Cassey Nicholson
Deputy Chief Parliamentary Counsel, Cassie Nicholson had to marshall not only her legal and leadership skills, but also her ability to inspire a team facing a world-changing pandemic.
Paul Radich KC
Bar Leader New Entrant Outgoing NZ Bar Association president Paul Radich KC has had plenty of commercial and civil law experience behind him (he’s been a litigation partner at Izard Weston, Bell Gully and MinterEllisonRuddWatts) as well as a barrister since 2012, but his role at the NZBA was successful in terms of both the
Penelope Mathew
Auckland Law School Dean New Entrant Professor Penelope Mathew’s role as Dean of the largest law school in New Zealand, Auckland Law School, provides her with her List placement. In 2020, Auckland Law School ranked 50th in the world and best in New Zealand on QS World University Rankings. Dr Mathew\’s profile has been low, but
Dean Knight
Legal Commentator & Academic New Entrant The Associate Professor of public law at Victoria University and the NZ Centre for Public Law Victoria University of Wellington. His tweeting and commentaries around the legal implications of Covid-19 and constitutional and public law issues keep an always pertinent eye on issues many might otherwise give just a
Una Jagose KC
Top Legal Power Last Year – 3 As Solicitor General, is not only head of Crown Law’s 180 staff but also the ‘‘professional head’’ of more than 800 lawyers employed by the government’s various departments, ministries and agencies she has a power role both from a legislative and a legal leadership perspective a role she
The Power Lawyer To Rule Them All . . The Chief Justice On ‘Blowing Up’ Law Schools and The Drive For Diversity
Chief Justice Dame Helen Winkelmann is having a major effect upon the New Zealand judiciary and access to justice issues
Paul Majurey
Business leader New Entrant Paul Majurey has been at logger heads with newly elected Auckland mayor Wayne Brown, who has sought his and his board’s resignation of the Auckland Council’s property arm. But Majurey, of law firm Atkins Holm Majurey, has not bowed at time of publication to any such request. A new entrant to
Mainzeal Appeal – Liquidators Says Dame Jenny Shipley Should Pay More
Lawyers representing the Mainzeal liquidators are seeking over $58 million from the failed construction company’s directors, including former Prime Minister Jenny Shipley. The Supreme Court is hearing an appeal against the company’s former directors, who include Richard Yan, Peter Gomm and Clive Tilby as well as Dame Jenny Shipley. The three day hearing is due
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The Herald’s Shamelessly Appropriated ‘Power List’ . . And The Missing Power Lawyers
The New Zealand Power Lawyers missing from the Herald’s ‘Power List’
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Auckland Covid Escapees Plead Guilty
The couple charged with breaching the Auckland Covid-19 lockdown when they left to holiday in Wanaka have pleaded guilty in their first appearance following Covid-related court delays. Lawyer Hannah Rawnsley, 26 and William Willis, 36, appeared via video in the Papakura District Court before Judge BGruce Davidson who is to decide the sentence today, which