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Today we are celebrating the 500th issue of the Summing Up newsletter. On behalf of all of us at LexisNexis New Zealand, we would like to thank you for your continued loyalty. Innovation within the legal industry has evolved so much since the first issue of this newsletter 14 years ago. Last year’s lockdowns highlighted the technical agility of some practices as they moved from the law office to the home office, while accelerating creative strategies for the digitisation of the courts to address existing and impending backlogs. Diversity has also played a significant role in the way the legal industry has progressed. Women now represent 51% of the New Zealand legal profession, in 2019 the first appointed Māori Supreme Court Justice, the Honourable Justice Joseph Williams took the bench, and great strides are being taken in the conversation to incorporate te Reo and Tikanga Māori into the legal process for a more bi-cultural and balanced approach to the law. Our legal industry shows no signs of slowing down, and we look forward to continuing to provide the tools to help you navigate these changes in the years to come.

Over the next few issues, you will hear from business leaders within LexisNexis New Zealand, discussing how we too have evolved in how we deliver commentary, practical tools and resources designed to complement the way you practise the law. 

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This session shows you how to browse and search your digital versions of your key LexisNexis publications. We show you how to quickly find, highlight and annotate content for effective offline use of publications when you are out of the office, offline or for deep reading in a user-friendly format.

Duration: 60 min

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Lexis Draft is a legal drafting solution. It is a Microsoft Word and Microsoft Outlook add-in ribbon that helps you draft faster and more efficiently. Lexis Draft contains legal proofreading, editorial review, research and analytical tools for accurate, consistent and efficient drafting. It checks for inconsistencies in documents, flags areas that need your attention and links directly to your LexisNexis services without leaving Word – saving you time.

Duration: 60 min

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Become more skilled and efficient in your research. Join this session to examine methods of conducting searches on Advance, from understanding the algorithm that runs behind the scenes, to applying advanced filters to generate effective results. Learn to set up alerts and folders, share documents, and customise your publications pod and favourites to ensure that the platform is working efficiently for your research needs.

Duration: 60 min

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NZBA members—Improve your skills and save time researching with Lexis Advance. In our Bar-focused training session, discover how to make the most of the big red search box, filter your search results, create links to your favourite publications, highlight and annotate content, create your own work folders to organise your research. Makes researching easy for you.

Duration: 60 min

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Unable to attend our webinars? Visit Learning Options on the LexisNexis Knowledge Network and explore alternative ways our Learning Consultants can tailor your training experience to meet your needs and skill set.

Guidance on the principles and practical issues associated with workplace disciplinary processes

and investigations.

Duration: 60 min

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The webinar looks at the recurring issues of fairness and reward that are commonly encountered during inheritance disputes and provides legal advisors, arbitrators and mediators with tools to advise and manage these when drafting or advising clients on wills, estates and succession. 

Duration: 60 min

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This webinar examines the ongoing challenges of knowing your customer and practicalities of ensuring appropriate customer due diligence in an increasingly digital world in order to meet AML/CFT requirements.

Duration: 60 min

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Applying for a court order to administer a deceased estate when a person dies without a will is often complicated. This webinar appraises the requirements for an application of intestacy, the selection of appropriate evidence in support of the application and the recognition of factors that affect entitlement.

Duration: 60 min

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The application process for Letters of Administration with the will annexed differs from probate applications and knowing what matters need to be considered and addressed and supported by evidence, or indeed omitted, when making an application, is not always clear. This webinar provides guidance on recognising the key requirements for the preparation of a valid will and the requirements for making an improperly executed will declared valid.

Duration: 60 min

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To find out more about the content webinars, click via the eStore here.

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Lexis Advance 

Latest legal updates

Lawyer censured and suspended for abusing and threatening client’s ex-wife in emails

High Court overturns demand for $89,000 in backdated child support

Issue 7 is now available online.

Issue 7 features an article written by Doug Calhoun “The uncertain fix to deal with “software patents” — after Thomson Reuters, are we any wiser?”. The Issue also features the IP Round-up written by Rob Batty, as well as the Official Action: Recent decisions from the Intellectual Property Office written by Sophie Thoreau and Jason Wach.

PDF | Lexis Advance

Volume 19 issue 10 is now available online.

This issue includes comment on key recent cases involving misleading representations in the sale of land, charging orders, indefeasibility of title mortgages, trespass, and unit titles.

PDF | Lexis Advance

Sarah Parsons                                                 

RRP*incl GST: $160.00

ISBN: 9781988546254

Publication date: December 2020

Bill Patterson                                                    

RRP*incl GST: $200.00 $180.00 (pre-order price)

ISBN: 9781988546506 (book)                            

ISBN: 9781988546513 (ebook)

Publication date: May 2021

Sarah Parsons                                                 

RRP*incl GST: $160.00

ISBN: 9781988546278

Publication date: December 2020

Chris Kelly, Greg Kelly, Collette Mckenzie & Kimberly Lawrence

RRP*incl GST: $220.00 $198.00 (pre-order price)

ISBN: 9781988546292 (book)

ISBN: 9781988546308 (ebook)

Publication date: August 2021

Paul Roth & Blair Stewart

RRP*incl GST: $200.00

ISBN: 9781988546469                          

Publication date: December 2020

Ursula Cheer                                          

RRP*incl GST: $200.00

ISBN: 9781988546117 (book)                            

ISBN: 9781988546124 (ebook)

Publication date: February 2021

Ross Carter                                                     

RRP*incl GST: $180.00 $162.00 (pre-order price)

ISBN: 9780947514983 (book)                          

ISBN: 9780947514990 (ebook)

Publication date: May 2021