Julian Miles has been something of a household name in the law and beyond for more years than many might remember, but he continues to exert an influence at the bar as one of the foremost barristers in the country.With experience in commercial litigation, defamation, media law, intellectual property and information technology disputes, he remains […]
33 Jonathan Eaton QCLong-time leading Barrister Jonathan Eaton has handled two high profile criminal cases during 2019 and continues to hold a leading position at both the criminal bar and within legal circles generally.Handling the Supreme Court appeal for Mark Lundy, where he criticised the DNA evidence used to convict his client as “novel and
Last Year: 19Robert Fisher QC has slipped a little with a somewhat quieter year, but remains regarded as one of the country’s top mediators and arbitrators.A former High Court judge, having retired from the bench in 2004, he has applied himself fulltime to his arbitration and mediation practice, as well as serving as an appellate
50 Bruce Gray QCBruce 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 the taxpayers’
34 Jessica PalmerNew EntrantAs Dean at Otago Law School Professor Palmer holds sway over one of the country’s most popular law schools and follows in the footsteps of fellow Power List member Professor Mark Henaghan as a key influencer over entrants to the profession.The daughter of AUT Law School Dean Professor Charles Rickett, (left) Jessica
42 Raynor Asher QCNew EntrantSince retiring from the Court of Appeal in early 2019, Raynor Asher has commenced practice from Richmond Chambers providing mediation, arbitration and litigation advice – and been busy with it.One of a number of retired jurists who have returned to private practice, principally as mediators and arbitrators, Raynor Asher has, in
Going Boldly Where No Woman Lawyer Has Gone Before . . The Space Lawyer New Zealand’s booming space industry has produced one of the world’s first Space lawyers. Rachel Moore & Kate Green spoke with Dr Maria PozzaMaria Pozza is New Zealand’s only space lawyer. Far from talking to aliens, she spends her time, like
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Stewart Germann has been a leading franchise lawyer for many years, but he has also recently qualified as a Certified Franchise Executive (CFE), being the only internationally recognised professional accreditation programme for franchise executives.He is also to lecture in a subject that to a large extent has been neglected by New Zealand’s tertiary institutions despite
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Described this week as ‘Winston Peters’ right hand man’, lawyer Brian Henry has been a long time Peters counsel, in more ways than one. But the developing NZ First scandal is unlikely to greatly dent the lawyer who has seen all this before.Recently appearing in the Auckland High Court proceeding brought by Peters in respect
The busiest court in the country is set in a location without its own criminal law firm, relying instead on the local community law centre.Mangere has what Childrens’ Commissioner Andrew Becroft says is a ‘huge need’ for lawyers, but there is no firm in the area.Māngere Community Law Centre was the brainchild of a group of
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