Anthony Harper announces appointments

Anthony Harper has announced a series of appointments. They are: Kevin Patterson, special counsel - employment; Ethelred Chey, associate - employment; Pip Breitmeyer, associate - banking and finance; Alice Chan, solicitor - banking and finance; Cornelia Mu, solicitor - corporate advisory; Miranda Gray, solicitor - litigation; Harriet Quinlan, solicitor - litigation;…

Two barristers join Barristers.Comm

Gordon Davis and Edward Power have joined Barristers.Comm in Wellington. Gordon Davis was admitted in December 1981 and specialises in providing advice and litigation services in civil disputes and public law. His areas of work include employment law, reviews, inquiries and investigations, governance and machinery of government in the State sector…

Gareth Abdinor joins Malley & Co

Gareth Abdinor has joined Christchurch firm Malley & Co as a consultant to lead the employment and health and safety practice. Gareth was admitted in July 2006 and he holds MA and LLB degrees. As well as employment law, Gareth has a particular interest in privacy and cyber law. He is a…

Alison Souness re-elected NZLS Hawke's Bay President

  Alison Souness.  Souness Stone Law Partnership partner Alison Souness has been re-elected President of the New Zealand Law Society's Hawke's Bay branch. Ms Souness graduated BA, LLB from Otago University and was admitted in August 1992, joining Whanganui firm Cameron Ross. She moved to Hawke's Bay to join Callinicos McDowell before setting…

Lawyer among CERT advisors

Lowndes Jordan partner Rick Shera is one of nine people appointed to the CERT (Computer Emergency Response Team) Establishment Advisory Board. The Board will provide advice to the Minister for Communications and the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment on the establishment of a national CERT. The CERT will sit at the…

Law firm CEO appointed to WIT Council

The CEO of New Plymouth law firm Govett Quilliam, Lyal French-Wright, has been appointed as a member of Deputy Chair of the Western Institute of Technology at Taranaki council. Mr French-Wright has been at Govett Quilliam since 2012. He was previously Executive Principal of the Al Khor International School in Qatar…

Judge Anjala Wati sworn in to Fiji Supreme Court

Fiji High Court Judge Anjala Wati has been sworn in by Fiji's President Major General (Ret'd) Jioji Konrote to sit as a Supreme Judge in the next sitting of Fiji's Supreme Court. Judge Wati completed a Bachelor of Laws degree at the University of the South Pacific and was admitted to…

Minter Ellison Rudd Watts Auckland moving in 2019

Minter Ellison Rudd Watts says it has selected the Auckland downtown development Commercial Bay for its next premises. The Auckland team will move in 2019 when the tower is completed. The firm says it has been in the Lumley Centre for 11 years.  "The space has served us well to date, but…

Donna Llewell joins Bay of Plenty Regional Council

   Donna Llewell has been appointed the first in-house legal counsel with the Bay of Plenty Regional Council/Toi Moana based in Tauranga.  Admitted in June 1995, Donna has returned to her home territory after many years of public practice in Wellington where she has specialised in Treaty of Waitangi negotiations and settlement…

James McMillan joins Kensington Swan partnership

James McMillan has joined Kensington Swan as a partner in its Auckland office. James was admitted in January 2004 and acts for clients on a broad range of commercial disputes and frequently advises insolvency practitioners and creditors on receiverships, liquidations, administrations and compromises.