The new additions specialise in a variety of fields
Kate Sheppard Chambers has added Ella Tait, Marianne Mackintosh and Sarah Ongley to its team, reported the New Zealand Law Society.
Tait concentrates on employment relations, human rights and privacy law. She has significant experience in matters involving discrimination, sexual harassment and non-recent abuse, and is on the panel of the Human Rights Review Tribunal, Taraipiunara Mana Tangata.
She received approval by the New Zealand Law Society to receive direct instructions from clients. She is also a lead legal aid provider who takes legal aid instructions for employment, professional discipline, and human rights cases..
Mackintosh brings over two decades of experience in environmental law and policy. She advises on resource consent applications, plan reviews, plan changes and designations, She has appeared in hearings before regulatory authorities and the Environment Court.
Ongley has advocated in cases involving landscape identification, biodiversity, marine planning, coastal processes, and freshwater. Her experience covers urban development, subdivisions, amenity, designations and enforcement.
She has represented private clients, community groups, NGOs, and central and local government. She has worked with iwi and hapū clients on freshwater matters.
