Wellington Family Law partnership to become Chambers

The partners of Wellington Family Law, Caroline Hannan, Sija Spaak and Chris Dellabarca, advise that their partnership will dissolve with effect from 30 September 2019. With effect from 1 October 2019, the partners will be practising as Barristers from Wellington Family Law Chambers. The partners state “we would like to take this…

Franks Ogilvie appoints new Senior Consultant

Brigitte Morten has joined Wellington law firm Franks Ogilvie as a Senior Consultant. The firm says she brings for clients strategic communications and issue advocacy insights. Brigitte graduated with a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Arts in 2006 from Victoria University of Wellington, a Masters in Law from the Australian…

Harkness Henry announces two new appointments

William Zhang  William Zhang has been appointed in the Litigation Team. William has recently returned to Hamilton from Gisborne where he has spent three years practising primarily in family and criminal litigation. William speaks fluent Mandarin and Shanghainese and will be developing his civil litigation practice. Jay Rajendram  Recent graduate, Jay Rajendram has…

Five new team members at Anthony Harper

Susan Lyall has joined our Trust and Asset Planning team in Christchurch as a Senior Associate. She has expertise in trusts, asset protection, elder law, estate planning and wills. Susan is also an experienced family lawyer. Susan Lyall  Olivia Welsh joined our health and safety team as a Senior Associate in Auckland.…

Lawyers appointed to Infrastructure Commission Board

Two lawyers have been appointed as members of the inaugural board for the Infrastructure Commission, Te Waihanga. The Commission is tasked with developing a long-term infrastructure plan and pipeline and helping governments make decisions to improve the wellbeing of all New Zealanders. The board has seven members and will be chaired by…

Duncan Cotterill extends support for working parents

Duncan Cotterill has introduced a new leave policy to better support new parents across its New Zealand offices. Provisions include top-ups to government parental leave payments and leave accruals as well as personalised care packages. “Duncan Cotterill is committed to supporting our employees who choose to work and be parents. This…

Rainey Collins appoints new associate

Emily Martinez  Emily Martinez has been promoted to associate from 1 August. She graduated from the University of Otago with an LLB with First Class Honours. Emily is in the firm’s litigation team, focusing principally on Māori legal matters. She works with whānau, hapū and iwi in claims before the Waitangi Tribunal,…

Henry Stokes joins Perpetual Guardian

Perpetual Guardian has appointed Henry Stokes as General Counsel. Henry Stokes.  Henry brings a wealth of trustee services experience from in-house and private practice roles, most recently serving as General Counsel for state-owned company Public Trust. In addition to Henry’s core duties as General Counsel, much of his focus in the first year…

Maria Dew QC reappointed to Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal

Maria Dew QC has been reappointed as Deputy Chair of the Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal. Ms Dew's appointment is for a three-year term, commencing on 12 August 2019 and ending on 24 July 2022.

John Morrison joins Hesketh Henry as Senior Associate

John Morrison has joined the Litigation and Dispute Resolution team at Hesketh Henry as a senior associate. John Morrison.  His particular areas of expertise are a broad range of construction disputes, tortious claims and claims relating to defective buildings. John joins the team after 5 years at MinterEllisonRuddWatts.