After completing LLB degree at Auckland university:
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1974 - 1975
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• Rural Bank - legal department, Auckland

January 1976
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• Admitted as barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of New Zealand

1975 - 1979
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• Staff solicitor Schneideman Short & Co, Barristers and Solicitors, Queen Street, Auckland
• Magistrates Court, Supreme Court, town planning tribunals
• Wide range of civil and criminal cases

1979 - 1980
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• Allen Allen & Hemsley, Solicitors
• Martin Place, Sydney, NSW, Australia
• Undertaking work of staff solicitor
• District Court, Supreme Court Civil litigation

June 1979
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• Admitted as barrister to the Supreme Court of New South Wales
• Admitted to the High Court of Australia

1980 - 1987

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• Practised as barrister from Edmund Barton Chambers, Martin Place, Sydney, NSW, Australia
• Federal Court, Supreme Court (both Equity and Common Law Divisions), District Court, Court of Petty Sessions, Worker's Compensation Commission, Land and Environment Court, Family Court, Industrial Commission.
• Also appeared as junior counsel in NSW Court of Appeal.
• Predominantly Civil litigation - including bankruptcy and liquidation matters, tortious claims, contractual disputes, disputes regarding deceased estates.
• Criminal jurisdiction - concerning prosecution of unlicensed real estate agents.

February 1987 to present
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• Barrister at the independent Bar - practising from Shortland Chambers, Level 12, 70 Shortland Street, Auckland
• Court of Appeal, High Court, District Court, Family Court
• Junior counsel in Court of Appeal and Privy Council
• Also appointments by the Court (High, District, Family) as counsel assisting the Court, or, as counsel appointed to represent the interests of persons affected by the litigation
• Civil litigation - main field of practice being litigation regarding succession and disputes regarding deceased estates, including trusts and Will interpretation
• Also, relationship property litigation (formerly known as matrimonial property and de facto property disputes)
• Hague Convention litigation (international abduction of children)
• Guardianship, custody and access disputes
• General civil litigation

Tribunal Appointments
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• Member Refugee Status Appeals Authority - 1993 - 1997
• Chairperson Motor Vehicle Salesmen Registration Authority - 1993- 1997

Recent Service To Profession
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• Member New Zealand Law Society Litigation Skills faculty 1997 - to date
• Member Auckland District Law Society Complaints Committee
• Co- presenter Auckland District Law Society seminar on deceased estate litigation August 2002
• Member Auckland District Law Society Public Issues Committee - 2004 to date
• Member Auckland District Law Society Family Law Committee - 2004 to date

Professional Associations - Membership
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• New Zealand Bar Association
• Family Law Section - New Zealand Law Society
• Medico Legal Society

Membership of Professional Association Executives
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• Council member New Zealand Bar Association from foundation in 1989 - 1997
• Secretary New Zealand Bar Association - 1993 - 1997
• Council member Auckland Women Lawyers Association. 1990 - 1994, Secretary 1992- 1994
• AWLA representative on Women's Suffrage Centenary Auckland Regional Committee 1992 -1993
• Member Auckland District Law Society Equal Employment Opportunity Committee 1992 - 1994
• Member Auckland District Law Society committee for implementation of Working Party Report on Women in the Legal Profession 1990 - 1994.
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LLB (Auck)

Barrister Sole: 1979
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