Continuing Professional Development

Geoff Hardy (Convenor)

Geoff Hardy has served on the Committee continuously since 2001, and became the Convenor in 2012. He is a commercial lawyer of 37 years’ experience and has previously been a Vice President of ADLS Inc. and a director of the NZLS.

Brian Carter

Brian is a barrister practising in the Family Law arena mainly relationship property, trust, estate and COCA litigation. He is a former partner at McVeagh Fleming, teacher of Family Property at Auckland University (three years) and regular presenter and chairman at seminars and conferences.

Joanne Ward

Joanne’s experience spans over 10 years in property-related law and includes time at a large commercial firm in Auckland. She spent 3 years in London working for a large international law firm on a range of major property related transactions.

Thomas Cleary

Paul David QC

Caroline Ferguson

Michael Fisher

Guyon Foley

Kevin Glover

Kirstin Howard

Benjamin Jacobs

Dennis Jenkin

Dennis Jenkin has 36 years of legal experience, 24 years as a Barrister Sole at Shortland Chambers, Auckland. He has a broad experience in all types of Civil litigation including many appearances in the different courts. He has given advice in connection with Arbitrations and Judicial Settlement Conferences.

Ian Jespersen

Ian has been in legal practise for more than 25 years where the majority of this time was spent at a leading Auckland commercial law firm. There he worked on numerous major and innovative development projects. Ian then spent time travelling and working as a paralegal in London. On his return in 2010 he commenced work in the legal profession again.

Andrew Lewis

Andrew has 15 years' of partner level experience at leading New Zealand and international firms (12 years as a corporate partner at Simpson Grierson in Auckland and three years as a corporate partner at Norton Rose Group in Dubai). He is a commercial lawyer whose specialisations include M&A, investment transactions, fund establishment and joint ventures.

Colin Lucas

Arna Neems

Sarah Pilcher

Sarah has over 20 years’ experience as a commercial lawyer, dealing with all aspects of owning and operating businesses for clients, with a particular focus on franchise work. She has also worked as a HR Manager and a franchise consultant, and co-owned a commercial property services business. Sarah is mindful of balancing legal and practical advice.

Maxine Pitch

Maxine has more than 18 years experience in both the civil and criminal jurisdictions and regularly appears in both the District and High Courts. She is a current faculty member for the Litigation Skills programme and has presented a number of seminars for the ADLS programme.

Paul Sumpter

Rosemary Wallis