Lawyer profiles

• The Dickens lover who speaks up for the naked and the down-trodden

  If there’s a human rights case to comment on or a downtrodden soul to take up the cudgels for, Upper Hutt barrister Michael Bott is never far away.And among Michael’s more unusual cases are a couple involving naked men.Naturist athlete Nick Lowe was initially convicted for offensive behaviour and…

• Palace gossip for ‘Compo’ among the beaters, butlers and Billy Cokes

  Timaru lawyer Ken McKenzie’s tale of being “in service” to British toffs has a whiff of Herbert Farjeon’s 1927 hit I’ve Danced with a Man who’s Danced with a Girl who’s Danced with the Prince of Wales.Except Ken met, and his wife Jude cooked lunch for, not the Prince…

• The views of the candidates

  The New Zealand Law Society Council will elect a new President at its meeting…

• Sir Ron Young throws himself into role as head of NZ Parole Board

  Long-serving judge Sir Ron Young has turned his back on ‘retirement’ for what he…

• The superstar of mediation: Lee Jay Berman and his high profile cases

  Lee Jay Berman is a go-to person for mediation in the United States, and…

• Tiger lady fancies grunty Jag and dinner with Keef

  As someone who takes a stand on things she thinks are wrong, Dunedin crime…

Obituaries

• Sir David Smith, 1888 - 1982

  Sir David Smith, former Supreme Court judge, who was outstanding among New Zealand judges for his wide range of interests, died in Wellington on 29 December 1982.At the comparatively early age of 40, Sir David was appointed to the Supreme Court bench. He was the second-youngest judge appointed to…

• Sir William Henry Cunningham KBE DSO ED, 1883 - 1959

  Sir William Cunningham capped illustrious careers in the military and as Wellington Crown Prosecutor with Presidency of the New Zealand Law Society at the age of 67. He was knighted on his retirement from the role.Born in Wellington on 24 September 1883, to William Henry and Elizabeth Harriet (nee…

• Sean Patrick Kelly, 1955 - 2018

  Sean Kelly died in Auckland from a totally unexpected health event on 26 August…

• Philip Brunskill Cooke KC MC, 1893 - 1956

  Philip Brunskill Cooke was the glamour boy of the post World War I legal…

• James Richard Allan Stevenson, 1947 - 2018

  Jim Stevenson died in Auckland on 3 September 2018 aged 70. In a diverse…

• Sir Humphrey Francis O'Leary 1886 - 1953

  Humphrey Francis O'Leary was born on 12 February 1886 in Redwoodtown in Marlborough's Wairau…