Lawyer profiles
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Stu Webster 'Attorney at Law' in California
2 March 2018
Many lawyers, after 30 years of practice, are probably thinking more about changing down a gear rather than accelerating their…
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Lawyer farmer’s passion for rugged Land Rovers and quirky French motors
1 March 2018
Country lawyer David Roughan doesn’t just like Land Rovers – they are his life-long passion – and bear the personal…
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Kiwi lawyer's family links to “Popgun Plot” to kill a British king
22 February 2018
Prosecuting is an “absolute natural fit” for recently-appointed Tauranga Crown Solicitor Anna Pollett, a direct descendant of an English doctor…
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QC dog nana and her muscle Mustang
15 February 2018
When Auckland QC Marie Dyhrberg pulls up at the lights it’s not necessarily her fame as a leading criminal defence…
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Bagpipe-playing church chorister gets Coast with his Cream
8 February 2018
Classical trumpeter, cathedral singer and rock band bass-playing barrister Jonathan Krebs has faced many challenges as one-time prosecutor and now…
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Wine and law
2 February 2018
A New Zealander is in line to lead the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV) – an institution which…
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Lawyer releases second Americana album
2 February 2018
In the beginning, playing the music known as Americana was what poor people did to cheer themselves up in the…
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Yorkshire-born Francophile’s “backstreet” Sorbonne experience
1 February 2018
Coming to New Zealand from northern England and developing her high school interest in French, commercial litigator Anita Birkinshaw’s legal…
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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…
Last updated on the 16th October 2019