Lawyer profiles
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More channel surfing in store for garden lover
13 December 2018
A love of shopping and a canny eye for business has enabled Dunedin lawyer Susie Staley to carve rewarding twin…
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Petrol-head latchkey kid they called a drumming robot
6 December 2018
As a little kid from the “wrong side of the tracks” Kevin Smith cut his teeth on rock and roll…
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Working separately but together: A profile of Barristers Chambers in Dunedin
30 November 2018
Otago has a strong Independent Bar. It is a work style that particularly suits lawyers who are managing the demands…
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Seamless return to the Bar for former Attorney-General
30 November 2018
Having been a “lawyer in politics”, former Attorney-General Chris Finlayson QC says he will find the transition back to law…
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Afghan biscuit baker changes pace from life with crime
29 November 2018
After eight years as a Crown prosecutor, and before she had her third baby, Sarah-Louise Tapsell decided to resign, look…
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Gestational surrogacy investigation wins prize
22 November 2018
Sarah Alawi, who won the latest Honourable Rex Mason Prize for Excellence in Legal Writing, was introduced to the subject…
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Red wine and a blast from a big .44 make sci-fi fan’s day
22 November 2018
Injured out of the army at the lowest rank and not knowing what else to do, Toby Braun opted for…
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Accidental American with a taste for off-road adventure
15 November 2018
Pilot, racing driver and intrepid off-roader Keith McClure came straight to one Carterton law firm “as a child” and stayed…
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Suzanne Innes-Kent, Judges' Clerk, Employment Court, Auckland
9 November 2018
Suzanne Innes-Kent has an impressive list of qualifications: an LLB(Hons); LLM (Distinction); Dip Soc Sci (Distinction) and BA(Hons). But that…
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Tiana Epati, President-Elect
9 November 2018
Talofa lavaMahia i runga i te rangimarie me te ngakau mahake.I am very humbled and honoured to have been elected…
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Adine Wilson: The gold-medal netballer inspired by John Grisham to break into law
9 November 2018
Few of us could truthfully say that what we wanted to do for a career when we are eight years…
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Sporty scribbler and the dark side of life above ‘the shop’
8 November 2018
Oamaru is a big change of pace after a younger Ben Coleman literally lived “above the shop” at one of…
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Rock and roll drummer’s curious career backup
1 November 2018
He may have been recently appointed national managing partner of Christchurch-based firm Wynn Williams, but environmental law specialist Philip Maw…
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Mountain run favoured law for marathon mum
25 October 2018
Establishing herself in the Timaru legal profession was for Aoraki Legal director Pauline Luyten very much a case of the…
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The Dickens lover who speaks up for the naked and the down-trodden
18 October 2018
If there’s a human rights case to comment on or a downtrodden soul to take up the cudgels for, Upper…
Last updated on the 17th August 2015