Our Profession · Our People Bringing project management to lawyering, Continued... then to monitor and report back.” As well as being more time and costefficient, Shaun finds that project management skills help lawyers clarify what work actually needs to be done. “Quite often you get an instruction and you give an answer to it but because you haven’t got the client to back up the bus and talk about the background, you’re just solving the perceived problem. And I get this is as an in-house lawyer too. “We encourage lawyers to spend a little more time at that early stage so the client really does feel that you understand what
they want, and aren’t just giving an answer to a legal problem.” While several of the projects Shaun has been involved in have been several years in duration he points out that the principles of legal project management can scale down to everyday legal practice. “It’s relevant for big, medium and small projects. We teach a dozen or so tools that you might use throughout a project’s life cycle. “If you have a really complex significant project then you’ll probably want the whole suite of tools but for normal day-to-day legal
matters you might be able to draw on two or three of those tools that help you develop your work more effectively. Try it. Pick one tool, see how it goes.” Shaun will bring this unique combination of knowledge from both within and outside the practice of law when he leads CLANZ’s upcoming seminars on legal project management. He will lead these seminars at CLANZmini in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch from 14 to 17 October. For more information on CLANZmini visit www.clanzonline.org/ conference-2/clanzmini/.
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proceedings involving the arrest of ships as well as in a varied range of civil claims such as breach of contract, misrepresentation, building construction defects, deceased estate cases, and employment disputes. Todd’s work has also included preparatory work for proceedings in the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea in an international dispute between Australia and Russia involving fishing vessels.
and Sarah Chin have joined the Auckland corporate advisory team and Matt Winter has joined the Christchurch property team, all as solicitors.
Claire Evans
Henny Fairgray
Claire Evans has been made a partner of Lane Neave. A corporate lawyer who specialises in capital markets and financial product advice, Claire returned to Lane Neave in 2010 after five years overseas where she worked for a top-tier Sydney law firm and a large London law firm. Claire is admitted in New Zealand and New South Wales. Henny Fairgray has been promoted to associate of Lane Neave. Henny’s family law practice includes relationship property matters, parenting and guardianship matters, surrogacy, adoption and domestic violence. Henny also specialises in education law work including advising school boards of trustees and management of tertiary institutions. Todd Greenwood has joined Hauraki Gulf Law Limited as a senior solicitor. Todd has 10 years’ experience in litigation and general practice, in particular experience with civil litigation in negligence claims against indiTodd Greenwood viduals, companies and territorial authorities in leaky building cases and against professionals such as solicitors in connection with investment schemes. He also has experience in insolvency proceedings, the enforcement of judgment debts, admiralty
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Matt Winter
P E O P L E I N T H E L AW Wellington barrister Kenneth Johnston has been appointed deputy chair of the Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal for a 12-month term.
Simon Weil
Renée McLennan
Four new lawyers have joined the Anthony Harper team. Simon Weil heads up the trusts and asset planning team, taking the number of partners to 21. Simon is a published Sarah Chin author on trusts and asset protection planning. Renée McLennan
SI Devil’s Own The ANZ South Island Devil’s Own Golf Tournament will be held at the Methven Golf Club from Friday 7 November to Sunday 9 November. The competition will comprise: 7 November, afternoon, 18 holes and 9 holes (ladies); 8 November, morning, 18 holes; afternoon (at Hororata Golf Club) 9 or 18 holes foursomes; 9 November, morning, 18 holes. Entries close on 10 October. Email susan.newman@lawsociety.org.nz.