Lawyer profiles

• A Moment in Time: The Women's Consultative Group

  October 2001 and the New Zealand Law Society's Women's Consultative Group lines up for a photograph in the boardroom of the Law Society's then national office at 26 Waring Taylor Street, Wellington.From left to right are Wendy Macphail, Joy Liddicoat, Vicki Thorpe, Nicole Walker, Julia O'Connor (on behalf of…

• Law wasn’t in the plan for pugilistic practitioner

  At school Amanda Hyde never wanted to be a lawyer. She wanted to be a vet in a zoo – working with exotic animals, not cats or dogs.Now well into her legal career, she says an alternative career as a zookeeper might appeal.“I always wanted to be a vet,…

• Sports tragic became ‘boss’ of firm at 22

  Queenstown lawyer Tom Pryde may have retired from full-time legal practice just before Christmas…

• New in the Law: Wilberforce Tupua, PDS Auckland

  Born and raised in Apia, Samoa, Wilber Tupua moved to New Zealand in 2010…

• Tony Bouchier: how law helped to beat a mid-life crisis

  Tony Bouchier laughs ruefully when we finally connect on the phone.At the time he…

• The new QC fighting for social justice: Karen Feint

  Karen Feint says it is personally thrilling to have been appointed a Queen’s Counsel,…

Obituaries

• Daniel Alexander Winfield, 1973 - 2020

  Wellington-based Duncan Cotterill partner Dan Winfield who died on 17 January will be remembered as a man with a great sense of humour who excelled as a lawyer, but strongly believed family came first when it came to managing the demands of his busy legal career.It’s never easy to…

• Anthony (Tony) David Ford QSO, 1942 - 2020

  A former Chief Justice of the Kingdom of Tonga and Judge of the Employment Court of New Zealand, Tony Ford died in Wellington on 31 January 2020. He was aged 77. An influential reformer in the Tongan courts, a kind and patient Employment Court judge, he was a man…

• Wayne Seymour Chapman, 1944 - 2020

  To the many staff at Buddle Findlay, lawyer Wayne Chapman who died on 27…

• Judge Robert Graeme (Rob) Ronayne, 1955 - 2020

  District Court Judge Rob Ronayne will be remembered as a fair and empathetic man…

• Harold Stewart (Harry) Edward, 1950 - 2019

  Harry Edward died suddenly on 27 October 2019. Rotorua has lost one of its…

• (Raymond) Bruce Squire QC, 1943 - 2019

  Bruce was the son of a Northland naval man who had fought in the…