Lawyer profiles
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Arguments with teachers shaped bureaucrat-bashing barrister
18 April 2019
Barrister and sports fanatic Gary Gotlieb admits to being a pretty nefarious character in his youth ... and he hasn’t…
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English television courtroom drama inspired teenager to follow the law
11 April 2019
There was never a second career choice for barrister Maria Dew QC, who is based at Bankside Chambers in the…
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Auckland barrister, homeless advocate and a judge champion new night shelter for homeless
5 April 2019
An Auckland barrister, a homeless advocate and a District Court Judge are driving the development of a new night shelter…
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The Government's lawman: David Parker, Attorney-General
5 April 2019
As Attorney-General in Helen Clark’s third and final government, David Parker was the logical choice to take on the role…
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Tiana Epati
5 April 2019
What are the issues which are facing New Zealand’s legal profession?The issues affecting the profession are considerable but also extremely…
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The President of the New Zealand Law Society: Kathryn Beck
5 April 2019
What stands out for you over the three years you have been Law Society President?The people. Throughout the last few…
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Feisty teen brushed off ‘not for the ladies’ advice to rise to QC
4 April 2019
As a self-confessed impatient and strong-willed teenager newly-appointed Queen's Counsel Vivienne Crawshaw brushed off her Godfather's jibe about women in…
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Novel-writing lawyer and the woman who warned of a “dishonourable profession”
28 March 2019
Gaze Burt consultant Neil Evans tells of a ground-breaking relative who stopped her son from studying law because she deemed…
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Cricket-mad travel blogger and the case of the shrinking ice cream
21 March 2019
The lure of first-class cricket took Queenstown lawyer Russell Mawhinney around the world - and got him on a sports…
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Chambers beating gave singing advocate victim insight
14 March 2019
Thirty-one years a criminal barrister, John “Johnnie K” Kovacevich says he is not in with the in crowd “and may…
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Technology helping to overcome barriers at work
8 March 2019
Auckland barrister sole Masumi Scherb has been “pretty much fully” blind since birth.And like other blind lawyers he has found…
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Kamil Lakshman: Representing those who have escaped from the worst that life can throw up
8 March 2019
Immigration and refugee lawyer Kamil Lakshman was unaware that law was in her family bloodline until she was a teenager.Mrs…
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Tyson Hullena: Battling cancer to become a lawyer
8 March 2019
Kahui Legal solicitor Tyson Hullena (Ngāti Raukawa and Ngāti Toa Rangatira) has travelled a long and somewhat bumpy road to…
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One lawyer’s teenage dream to help Pacific people
8 March 2019
In 2009 Wellington Girls College high-achieving 17-year-old Lagi Tuimavave declared she wanted to become a lawyer.Encouraged by her family, and…
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Two homes many miles apart join litigator’s two families
28 February 2019
Law was not originally on Invercargill Crown lawyer Riki Donnelly’s radar, until he “fell into it” after a flatmate steered…
Last updated on the 17th August 2015