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Welcome to the profession The New Zealand Law Society welcomes the following recently admitted lawyers to the profession.
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At the biggest admission ceremony in Gisborne for many years (from left) Heather Jamieson, Nina Thomson, Justice Andrews, Ann-Jolena Baker and Justine Roberts.
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Gisborne Ann-Jolena Rangi Ruth Baker Heather Maraea Jamieson Justine Grace Roberts Nina Zoelene Thomson
Farewell function The Employment Law Committee of the Law Society’s Canterbury-Westland branch is holding a cocktail function to farewell Judge Couch on his retirement from
the Employment Court. The function will be held from 5:30 to 7:30pm on Thursday 19 June at Buddle Findlay’s boardroom, 4th floor, 83 Victoria Street. RSVP by 16 June to sandy.hopkin@ lawsociety.org.nz.
Auckland University’s Vis Moot team (from left) Cheyne Cudby (coach), Philip Arnold, Thom Clark, Sally Wu, Caitlin Hollings and Campbell Herbert (coach).
the independent bar in 2010. Before that he worked for leading litigation practices in Auckland, Sydney and London. He continues to act in wide range of civil and commercial disputes, in addition to regulatory and judicial review proceedings. Antony has been a commercial litigator since 2002, and has acted in a wide range of commercial disputes and contentious regulatory matters. He has worked for leading litigation firms in Auckland and London, and joined the independent bar in 2008. Richmond Chambers operates from newly established premises on Level 5 of the historic General Buildings in Shortland Street. The new chambers is managed by Alison Koerselman who may be contacted on 09 600 5500, 021 701 473 or alison@ richmondchambers.co.nz.
Auckland team strong in world’s largest moot Auckland University’s team has placed in the top eight in one of the world’s largest and most prestigious mooting competitions, the Willem C Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot. Auckland reached the quarter-finals of the moot, held in Vienna in April. It took a split decision over a team that ultimately went on to win the competition, Deaken University, to knock the Auckland team out. The Vis moot is the largest single mooting competition globally and attracted more than 2,000 students from 300 universities and 900 arbitrators to Vienna. The team of Philip Arnold, Caitlin Hollings, Thom Clark, Sally Wu, and Luke Sizer (who did
not travel with the team but assisted in the writing of memoranda), faced off against teams from Utrecht University, Dalian Maritime University, MGIMO University, and the University of Osnabrück in the preliminary rounds. In the knockout rounds of the competition, the team went on to beat teams from the University of New South Wales, the University of Ottawa, and the Catholic University of America. Caitlin and Sally both received an honourable mention for their oral performance, placing them in the top 50 speakers at the competition. The team as a whole also received an honourable mention for its overall oral performance. LawTalk 842 · 23 May 2014 ·
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