Malloy Goodwin Harford and Harkness Henry have merged, bringing together two respected New Zealand law firms with a shared commitment to exceptional client service, trusted relationships and practical legal advice.
Over the 2025/26 Summer we welcomed Jessica Holdaway and Isabel Xiao into our team to experience what it is like working at Harkness Henry. Both were based in our Hamilton office and worked in our Litigation and Environmental teams. Here is what they had to say about their time with us.
Harkness Henry recently welcomed another outstanding Clerks to our 2024/2025 Summer Clerk programme. Nicole Cutler, based in our Hamilton office worked in a variety of practice areas primary being employment.
In this article two of our Legal Executives, Georgia Dowling and Keely Scott, share their personal progression from legal secretary to legal executive. At Harkness Henry we encourage our team to pursue ongoing professional and personal growth and Georgia and Keely are great examples of this.
Harkness Henry recently welcomed three outstanding Clerks to our 2023/2024 Summer Clerk programme. The Clerks worked in a variety of practice areas including employment, property and commercial law, resource management law, trust law, dispute resolution, estate planning and estate administration. Mia was primarily based in our Cambridge office, while Ollie and Devony in our Hamilton office.
Our Partner, Chad Danswan, was excited to be invited recently to join as a trustee of the Cambridge Community House Charitable Trust. He reflects on his recent appointment particularly with respect to the importance of understanding the purpose and applicable legislation which come with being a trustee and shares his thoughts to assist others who are not lawyers who may be on, or considering joining, a Charitable Trust.
The same great people and place our valued clients know well continues to service Cambridge from 57 Queen St with the added support and resources of Harkness Henry from offices in Hamilton, Paeroa and now Cambridge.