Pawson Law

Barrister and Solicitor Based in Te Puke

Pawson Law are specialists in criminal/traffic and employment law

Our Bay of Plenty lawyers believe in…

Respecting our clients

"Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts" — Maslow
This cuts two ways. What someone says was done and what was actually done. We are Lawyers not Judges so we respect human frailties and will act on reasonable instructions to advance your side of the story and test the facts where needed.

Solving (not adding to) the problem
"We can not solve our problems with the same level of thinking that created them" — Albert Einstein
Our Lawyers and support Staff will do our best to solve your problem with minimal time and cost. We are specialists in employment, criminal, transportation, Immigration and military law and we are ready to assist you.

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David Pawson

David Pawson

Director/ Lawyer

David Pawson is an experienced lawyer based in in the Bay of Plenty, with a background in Criminal law/investigation and Transportation.

During a period of 14 years as a Senior Prosecutor and 5 years as a Defence lawyer, he has dealt with a wide range of matters including serious violence, drugs, fraud, Coroners Inquests, health and safety prosecutions involving fatalities or serious injuries.

In total, he has over 30 years of experience directly connected to operational roles such as a Forestry advisor with MAF (Indigenous Forestry Unit), New Zealand Customs Service and New Zealand Army, (Royal New Zealand Military Police – Special Investigation Branch).

David has recent appeal experience in the High Court, Court of Appeal, and Court Martial Appeal Court

 

Eleanor Dyche

Team 2

Associate/Lawyer

Eleanor has a LLB/BA conjoint degree from Auckland University with a background as a law clerk for a Manukau-based criminal lawyer. Eleanor started with Pawson Law in 2021. She is personable, determined and gets great results for our clients. Eleanor's skills in legal research and drafting provide a solid basis for Court applications such as 'discharge without conviction' applications for which she has achieved many fantastic results. Ellie has a number of years as a trial lawyer in both the Judge Alone and Jury jurisdiction, and appears regulary for employment matters at Mediation, the Employment Relations Authority, Employment Court and Court of appeal. Ellie is a fantastic appellant lawyer where your matter needs to 'go higher'. ellie@pawsonlaw.co.nz

Rebecca Buckley

Team 2

Lawyer/Personal Assistant

Rebecca is the Personal Assistant to David and Ellie and is also a qualified lawyer that attends court. She obtained her law degree in the UK working in Clinical Negligence. She was admitted to the bar and moved to New Zealand in 2014 and has in-court experience. contact@pawsonlaw.co.nz

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere”

— Martin Luther King
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