48 Warren Alcock The growing influence and power of sport has seen Warren Alcock inhabit the List for a couple of years, rising one place since last year. A native of Napier, he graduated from Otago Law School with a first class honours degree together with a BA in economics. Before leaving the faculty he also […]
Barristers play a prominent role in the 2020 LawFuel Power List, with senior power figures dominating the list. David Williams QC No 15 – Globe girdling arbitrator, former Judge Michael Heron QC No. 16 – Former Solicitor General and Uber-busy Silk Una Jagose No. 4 – Solicitor General Chris Finlayson QC No. 10 – Former
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
33 Jonathan Eaton QC Long-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
Last Year: 19 Robert 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
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
34 Jessica Palmer New Entrant As 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
42 Raynor Asher QC New Entrant Since 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
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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
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