Branch News Gisborne Alistair Clarke has been re-elected President of the Gisborne branch of the New Zealand Law Society. Mr Clarke, who has been President since 2011, specialises in litigation with a strong focus on criminal law. He also practises in the employment and civil arenas. He has an interest in land law and all aspects of conveyancing and estate work. An avid hunter, fisherman and diver, Mr Clarke is married to Deborah. They have one daughter, Isla. After graduating LLB from Auckland University in 2003 he was admitted in 2004. Mr Clarke joined Bernard Bull & Co in 2003 and was made a partner of the firm in 2007. Phil Dreifuss has been elected VicePresident and the 2013-14 Council is Bryony Shackell, Aaron McIlroy, Jess MacLellan, David Ure, Alison Bendall and Shahana Saud.
Marlborough The Marlborough branch has organised a constitutional review panel meeting. The meeting will be open to the public and will be held in the Wishart Room Marlborough Civic Theatre at 5:30pm on 31 May.
Courts Minister meets Manukau lawyers
Wellington
Annual dinner
The Solicitor-General, Michael Heron QC, will be the guest speaker at the Wellington branch annual dinner on 6 June. The dinner will be held at The Wellington Club, 88 The Terrace, at 7pm for a 7:30pm start. An invitation can be downloaded from my.lawsociety.org.nz/events/wellington and bookings made through bookwhen.com/ wellington-branch.
Admission candidate information
The Wellington branch is holding a candidate information meeting on 27 May for people planning to be admitted in September. The event will run from 1-2pm on level 8, New Zealand Law Society building, 26 Waring Taylor Street. “If any law firms have graduates that are planning to be admitted, we’d love them to send them along,” Wellington branch
manager Catherine Harris says. To book, go to bookwhen.com/wellington-branch.
Meet the Registry
Around 65 young lawyers attended a “Meet the Registry” evening, held in the High Court foyer at 5:30pm on 9 May. Representatives from the High Court, Court of Appeal, Supreme Court and the Environment Court met the young lawyers.
Auckland
Courts Minister meets Manukau lawyers
The Minister for Courts, Chester Borrows, spoke to Manukau lawyers about the court changes scheduled for this year. It is part of a series of meetings the minister is holding with Law Society branches around the country. The major changes on the agenda are
Otago
New branch premises
The Otago branch Council has secured new branch premises on the 4th floor of John Wickliffe House, 265 Princess Street, for three years. The fit-out of the new premises is well under way and the branch expects to be operating from its new home by the end of June, early July. Part of the fit-out is to create a meeting/ seminar space for branch members to use. The meeting room will be available for all committees as well as being used for Continuing Professional Development, social events and seminars. The new premises will also include the Law Society library.
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