your nominations by 12 December!

https://hubs.la/Q03VwGDL0

04/12/2025

Frazer Barton, President of the New Zealand Law Society, shares his reflections on a three-and-a-half-year term, highlighting key achievements such as the implementation of a new membership model and crucial constitutional changes.

https://hubs.la/Q03WJf9_0

He also shares one way he's helping president-elect David Campbell ease into the new role