Lawyer profiles
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Bill Sheat looks back
27 August 2015
New Zealand has a vital and varied arts world today but it has not always been so. Just a few…
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Dame Alison Quentin-Baxter looks back
20 August 2015
Dame Alison Quentin-Baxter's career in the law has taken her far beyond the conventional law office and onto the world…
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Tiana Epati re-elected NZLS Gisborne President
20 August 2015
Tiana Epati has been re-elected for a second term as the New Zealand Law Society's Gisborne branch President. She is…
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Spanish squash coach now baseball scorer
20 August 2015
Scuba-diving crime barrister and closet Coro Street fan Hugh Leabourn says that, historically, he played "a lot of squash".So much…
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Lawyers remember Major James Houlker
14 August 2015
A commemorative service was held at Nelson law firm Knapps Lawyers on 10 August 2015 in recognition of the service…
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Karate finalist knits beanies for fun
13 August 2015
When she's not honing her karate skills and taking on knitting "commissions," property lawyer Debra Dorrington tinkers with country music…
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Five lawyers died during battle for Chunuk Bair
6 August 2015
Five lawyers were among over 800 soldiers who were killed while serving in the New Zealand forces during the battle…
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Yorkshire aviator lands citizenship pineapple lump reward
6 August 2015
Yorkshireman and aviation enthusiast Mike Edison wanted to be a journalist, until after a day's work experience a reporter told…
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It's all about helping people: John Miller
4 August 2015
ACC specialist John Miller, of John Miller Law, has always been an advocate of "working in any area of law…
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Skyscraper heels give soccer-mum control
30 July 2015
There's hardly a major hard-nosed corporate Jennifer Mills hasn't acted for but the Japanese-speaking cellist goes weak at the knees…
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Country boy's provincial career begins back home
23 July 2015
Of third generation Hawkes Bay farming stock 24-year old Richard Doole started his first law job the other day where…
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Lawyering is a great door-opener: Raewyn Lovett
20 July 2015
By Frank NeillAuckland lawyer Raewyn Lovett's strong connection with netball did not grow out of her being a player.When she…
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Lawyer diplomat must still feed the meter
16 July 2015
Niamh McMahon As newly-appointed Honorary Consul General for Ireland, Dublin-born Auckland lawyer Niamh McMahon must pay her taxes, feed the…
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Frazer Barton new NZLS Otago branch President
10 July 2015
Frazer Barton was elected as the new President of the New Zealand Law Society's Otago branch at the AGM on…
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Being in-house was more "me": Dave Whiteridge
10 July 2015
"There's always a lot happening at the Transport Agency, which makes it such a cool place to work," New Zealand…
Last updated on the 16th October 2019