Tauranga

Cory Lipinski

Cory is a solicitor in the Resource Management team at Holland Beckett. Having been born and raised in Tauranga, Cory has returned after a three-year stint at an Auckland based firm and is loving practising law in the Bay of Plenty. Cory’s experience includes: Advising clients on resource management reforms Assisting with large scale due …

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Sarah Burns

Sarah is a Solicitor in Hilary Anderson’s property and commercial team. Sarah has been employed with Holland Beckett since 2015.  She began her journey with the firm as a legal secretary and shortly after completed her Legal Executive Diploma. Sarah then progressed and completed her law degree at the University of Waikato in 2021 whilst …

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Angus Hendry

Angus Hendry is a senior solicitor in our property and commercial team. Angus was born and raised in Tauranga. He began practicing law in Palmerston North in 2019 before joining Holland Beckett in 2022. Angus has a wide range of experience in property and commercial transactions, as well as trusts and estate planning. He frequently …

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Jacqueline Bell

Jacqueline is a member of both the family and litigation team at Holland Beckett. Jacqueline specialises in relationship property, trusts, wills and estate litigation. She appears for clients both in Court and in Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) processes including mediations. She also supports the trust and estates team with complex asset and succession planning matters. …

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Stevie Shaw

Stevie is an associate at Holland Beckett specialising in employment law. Stevie started out in a large corporate law firm in Auckland, working in the employment team. He moved down to Tauranga in early 2020, working at a smaller local firm, practising mainly employment law but also general civil litigation. He moved back up to …

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Emily Merrill

Emily is a senior solicitor working in the Commercial and Property team with Joel Murphy. Emily was born and lived in California until 2007 when she moved to Tauranga to complete her secondary schooling. Emily completed her Bachelor of Laws with First Class Honours and a Bachelor of Communication Studies (majoring in Marketing) through the …

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Lydia Harris

Lydia is currently on parental leave. Lydia is in Holland Beckett’s commercial property team. Lydia is originally from the United Kingdom and moved to New Zealand at the end of 2017. Lydia has a wide range of property law experience including acquisitions and disposals of commercial and residential properties, large scale subdivisions, development finance with …

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Laura Murphy

Laura is currently on parental leave. Laura specialises in all aspects of resource management law, including advising on resource consent processes, planning, designations and enforcement matters across a range of industry sectors and has appeared in the High Court, Environment Court and local authority proceedings. Laura’s experience includes acting on the following projects: appeals on …

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Katherine Dyer

Katherine is currently on parental leave. Katherine is an Associate in Holland Beckett’s family law team. She joined the Holland Beckett team in 2016 and specialises in all areas of family law. Katherine has extensive experience in dealing with: Post-separation relationship property disputes, including negotiating, drafting and advising on Relationship Property Agreements, and acting in …

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Sophie Law

Sophie is an Associate at Holland Beckett and advises clients on all aspects of employment and relationship property matters. Sophie acts on a broad range of employment law matters, both contentious and non-contentious. She has particular experience in providing assistance to clients who are undergoing employee investigations, Holidays Act compliance issues, personal grievance claims, disciplinary …

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