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The New Zealand Law Society Te Kāhui Ture o Aotearoa is pleased to announce the appointment of Taryn Gudmanz as Vice President (South Island).
Frazer Barton will be the 33rd President of the New Zealand Law Society Te Kāhui Ture o Aotearoa after the Law Society’s Council unanimously endorsed him at their recent meeting.
All New Zealand Law Society Te Kāhui Ture o Aotearoa offices will be closed for the holiday period from midday on Friday, 23 December 2022 until 8:30am on Monday, 9 January 2023.
The Law Society is giving notice that it has started the procedures to wind up the Solicitors’ Fidelity Guarantee Fund. The Lawyers’ Fidelity Fund is unaffected by the proposal to wind up the old fund and will continue.
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