Lawyer profiles
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Overcoming gunpoint negotiation as a lawyer in Iraq
4 August 2017
Irrefutably one of the best skills a lawyer will ever take to a meeting is excellent negotiation skills, but imagine…
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NEW IN THE LAW: Anna Jackman, Blair Edwards Employment Lawyers, Hamilton
3 August 2017
Anna Jackman grew up in Rotorua on a sheep and beef farm, with her dad, mum and three sisters.Alongside working…
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Counter culture triathlete's journey to southern tradition: John Farrow
3 August 2017
Once a hard core punk screamer in the thick of Dunedin’s alternative underground bands, nothing prepared John Farrow for what…
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NEW IN THE LAW: Jai Stephens, Horsley Christie, Whanganui
27 July 2017
Born and raised in Whanganui Jai Stephens grew up in the region with his parents and brother. His mum works…
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School "trial" opened pathway to fashion, fitness, wine - and law: Sharon Chandra
27 July 2017
With a love of Dunedin and Central Otago, and a twin sister lawyering in Dunedin, where else would you expect…
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Raven-loving movie man with a taste for a nice Chianti: Craig Foster
20 July 2017
Technology may have taken the romance and mystery from Craig Foster’s cinema projectionist’s skills but he says being part of…
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Mice conundrum for a former All White with a revolutionary name
13 July 2017
With a name inspired by what he suspects might have been revolutionary hippy parents, Che Bunce turned to law after…
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NEW IN THE LAW: Helen Radersma, Gawith Burridge, Masterton
6 July 2017
Admitted to the bar in 2015, Helen Radersma’s first job as a lawyer is at her current place of practice,…
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Champagne, spies and paintings in the fast lane
5 July 2017
A member of an eighth generation unbroken chain of lawyers – including a long serving Edwardian High Court judge and…
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From law to banking and back to law
30 June 2017
Deeanne Taylor’s passion for the law blossomed at a very young age. However, it took a period of reflection during…
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Weak moment puts busy outdoors family man back in hot seat
29 June 2017
There’s not much Whanganui lawyer Mark Bullock hasn’t fitted in to his busy life - playing and coaching rugby, rowing,…
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NEW IN THE LAW: Kate Tarawhiti, Solicitor, Kahui Legal, Wellington
29 June 2017
Kate Tarawhiti (Waikato-Tainui), grew up in Christchurch with her parents and two older sisters.While attending Christchurch Girls’ High School, Kate…
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Slow-cooking military enthusiast fears loss of courtroom history
22 June 2017
A clash between retaining Christchurch courtroom history and sterile “new build” courts has Canterbury lawyers up in arms, with one…
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A lawyer's life by the Whanganui river
16 June 2017
James Coleman (better known as ‘Jim’), Consultant with Treadwell Gordon. What made you decide to become a lawyer and how…
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Film buff and miner’s son probes New Zealand’s rugby obsession
15 June 2017
He claims to know the dialogue of Casablanca backwards, but in his latest challenge Greymouth-born Auckland barrister Des Wood sets…
Last updated on the 16th October 2019