Lawyer profiles

• Globe-trotting diplomat’s daughter’s brush with world leaders

  David and Naomi Lange used her father’s apartment to deal with their marital problems and Indira Gandhi tidied her hair, but being around world leaders was not uncommon for diplomat’s daughter Kristina Muller.In the 1980s, the apartment of her late diplomat father Frank Muller – who became Prime Minister…

• Organised Aussie crime opened eyes to 'geriatric' mother-at-law

  Organised Aussie crime opened eyes to 'geriatric' mother-at-law Working both sides of the Tasman, including several years with the New South Wales Crime Commission, Crown Law and the New Zealand Commerce Commission, gave Nikki Pender an insight to the use of expert witnesses – so she founded a business…

• Overcoming gunpoint negotiation as a lawyer in Iraq

  Irrefutably one of the best skills a lawyer will ever take to a meeting…

• NEW IN THE LAW: Anna Jackman, Blair Edwards Employment Lawyers, Hamilton

  Anna Jackman grew up in Rotorua on a sheep and beef farm, with her…

• Counter culture triathlete's journey to southern tradition: John Farrow

  Once a hard core punk screamer in the thick of Dunedin’s alternative underground bands,…

• NEW IN THE LAW: Jai Stephens, Horsley Christie, Whanganui

  Born and raised in Whanganui Jai Stephens grew up in the region with his…

Obituaries

• Richard Barton Rainey OBE, 1929 - 2017

  Retired Nelson lawyer Richard Barton Rainey, who died on 14 April 2017, will be remembered as a community spirited man, who was as passionate about singing as he was to practising law.It was perhaps symbolic and testament to his character that he should pass away on Good Friday.Richard Rainey…

• Denis Kohn, 1932 - 2016

  Criminal defence lawyer Denis Kohn, who died on 29 September 2016, will be remembered not for just his legal skills but also for his humour, love of strong coffee and whisky, and song. He was 84.Denis lived a gregarious life in Gisborne. He was a musician, playing a Fender…

• John Lindsay Joseph, 1946 - 2017

  A long-serving member of the profession was lost when John Joseph died on 3…

• Rt Hon Sir Duncan Wallace McMullin, 1927 - 2017

  Sir Duncan McMullin died in Auckland on 26 June 2017 aged 90. His death…

• Ronald Williams Baird OBE, 1918 - 1987

  Mr Ronald Williams Baird, for many years the senior partner of the firm now…

• Thomas (Tom) Allan Cunningham, 1905 - 1987

  The recent death of Mr Tom Cunningham at Kandahar Masterton on 3 August 1987…