Last Year – 42 He may be more George Smiley than James Bond, but Brendan Horsley, the former Deputy Solicitor General who ran the Crown prosecution network, has an important role supervising New Zealand’s intelligence services at a time when terrorist and extremist threats continue to cause concern in the wake of global upheaval and, […]
Last Year – 48 Handling clients like both All Blacks coach Ian Foster and potential AB coach Scott Robertson (pictured below) is testament to Warren Alcock’s influence within New Zealand’s premier team and sport generally – not to mention representation of such rugby stars as Ritchie McCaw and Dan Carter. The growing influence and power
Senior Silk Last Year – 14 From Pike River to prisoners’ rights, the hirsute Christchurch KC is also known as something of a ‘disaster lawyer’ with his involvement in a range of the country’s worst, recent tragedies and disasters including representing victims in the collapse of the Christchurch CTV building during the 2011 earthquake, the
Divorce Diva Last Year – 34 Deborah Chambers KC has been a prominent barrister specialising in relationship property and trust law, achieving a number of trust-busting and other legal wins for clients. A high-charging lawyer in both court and at billing time, she has been a prominent member of the bar for some years she
Last Year – 22 >> Top Law Jobs Here Being legal counsel for New Zealand’s largest bank, with over $180 billion in assets, David Bricklebank has some heady responsibilities, weighted down with a growing complexity of regulatory requirements to deal with. Not the least of which is the multi-billion dollar profit the big bank earns
Commercial Silk Last Year – 19 Recently appearing on behalf of Timaru, Waimakariri and Whangarei District Councils to seek clarity over property rights affected by the government’s three waters’ proposals, Jack Hodder has been one of the busiest KCs or litigators anywhere. The Westlaw NZ database indicates that since 1980, Jack has been counsel in
Last Year – 8 Michael Heron continues to climb the Power List, a wide-ranging set of work focused principally upon his growing go to status for enquiries, reports and arbitration work. A former partner at Meredith Connell and Russell McVeath, the former solicitor general (2012-2016) has also spread his legal wings further following his resignation
Last Year – 36 Steadily climbing the rankings is criminal silk Ron Mansfield who regularly appears in high profile criminal cases like his most recent profile appearance for the former MP the hapless and vengeful Jami-Lee Ross of \’he lied and lied\’ fame. But Mansfield KC has steadily built his criminal defence credentials over recent
Human Rights Advocate New Entrant The Abuse in Care enquiry and a growth in the focus upon human rights issues across a range of areas has elevated Frances Joychild KC’s status as one of the country’s leading advocates in the area. A specialist human rights lawyer and probably New Zealand’s leading human rights lawyer,
The Go-To Inquirer New Entrant Maria Dew KC appears to be the go-to King’s Counsel for troubled political parties, first used by the Labour Party to investigate allegations of sexual assault, resulting from a close relationship with the Labour leadership, which LawFuel has already written about, and her mediation work and high level employment misconduct
