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.

Dylan Pine now solicitor at Wynn Williams

Dylan Pine has been promoted to solicitor in the litigation and dispute resolution team of Wynn Williams Lawyers in Christchurch. Dylan graduated from the University of Canterbury with an LLB and BA in history and political science. He was admitted in July 2016.

Stephanie Mann and Sam Henry win national moot

Stephanie Mann (Duncan Cotterill) and Sam Henry (Young Hunter), representing the Canterbury-Westland region, have won the New Zealand Law Foundation National Young Lawyers' Mooting Competition 2016. The final was held in Wellington on 21 July 2016 and judged by Supreme Court Judges Sir William Young, Dame Susan Glazebrook and Sir Terence…

Three senior appointments at Crown Law Office

Crown Law has appointed three new senior roles in the Crown Legal Risk Group.  Jeremy Prebble has been appointed a team manager in public law. He will manage one of the three public law teams in the Crown Legal Risk Group, advising and representing departments and Ministers across a range of administrative…

Adeline Redman joins BlackmanSpargo

Adeline Redman has joined BlackmanSpargo as a solicitor and is based in the Whakatane office.  Adeline completed her law degree at Waikato University in 2014 and was admitted in 2015.  She has experience in the real estate industry in the Eastern Bay of Plenty and is well versed in bringing transactions to…

Catherine Fry begins practice as barrister

Catherine Fry has begun practice as a barrister based at Southern Cross Chambers, Auckland.  Catherine specialises in litigation and advocacy involving information technology, intellectual property, company law, contract and torts.  Before joining the independent bar, Catherine worked in the litigation teams of a specialist intellectual property law firm and a full service…