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Ron Mansfield KC – LawFuel’s Lawyer of the Year 2024

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Ron Mansfield KC: Championing Justice in New Zealand’s Criminal Defence Arena John Bowie, LawFuel publisher Ron Mansfield KC is LawFuel’s Lawyer of the Year 2024 – joining the pantheon of champion lawyers named by LawFuel over the past 10 years. Mansfield stands as a key figure in New Zealand’s criminal defense circles, following the catalogue […]

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Natalie Coates – Lawyer of the Year for 2023 – Navigating Law and Tradition

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Leading indigenous and human rights lawyer Natalie Coates is LawFuel’s lawyer of the year. It has been a stellar legal career for Natalie Coates, taking her from her home in Whakatane to Harvard University and to her partnership in the leading Māori law firm Kahui Legal where she has worked to weave the threads of

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Natalie Coates:  The Tikanga, Treaty and Te Reo Debate 

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2023 Lawyer of the Year Natalie Coates discussed with LawFuel publisher John Bowie some of the key issues around recent political and legal challenges to issues involving Māori language and te Tiriti o Waitangi. She said that proposed reforms in respect of Māori language and the discussions about te Tiriti o Waitangi require a ‘diplomatic

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Power Lawyer Stacey Shortall Wins Diversity & Inclusion Award

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New Zealand Lawyer of the Year Wins Again LawFuel Power Lawyer and former New Zealand Lawyer of the Year Stacey Shortall has won the Chambers Asia Pacific Award for Partner Stacey Shortall was named as the winner of Chambers Asia Pacific Award for Outstanding Contribution to Diversity and Inclusion category in Singapore. >> Best Law Jobs Are Here

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Lawyer of the Year 2022 Tudor Clee – From Car Boot to ‘Loophole Lawyer’, the Lawyer Who Fought The Government And Won

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LawFuel’s 2022 Lawyer of the Year is the battling ‘loophole lawyer’ who fought to get Charlotte Bellis into the country under the MIQ lottery system.

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LawFuel’s 2020 New Zealand Lawyer of the Year

Cassie Nicholson, LawFuel lawyer of the year 2020

Lawyer of the Year Sponsors LexisNexis New Zealand [adrotate banner=”140″] Staedtler – The pens successful lawyers use Cassie Nicholson – Legal First Responder Government legal counsel Cassie Nicholson, perhaps the key legal figure behind the mountain of legal work required to be climbed during the Covid-19 pandemic, is LawFuel’s Lawyer of the Year for 2020.

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Placing Her ‘Neck On The Line’ In Samoa Didn’t Prevent Recognition In Samoa For Tiana Epati

A run-in with Samoa Prime Minister Tuilaepa Dr. Sailele Malielegaoi over a plan to overhaul the country’s legal system didn’t prevent Law Society president Tiana Epati from being recognised for standing up for legal rights in the country. >> Coming Soon! The 2021 Lawyer of the Year Her support of the Samoa Law Society (SLS)

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Parental Leave Calls Tiana Epati From NZ Law Society Role

Law Society President Tiana Epati is taking a break from the demands of office to have a baby, after a busy schedule both with Law Society duties and including a busy court schedule. This week she appeared in the Supreme Court with criminal law barrister Nick Chisnall, describing on LinkedIn how she had risen to

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“JoJo Tiana” – Lawyer of the Year In New Movie From JoJo Rabbit Producer

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Lawyer of the Year and NZ Law Society President Tiana Epani is the ‘lead’ in a new movie from “Jojo Rabbit” producer Chelsea Winstanley. Winstanley’s new movie, The Appeal, about a landmark legal case in New Zealand involving the defence of a former gang member by Tiana Epani and which challengews the prejudices within the

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Tiana Epati: LawFuel 2019 Lawyer of the Year

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Staedtler LawFuel Lawyer of the Year: Tiana Epati Law Society President Tiana Epati is LawFuel’s 2019 Staedtler ‘Lawyer of the Year’.   Labelling herself ‘the reluctant president’, Tiana Epati has presented a younger, fresh face on a profession battling challenges in the wake of recent #Metoo, bullying and related issues, as well as its efforts to

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