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
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
Sir Robert Jones – Whether one likes or loathes him, no-one would argue that Elon Musk is not an extraordinary creative innovator. That said, wrongly accusing one of the key heroic rescuers of paedophilia in the Thai cave boys remarkable drama made his libel defence seem on face value, an impossibility. But in the event,
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Governor General and former lawyer Dame Patsy Reddy had to battle sexism in her rise to the top of the law profession and now also a top Power List member on LawFuel’s List. Dame Patsy, formerly a partner at the then Rudd Watts & Stone (now MinterEllisonRuddWatts) has had a highly successful career as a
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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
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
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The Attorney General has announced eight new Queen’s Counsel appointed under a process that includes new criteria with a focus upon access to justice issues. “The new criterion was included this year. It emphasises that excellence and leadership in the profession can be seen through a wider, community lens,” David Parker said. “It is pleasing
