Principal in public law firm Franks Ogilvie, Stephen Franks’ political and media activity have seen him maintain a high public profile, albeit as someone who may prefer to settle into a somewhat quieter professional life. A blogger and frequent talking head he has recently been involved in the government’s gun buy-back as lawyer for the […]
50 Bruce Gray QC Bruce Gray’s litigation and appellate practice places him firmly in the upper ranks of the litigation firmament. This year he handled the $450,000 breach of privacy claim brought by Winston Peters in respect of his superannuation claim against each named ministerial and public services defendants with the sued Ministers defended by Gray at
40 Michael Friedlander A property portfolio worth close to a billion dollars, plus high level philanthropy work, provide Sir Michael Friedlander, 83, with a unique power within the legal profession. Power List duo: Sir Michael Friedlander with fellow Power List member Dame Patsy Reddy upon receiving his knighthood in 2016 A consultant at law firm
SHAREHOLDERS HOLDING NEARLY 60 MILLION SHARES HAVE JOINED CBL CLASS ACTION Powered By LawFuel –Andrew Bascand, Chair of the CBL Class Action has today confirmed registrations to join the action against the directors and CBL Corporation have been received from investors owning approximately 60 million shares – representing nearly 50% of all eligible shares in
WRMK LAWYERS CONGRATULATES TWO NEW SENIOR LAWYERS Powered By LawFuel WRMK Lawyers is delighted to congratulate Chloe Davenport and Nicola Hartwell on their promotions to Senior Lawyer, effective 1 December 2019. Chloe is a Kerikeri local who her clients trust with a broad range of trusts, life planning and property matters, including relationship property
26 Brian Dickey Last Year: 26 The horrors of the Grace Millane murder trial were headline-making from Crown prosecutor Brian Dickey, but the role as Auckland’s Crown Prosecutor has been quite different from its previous position for incumbents at Meredith Connell. The cutbacks in the Crown prosecution services and the establishment of a new
23 Geoff Sharp Already ranked on the LawFuel List of New Zealand’s Top 10 Mediators, Geoff Sharp took the leap from Bell Gully partnership into mediation and it paid off handsomely as he handles local and global mediations from his Wellington base to Chambers in Singapore and London. He has also been widely used t
16 Michael Heron QC It’s been a busy year for the former Solicitor-General, with matters ranging from handling the immigration inquiry into the handling of Czech drug smuggler Karel Sroubek by Immigration Minister Iain Lees-Galloway (below) identifying risks to Ministers handling such issues, to representing an unnamed sportsman involved in the alleged financing of an
12 Anna Rawlings Stepping into the shoes of retired Commerce Commission Dr Mark Berry, Anna Rawlings has assumed the mantle of competition and fair trading watchdog with an accompanying rapid rise up the Power List Elevated to her new role in June 2019, Anna Rawlings has been a Commissioner since 2014 and played a key
9 Rebecca Kitteridge Last Year: No. 11 Rebecca Kitteridge came to the NZSIS after six years as Secretary of the Cabinet and Clerk of the Executive Council, within the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet and following her expert appraisal of the failings of the GCSB in 2013 and following the much-maligned raid on Kim
