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A formal sitting to mark his firm’s Auckland office retirement was held at Christchurch High Three lawyers are among the finalists specialises in intellec- Court on 11 August. A LLB(Hons) graduate announced for the 2017 Women of tual property. Admitted of Canterbury University, he completed an Influence awards. Now in their fifth year, in May 2001, he advises LLM at the University of Toronto in 1974 the awards celebrate women across 10 on the identification, and joined Weston Ward & Lascelles in categories who have built on their per- development, protec- Christchurch. He became a partner in 1978 sonal and professional successes to help tion, registration, use, commercialisation, before starting practice as a barrister sole in and inspire others. The winners will be enforcement and management of intellec- 1985 and being appointed Queen’s Counsel announced on 7 September 2017. tual property rights and portfolios, including in 1990. 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