NZ Bar Association

Blenheim - 15-16 September 2017

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Important Updates

Rt. Hon. Sir Duncan McMullin PC (1927 – 2017)

The Council and President of the New Zealand Bar Association note with regret the passing of the Rt. Hon. Sir Duncan McMullin PC on 26 June 2017 at the age of 90 years. His funeral will be held at 2pm on Friday 30th June at St Aidan's Anglican Church, corner of Ascot Ave and Remuera Rd, Remuera followed by a private cremation.

New Zealand Supreme Court’s milestone: an historic female-majority Bench

13 June 2017 saw the history-making sitting of the Supreme Court of New Zealand as a female-majority bench. The five-judge Court comprised Chief Justice Sian Elias, Justice Susan Glazebrook, and Justice Ellen France, alongside their colleagues Justice William Young and Justice Mark O’Regan.