Lawyer profiles

• Scots lass experiences culture shock in Godzone

  Glasgow-born Jo Murdoch found New Zealand somewhat different when she first arrived here after living her first few years in Scotland.Jo moved to Dundee as a child, where her father Campbell was a doctor and an academic. The family came to Dunedin in 1983 when she was 12 and…

• Self-confessed Slavophile and the majestically driven Ministerial Mini

  When Christopher Finlayson told his parish priest nothing would give him greater pleasure than to be rid of his television set, the priest cautioned the lawyer about falling into the sin of pride. “I don’t have a television,” says Christopher. “I gave my television to my parish priest about…

• Pushing the boundaries of corporate social responsibility

  What started as a lunchtime seminar in a Christchurch law firm was soon to…

• La vie en rose: My experience of the Paris International Training Programme

  As the world’s most popular tourist destination, there is a lot to love about…

• Singapore twist to Taggart-loving former judge's new career

  When Queen’s Counsel Paul Heath was made a High Court judge he promised himself…

• Southern chill no deterrent for milestone QC

  Fiona Guy Kidd, a yachtie lured to law after a tour of old London…

Obituaries

• Tere Akatangi Mataio, 1934 - 2005

  Tere Akatangi Mataoi was the first Cook Islander to be admitted to the New Zealand bar. On his return to Rarotonga he enjoyed a successful career as legal officer for the Cook Islands Justice Department.Mr Mataio was born in Rarotonga on 26 January 1934. When he was 13 he…

• James Sugden Hanna SM, 1893 - 1960

  James Sugden Hanna was Wellington’s senior stipendiary magistrate at his sudden death on 27 December 1960. He was aged 67 and had recently been discharged from Wellington Hospital where he had undergone an operation.Born in Palmerston North, he attended Palmerston North Boys’ High School and played cricket and rugby,…

• Olive Virginia Malienafau Nelson, 1917 - 1970

  The first Samoan to obtain a law degree in New Zealand, and the first…

• Emeritus Professor Brian Coote CBE, FRSNZ, 1929 - 2019

  Emeritus Professor Brian Coote CBE FRSNZ died on 15 July 2019, aged 89.Professor Coote…

• Bruce Leslie Stanley, 1929 - 2019

  This eulogy was delivered at Bruce Stanley’s funeral at St Augustine's Anglican Church, Cashmere,…

• Renée Kate Emere Riddell-Garner, 1974 - 2019

  Wellington-based barrister, Renée Riddell-Garner died on 18 May 2019. It was unexpected in that…