Intueri Education Group welcomes Barbara Lloyd

Barbara Lloyd has been appointed legal counsel at Auckland's Intueri Education Group Ltd to oversee legal, corporate governance and risk management activities.  Ms Lloyd was admitted in December 1984. She worked as a solicitor with McKenna & Co before moving to Bell Gully in 1990, leaving in 2001 when she was…

Waikato student wins Danish scholarship

Waikato University law student Sam Lusk has been granted a $62,000 Danish government scholarship to complete a Master in Law degree at Copenhagen University in Denmark. The scholarship is awarded to international students who display academic excellence. It covers all tuition fees for 22 months and a monthly allowance. Sam has also…

Kate Davenport QC called to UK Bar

Auckland's Bankside Chambers says chambers member Kate Davenport QC was called to the Bar in the United Kingdom by the Middle Temple in a ceremony held in London on 21 July 2015. Congratulating her on her admission, it says it enables Kate to practise as a barrister in England as well…

DLA Piper staff promotions

DLA Piper New Zealand has promoted Nicole MacFarlane to special counsel in its financial services team. Nicole advises clients in the financial services and funds management sector. The firm has promoted five lawyers as senior associates: Tom Barnes in the financial services team, Aimee Credin in the healthcare team, Pavanie Edirisuriva…

ERA appointments announced

Jim Crichton has been appointed Chief of the Employment Relations Authority (ERA). Mr Crichton was admitted as a barrister and solicitor in March 1979 and was first appointed to the ERA in 2004. Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Michael Woodhouse says Mr Crichton is a well-respected member of the employment law community…

Sarah Ongley moves to Bank Chambers

Sarah Ongley has commenced practice as a barrister and has joined Susan Hughes QC, Keryn Broughton and Turitea Bolstad at New Plymouth's Bank Chambers. Sarah was admitted in September 1993 and is experienced in environment and local government law. Her experience includes working at two of New Zealand's largest law firms and…

Wilson McKay senior associate appointed

Auckland law firm Wilson McKay has appointed Tina Wilson as a senior associate. Tina was admitted in 1982 and has been a solicitor at Wilson McKay for a number of years. She specialises in trust and estate administration and property law.

Belinda Moffat leaving FMA

The head of the Financial Market Authority (FMA) enforcement team, Belinda Moffat, is leaving the regulator after three and a half years. Ms Moffat joined the FMA in March 2012 in its establishment phase, with a mandate to complete the its finance company investigations and to build the FMA's enforcement capability. Before…

Helen Cull QC reappointed Chief Commissioner

Helen Cull QC has been reappointed Chief Commissioner for the Transport Accident Investigation Commission. Wellington Queen's Counsel Peter McKenzie has been appointed Deputy Commissioner. Businessman Stephen Davies Howard has been appointed a Commissioner, joining current Commissioner Wellington barrister Jane Meares. Transport Minister Simon Bridges says Helen Cull has been in the role…

Gibson Sheat and Logan Gold Walsh merge

Lower Hutt and Wellington-based Gibson Sheat has merged with Wairarapa-based Logan Gold Walsh, from 1 August 2015. The new firm is known as Gibson Sheat Lawyers. A statement from the new firm says the two have already had a close working relationship, each with staff members that had previously worked in the…