New Zealand Law Society

Lawyers' body concerned about Samoa impasse

It says recent attacks on the nation's judiciary are unacceptable, while current legal and constitutional issues can only be solved through rule of law.

Despite FAST party holding a one seat majority in parliament, the caretaker government of the HRPP is still refusing to concede.

Law Society president Tiana Epati says judges shouldn't be undermined for exercising their independent and impartial judgment.

NZ Law Society elects first woman of Pacific descent as President

Gisborne lawyer Tiana Epati will take over from the current President, Kathryn Beck, who completes her three-year term in April 2019.

Her election means she will be the fourth woman to be President of the New Zealand Law Society.

Tiana Epati is currently vice-president, Central North Island of the Law Society and a partner with Gisborne law firm Rishworth Wall & Mathieson.

She was admitted as a barrister and solicitor in September 2000 after graduating from Auckland University with a BA in philosophy and history and an LLB