Kitaj Woodward joins Wilson Harle

Kitaj Woodward has joined specialist litigation firm Wilson Harle as a Senior Associate.

Melissa Johnson promoted to partner at McVeagh Fleming

Melissa Johnson, Special Counsel at McVeagh Fleming, has been promoted to Partner. Melissa specialises in Employment Law, acting on a range of employment issues including contentious and non-contentious matters. Melissa advises employers on significant restructures, redundancies, personal grievances, mediations, employment documentation, employee entitlements and she undertakes and advises on employment investigations.

Lowndes Jordan appoints David White as new General Manager

Lowndes Jordan is delighted to welcome David White as the new General Manager at the firm. David joins Lowndes Jordan with 24 years of experience in senior leadership roles in the insurance industry throughout Asia and New Zealand, most recently as chief operating officer of Southern Cross Travel Insurance. David is…

Bay of Plenty Regional Council welcomes five new Legal Counsel

Five new Legal Counsel roles have been established in the team led by Legal & Commercial Manager, Jessica Easton. Bridget Bailey is a resource management and local government lawyer with over 12 years’ experience and joins the Bay of Plenty Regional Council from private practice firms. Monique Brooks specialises in commercial law, and joins…

Retirement of Chair of Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal and appointment of Dunedin barrister

Dunedin Barrister Alison Douglass has been appointed as Acting Chair of the Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal from 19 June 2020 to 19 December 2020. Alison has been a Deputy Chair of the Tribunal since October 2018. David Carden, barrister of Auckland retires on 18 June 2020. David has provided excellent service…

Simmonds Stewart changes name to Kindrik partners

Simmonds Stewart has changed its name to Kindrik Partners. Victoria Stewart, the firm’s chief executive, said “We are at a new stage in our company’s life and we wanted to reflect that with a new name.” “We’re so much more than a couple of surnames, we’re a group of exceptional lawyers. Finding…

Selina Trigg appointed to Board of International Academy of Collaborative Professionals

Selina Trigg of Family Law Results (Auckland) has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals (IACP). It is the first time that a New Zealander has been appointed to this role. IACP’s members are collaborative professionals hailing from over 300 practice groups throughout the…

Jo Hughson appointed Chair of social workers tribunal

The Minister for Social Development, Carmel Sepuloni, has reappointed Wellington barrister Jo Hughson as the Chairperson of the Social Workers Complaints and Disciplinary Tribunal for a further two year term, effective from 9 June 2020. Jo is a member of Pipitea Chambers in Wellington. Her specialist areas of practice include professional…

Sarah Cates practising on own account

Sarah Cates has set up her own firm, Sarah Cates Employment Law, providing employment law advice and mediation services to employers, employees and unions. Wellington-based Sarah is skilled at resolving employment relationship issues at an early stage, saving time, stress, expense, and uncertainty. As an experienced litigator, she also represents clients…

Two new appointments at Solomons

Warren Moffat has joined Solomons as a Partner leading the firm’s Commercial team. Warren specialises in all aspects of commercial and property law (commercial, residential, industrial and agricultural) including sales, purchases, developments, leases, structuring, subdivisions and financing as well as tax, asset protection, trust and estate advice. Before joining Solomons, Warren…