raymond
Donnelly
& co
Office of the Crown Solicitor for Christchurch
Te Tari o Te Rōia Matua a Te Karauna ki Ōtautahi
114 Peterborough Street, Christchurch Central
Phone 03 366 0264
Email service@raydon.co.nz
We SPECIALISE IN litigation
As the Office of the Crown Solicitor we are responsible for the prosecution of serious crime and related appellate work in the Canterbury and West Coast regions. We act for government departments and entities involved in litigation.
People
We are proud to have assembled a team of highly experienced senior litigators.
Partners
Philippa (Pip) Currie
pac@raydon.co.nz
Barnaby Hawes
Crown Solicitor
bh@raydon.co.nz
Deirdre Elsmore
dle@raydon.co.nz
Claire Boshier
cjb@raydon.co.nz
Karyn South
ks@raydon.co.nz
Kerry White
kaw@raydon.co.nz
Senior Associate
Mitchell McClenaghan
mmc@raydon.co.nz
Consultant
Mark Zarifeh
mnz@raydon.co.nz
Associates
Courtney Martyn
cem@raydon.co.nz
William Taffs
wt@raydon.co.nz
April Mills
alm@raydon.co.nz
Penny Brown
pb@raydon.co.nz
Adéle Garrick
ag@raydon.co.nz
Sean Mallett
sjm@raydon.co.nz
Chris White
ccw@raydon.co.nz
Klaudia Courteney
kc@raydon.co.nz
Aaron Harvey
amh@raydon.co.nz
Cameron Stuart
crs@raydon.co.nz
Firm
A Crown Solicitor is a lawyer appointed by warrant of the Governor-General for a particular district. Crown Solicitors are responsible for the conduct of jury trials and appeals in the High Court and District Court on behalf of the Crown.
Raymond Donnelly & Co was established in 1911 and has held the warrant for the Office of Crown Solicitor for Christchurch since 1914 and for Greymouth since 1984.
Christchurch Crown Solicitors
| 2023 – Now 2016 – 2023 1992 – 2016 1985 – 1992 1968 – 1985 1961 – 1968 1957 – 1961 1954 – 1957 1921 – 1954 1914 – 1921 |
| B Hawes | M N Zarifeh | B M Stanaway | Sir Graham Panckhurst KNZM, QC | The Honourable Justice Neil Williamson | The Honourable Sir Clinton Roper | The Honourable Justice Peter Mahon, QC | A W Brown | Sir Arthur Donnelly KBE, CMG | S G Raymond |