Lawyer profiles
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Small town guy’s lifetime love of law, learning and the Ploughman Poet
25 January 2018
January is a busy month for Dunedin Queen’s Counsel, leading environmental law specialist and Burns-loving guardian of Scottish Heritage Dr…
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New in the Law: Jonathan Sutton, Law Society Legal Standards Officer
15 December 2017
Born in Wellington, Jonathan Sutton attended Otago University and studied law.After finishing, instead of pursuing work as a lawyer, he…
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How serving coffee led to a legal career for crime barrister
14 December 2017
Barrister and restaurant owner Lucie Scott’s first contact with the legal world was as a student serving Justice Stephen Kós…
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New in the Law: Jack Hayashi, law graduate, Simpson Grierson
7 December 2017
Born in the alpine lake town of South Lake Tahoe, situated on the border of California and Nevada, USA, Jack…
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Homecoming partnership bottom line for globe-trotting Māori lawyer
7 December 2017
When Kiri Tahana and husband Steve Watene came back home in 2016 with three kids after many years working in…
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Pathways in the Law: Cooper Legal
1 December 2017
About 99% of the work the lawyers at Cooper Legal do is around historic abuse and associated human rights claims.And…
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Long-time Community Law chair steps down
1 December 2017
A lawyer credited with playing a leading role in solving a funding crisis for Community Law o Aotearoa (CLCA) is…
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New in the Law: Claire Middleton, Wilkinson Smith Lawyers
30 November 2017
Claire Middleton attended Tawa College where, unlike a lot of young lawyers who discovered their love of language and debate…
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Ancient tomes, business class cats and the curious lure of Zeppelinalia
30 November 2017
Cat-loving fast car driving international barrister Dr John Turner was told to sign up for law “because there are a…
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High peaks in blood of pure Kiwi outdoorsman with the misleading accent
23 November 2017
A grandson of legendary Mt Cook mountain guide Mick Bowie, Timaru-born Takeovers Panel chief executive Andrew Hudson’s American accent catches…
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Old law school mates take on world puzzle competition
17 November 2017
Sometimes old friends will climb over mountains to catch up, but for a bunch of former law school mates, the…
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Accidental Scottish dancing for the former top Young Nat
16 November 2017
From a family steeped in law – including two district court judges – Mosgiel’s Lachlan Ross (pronounced Lochlan) decided to…
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Guitar-strumming, opera singing social boatie and the mystery of the house cat
9 November 2017
Wannabe opera singer James Glover shares his Auckland flat with a bunch of self-teaching guitarists strumming along to lessons on…
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Pathways in the law: Gibson Sheat, Practising sports law in the professional era
3 November 2017
The law firm Gibson Sheat has a long history in the Wellington region, with its origins dating back to the…
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The voices of history
3 November 2017
The stories of some of New Zealand’s pioneering women judges have been recorded for posterity – in their own voices.The…
Last updated on the 17th August 2015