Another under-the-radar influencer who commands respect and influence within the so-called Wellington beltway. A legal adviser to the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC) she has been a key adviser to the Prime Minister on a variety of issues that have characterised the Prime Minister’s Prime Ministership. The DPMC is a mid-sized government agency,
The pressure has been on Rebecca Kitteridge following the Mosque attacks in Christchurch and an increased focus on the balancing act required to provide quality intelligence services and a respect for privacy and other democratic rights. The rise in white supremacy groups and other issues confront Kitteridge, who also faces increased scrutiny over her agency’s
LawFuel’s 2020 Lawyer of the Year Cassie Nicholson has been front-and-centre for the COVID pandemic, marshalling legal forces and commanding quiet respect throughout the public service higher echelons for her work amending, revising, updating and writing legislative orders and laws permitting the country to ride out the pandemic successfully. ==> Lawyer of the Year Interview
Anna Rawlings has readily assumed the mantle of competition and fair trading watchdog with an accompanying rapid rise up the Power List (again) and raised headlines with her recent castigation of the supermarket duopoly that hike their ‘specials’ to their captive market. However it has been more than just the grocers who have come under
The highlight of Tiana Epati’s year was the birth of her daughter (below), but the COVID-wracked year also saw her entrench and increase her leadership role within the profession, boosting her Power List rankings as one of the country’s most powerful and influential lawyers. As the first person of Polynesian descent to hold the Law
Solicitor General Una Jagose oversees the 800 lawyers in Government but hit the headlines with her fronting to the AbuseinCare Royal Commission last year, when she apologised on behalf of the government for the abuse of children. The apology had mixed reviews as she announced her strategy for dealing with the situation. “It might be
Part of Russell McVeagh’s makeover after its years of bad press following the sexual assault issues has been to appoint resource management lawyer Allison Arthur-Young as the firm’s chair. Canadian-born Arthur-Young joined Russell McVeagh in 2005 after working for Chen Palmer and following her immigration to New Zealand five years earlier. Although she presents a
With a government that has a strong affiliation to commissioning enquiries and reports, Victoria Casey QC has become something of a go to Silk with such matters, having led the Crown in the challenge to the COVID lockdown brought by former legal academic and former Crown Counsel Andrew Borrowdale, as well as defending the Crown
The mega-search engine’s man-on-the-ground in Wellington cannot be anything but powerful when Google continue to increase their own power via the lobbying handled by Ross Young. The web giant’s footprint globally is massive already, but it is also expanding its investment and activities in New Zealand with increased engineering activities by setting up a software
New Entrant – Natalie Coates, partner at Kāhui Legal has two first class honours degrees and a post-graduate degree from Harvard. But her academic achievements are not what brings her to the Power List as a new entrant but rather her New Zealand legal-making achievement in September when the Supreme Court allowed former Christchurch Civic
