Churchill Fellowship for Michael Cameron

Department of Corrections in-house lawyer Michael Cameron has been awarded a 2017 Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Fellowship. One of 18 fellows in 2017, Michael will travel to Washington in the United States to study world-leading laws and processes for protecting the community against dangerous former offenders, while protecting the rights of…

Sue Brown establishes Sue Brown Solutions

Sue Brown has announced the formation of Sue Brown Solutions to meet client need for pragmatic, commercial and "right sized" solutions to complex and challenging issues in the regulatory, government and corporate areas. Sue has over 25 years' experience in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand, as both a legal…

Buddle Findlay becomes Halberg sponsor

Buddle Findlay says it has become a key sponsor of the Halberg Disability Sport Foundation. The Foundation works with talented young sportspeople and their families to provide them with support to pursue their sporting dreams, and to benefit from sport and recreation. Buddle Findlay says it will provide the Foundation with financial…

Two lawyers appointed to Cadastral Board

Lawyers Belinda Greer and Adina Thorn have been appointed to the Cadastral Surveyor Licensing Board. The Board is New Zealand's authority for setting competency standards for land title surveyors. Belinda Greer was admitted as a barrister and solicitor in November 1990 and is a senior legal advisor in the Office of the…

Shaan Ross establishes Statera Legal

Shaan Ross has returned from maternity leave to establish Statera Legal, a virtual provider of legal assistance services to law firms and legal practitioners. Shaan was admitted to practise in New Zealand in 2007 and Western Australia in 2009 and has over five years' experience working in commercial law. She spent four years working…

Four staff promoted by Glaister Ennor

Auckland law firm Glaister Ennor has promoted four staff. Wayne Pearson has been made a consultant. Wayne is a member of the firm's commercial team and specialises in the development and implementation of customised trust, estate and wealth planning solutions. Stephanie Lau has become a senior associate. Stephanie is a member of…

Two new Waitangi Tribunal appointments

Professor Linda Tuhiwai Smith (Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Porou) and Dr Thomas Roa (Ngāti Maniapoto, Waikato Tainui) have been appointed to the Waitangi Tribunal. Professor Smith and Dr Roa join Dr Aroha Harris, Basil Morrison, Dr Robyn Anderson and Dr Ann Parsonson who have all been reappointed to the Tribunal for three-year…

Auckland lawyer head of Freemasons

Auckland lawyer Mark Winger has been installed as the 79th Grand Master of Freemasons New Zealand. Mr Winger studied law at the University of Auckland and has spent much of his legal career with Holmden Horrocks. He is a senior partner working in the areas of commercial law, corporate law and…

NZ Law Award winners announced

The winners of the 12th annual New Zealand Law Awards have been announced in Auckland. BlackmanSpargo Rural Law Ltd won the Regional/Suburban Law Firm of the Year, with Dean and Associates highly commended. Webb Henderson was winner of the Boutique Law Firm of the Year, with Simmonds Stewart highly commended. Anderson Lloyd…

Melissa Gibson to become McCaw Lewis director

Melissa Gibson (Ngāiterangi, Ngāti Ranginui) has been appointed a director of Hamilton firm McCaw Lewis and will take up the role on gaining approval to practise on own account. She will lead the asset planning team on her return to work following the birth of her second child. Renika Siciliano (Waikato-Tainui, Ngāti…