40 Michael Friedlander A property portfolio worth close to a billion dollars, plus high level philanthropy work, provide Sir Michael Friedlander, 83, with a unique power within the legal profession. Power List duo: Sir Michael Friedlander with fellow Power List member Dame Patsy Reddy upon receiving his knighthood in 2016 A consultant at law firm
WRMK LAWYERS CONGRATULATES TWO NEW SENIOR LAWYERS Powered By LawFuel WRMK Lawyers is delighted to congratulate Chloe Davenport and Nicola Hartwell on their promotions to Senior Lawyer, effective 1 December 2019. Chloe is a Kerikeri local who her clients trust with a broad range of trusts, life planning and property matters, including relationship property
26 Brian Dickey Last Year: 26 The horrors of the Grace Millane murder trial were headline-making from Crown prosecutor Brian Dickey, but the role as Auckland’s Crown Prosecutor has been quite different from its previous position for incumbents at Meredith Connell. The cutbacks in the Crown prosecution services and the establishment of a new
23 Geoff Sharp Already ranked on the LawFuel List of New Zealand’s Top 10 Mediators, Geoff Sharp took the leap from Bell Gully partnership into mediation and it paid off handsomely as he handles local and global mediations from his Wellington base to Chambers in Singapore and London. He has also been widely used t
9 Rebecca Kitteridge Last Year: No. 11 Rebecca Kitteridge came to the NZSIS after six years as Secretary of the Cabinet and Clerk of the Executive Council, within the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet and following her expert appraisal of the failings of the GCSB in 2013 and following the much-maligned raid on Kim
The growth of privacy law issues, election interference issues and a range of other issues have elevated the privacy law argument – and Privacy Commissioner and watchdog John Edwards – into the List. The development of specific Codes of Practice for different industries as well as specifying requirements regarding different types of personal information has
Auckland family law barrister and former co-convener of the Auckland District Law Society’s Family Law Committee, has been censured and fined after failing to turn up to court on three occasions, leaving his client facing a criminal trial without representation. Anthony Morahan failed to tell his client or the court that the reason he could
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13 Peter Boshier The Ombudsman has long held power over government departments and others, and Peter Boshier’s range of actions in recent times have demonstrated the Office’s ability to investigate a wide range of enquiries into malfeasance allegations, including falsified information developed by Christchurch City Council employees, staff assaults at a mental health unit. It
14 Brendan Horsley Holding a powerful role as the decider upon major criminal appeals, including manifestly inadequate sentencing issues, Brendan Horsley holds a major role where even his boss, Solicitor General Una Jagose will not tread. As the man also responsible for the Crown prosecution network he is also a fully, hands-on operator with power
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
