Lawyer profiles

• New to the law profession: Alex Beal

  A Cantabrian born and raised, Alex Beal spent her childhood growing up in both Rangiora and the small town of Tuahiwi, just north of Kaiapoi.With both parents working in the funeral industry, Alex remembers her childhood family dinner time conversation being “interesting to say the least”, if sometimes a…

• British whodunnits deliver human dimension

  Between acting for many in the film and television industry and getting public art onto the street, Wellington entertainment lawyer Michael Stephens turns his hand to restoring old houses.“At law school I worked as a painter in the university holidays and that’s when I got my interest in restoration.“I…

• Reflections on a ground-breaking Feminist Moot

  In July, what is likely to be the world’s first Feminist Moot was held…

• The value of friendship in law: Three lawyers from the class of ’64 reminisce

  Collegiality and friendship in the legal community is important in a profession that is…

• Top barrister not afraid of a fight: Belinda Sellars QC

  For Belinda Sellars it has always been about the underdog.From her days as a…

• Wellington via golf, Gore and Glasgow

  Honor Kerry, judge’s clerk at the Court of Appeal, WellingtonBorn in Glasgow, Scotland, Honor…

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…