Barristers.Comm is very pleased to announce that Cassandra Kenworthy has begun practicing law on her own account as of December 1st 2020. Cassandra has been a junior barrister at our chambers for five years, and is a valued member of the Barristers.Comm family. Cassandra will be remaining with us at Barristers.Comm as a newly appointed director of the company.
Barristers.Comm Welcomes A New Door Tenant
Barristers.Comm were very pleased to welcome Callum Reid to our chambers as a door tenant in October 2020. Callum specialises in Public and Administrative Law, Civil and Commercial Litigation, Company Law, Insolvency Law and Restructuring, Commercial Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution, and Property and Trust Law.
Welcome Back
Now that New Zealand is in Alert Level 2, our Chambers are open again. We are following government hygiene and contact tracing recommendations and we are pleased to welcome everyone back to work and to our Chambers.
Some of the Barristers are still working from home most days of the week, but they are still reachable by phone and email as always, and our reception is staffed again.
Lisa Hansen Appointed Chief Gambling Commissioner
Lisa Hansen has been appointed the Chief Gambling Commissioner for New Zealand. Read more here.
Working From Home Due To Covid-19
All of us at Barristers.Comm are currently working from home due to the alert level 4 lockdown put in place by our government in response to the Covid-19 virus. We are all still reachable via email and online, but our office will not be staffed until the government lifts the restrictions on businesses.
We hope all friends of Barristers.Comm and the wider community are taking sensible precautions at this time and taking care of themselves and their loved ones. We hope to see you in our office again once the situation goes back to normal.
Nicola Keating Joins Barristers.Comm
Barristers.Comm had the pleasure of welcoming Nicola Keating into our chambers as a junior barrister in 2019 after she moved to New Zealand from the UK.
Update 21/05/2020: Nicola has moved on to another job in police prosecution. We wish her well in her new adventures.
Chris Griggs on the APEC 2021 Bill on Behalf of the Law Society
In response to the APEC 2021 Bill currently in Parliament’s Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade select committe, the Law Society have prepared a submission recommending careful consideration of the role of armed forces, APEC security staff and foreign protection officers in the APEC 2021 security operation. Chris Griggs, speaking on behalf of the Law Society, told the committee,
“The bill grants significant coercive powers to members of the armed forces and APEC security staff, and departs from the usual constitutional restriction against using the armed forces to support Police law enforcement.
“If Parliament considers these provisions are necessary for New Zealand to provide adequate security for APEC 2021, the Law Society recommends that appropriate checks and balances are added to the bill, to enable proper public scrutiny of the use of these powers”.
Read the full Law Society article here
Roanna Chan Joins Barristers.Comm
Barristers.Comm are pleased to welcome Roanna Chan into our Chambers. Roanna joined us in October 2019 and she has been a fantastic addition to our Chambers.
