Lawyer profiles

• New in the Law: Lucy Nolan

  Lucy Nolan is a law clerk with Sharp Tudhope Lawyers in Tauranga. She joined the firm this year after completing her Bachelor of Laws and Arts degree at the University of Auckland, majoring in Economics. She also has a keen interest in foreign languages and has studied international law…

• How Oamaru’s home-brewing bass player got up close to Peppa Pig

  From teaching English in Japan to handling merchandise licensing agreements for one of Britain’s biggest television names, Kieran O’Connell fancies being a brewer if he wasn’t a lawyer.“Beer brewing sounds a good alternative career. I would like something that’s varied and working with my hands,” says Kieran, a keen…

• New in the Law: David Stoevelaar, Solicitor, Preston Russell Law, Invercargill

  David Stoevelaar was admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the High Court in…

• Madame Defarge and the fascination of an unfolding criminal trial

  When Queen’s Counsel Tony Randerson was made a High Court judge he had a…

• District Court should be fair system for all

  The new Chief District Court Judge, Heemi Taumaunu, is the first Māori lawyer to…

• Building an inclusive New Zealand: Halberg Foundation partners with Buddle Findlay

  It is well-known that competition for holiday jobs in the legal profession is fierce.…

Obituaries

• (Raymond) Bruce Squire QC, 1943 - 2019

  Bruce was the son of a Northland naval man who had fought in the Battle of the River Plate. Born on 20 June 1943, he was the child of loving parents who brought their son up in the country with rules, discipline and a strong sense of principle—of right…

• 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…

• 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,…