Lambton Chambers is inviting expressions of interest from barristers to join our Chambers. Options are available as a full tenant (own or shared office) or a door tenant (includes meeting room use and shared workspace). Lambton Chambers is in a premium location, close to the courts and Wellington’s CBD. We are a collegial and supportive [...]
We are pleased to announce that Pam Davidson [hyperlink to Pam’s profile] has been appointed to the Board of NZ Asian Lawyers (NZAL). Tikanga and Culture in the Supreme Court On 8 November 2022, at an event hosted jointly by NZAL and Russell McVeagh, Justice Susan Glazebrook, Supreme Court judge and President of the [...]
We are pleased to say that we held Lambton Chambers’ long-awaited 25th Anniversary celebration on 4 August 2022. Originally due in September 2021, we had to postpone the celebration when New Zealand went into lockdown two weeks before the event. The event was well-attended by lawyers, clients, family and past and present members of [...]
We are proud to celebrate our 25th anniversary as Lambton Chambers in 2021. Lambton Chambers was established in 1996 by David Collins (now the Honourable Justice Collins of the Court of Appeal), Pam Davidson and John Morrison. Since then, it has steadily grown in number from its founding three members, and now comprises 16 barristers [...]
We would like to congratulate Ian Carter on his appointment as a District Court Judge. Ian has had a long and illustrious career appearing as counsel in most of the current leading New Zealand cases in the higher courts, in the areas of immigration, refugee and human rights protection. Admitted in 1981, Ian initially worked as [...]
Two recent appeal decisions provide some illumination The Court of Appeal recently issued the decisions of Commissioner of Inland Revenue v Roberts and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Trust Board and Coward v Commissioner of Inland Revenue. Both concerned the question of whether particular transactions (to use a neutral term) between the taxpayers [...]
This article was originally published on 19 March 2020, at the start of restrictions in New Zealand relating to COVID-19. Shortly after it was written, in March and April 2020, meeting by Zoom rapidly became familiar across most professional and commercial situations. Many mediations have now been conducted by Zoom. Zoom’s functionality has been [...]
We are shocked and saddened by the death of our long-time office administrator Joy Patchett, on 30 September 2019. Joy was central to the administration and management of Chambers for almost a decade. She will be much missed.
We welcome Debra Angus as a member of Lambton Chambers. Debra has over 20 years-experience practising at the heart of the parliamentary and public sector and held appointment as the Deputy Clerk of the New Zealand House of Representatives until 2015. Debra has advised on a wide range of public law and regulatory issues [...]
We warmly congratulate Kenneth Johnston QC on his appointment as an Associate High Court Judge. Ken has been in Lambton Chambers since 1997, soon after it was founded. Before moving to the independent bar he had been National Managing Partner of Rudd Watts & Stone. He has had a long and distinguished career at the [...]