Morrison Kent
Corporate in Auckland
www.morrisonkent.co.nz
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Level 11. 1140, Auckland, Auckland.Are you the owner or manager of this company?
What you should know about Morrison Kent
Reginald Hardie Boys left the partnership when he was appointed a QC later to become a Judge and the firm name was rearranged to read Scott, Hardie Boys Morrison . The firm became Scott, Hardie Boys, Morrison Jeffries and moved to its present location at The Terrace, Wellington, upon the opening of the then brand new Challenge House. A final merger with the long standing Auckland firm of Earl Kent in 1996 resulted in the present firm name of Morrison Kent. Throughout the last 85 years the firm has sought to maintain excellent standards of legal advice while looking after the best interests of our clients. We encourage you to visit us, and have car parks and refreshments available when you do. It follows that legal service providers also enjoy involvement in the community and Morrison Kent is no exception.
Many of the Morrison Kent staff contribute their time and services as individuals and as a firm Morrison Kent supports a number of groups with philanthropic objectives. The key principles of the Foundation are to offer mentoring, financial support and career assistance to the most talented, totally dedicated young New Zealand singers and musicians and help them to succeed internationally. Home to a growing collection of portraits, our collection includes paintings, sculptures, caricatures, photography and new media. New Zealand Portrait Gallery is located at Shed 11, Queens Wharf, Wellington Waterfront.
Morrison Kent and its predecessors have been providing a range of specialist legal services to corporate, commercial, public and personal clients for over 80 years, forging a long tradition of integrity and client centred service. With offices in Wellington and Auckland the firm is led by highly experienced partners, supported by talented associates and solicitors, in house accountants and istrative staff. Through our GGI membership we have access to high quality firms in nearly every major financial and commercial centre worldwide. We are here to help and support your success wherever your business takes you. Such services are provided solely by GGI member firms in their respective geographic areas.
These entities are not and shall not be construed to be in the relationship of a parent firm, subsidiary, partner, joint venture, agent or a network. Morrison Kent offers practical, value driven solutions through outstanding legal knowledge, experience and savvy thinking
Starting with a rented room upstairs in Panama Street, and no established client base, he eventually moved the practice to the T. Building on the corner of Lambton Quay and Grey Street, where it remained for many years. The first new partner brought into the firm was Alexander McCredie Max Haldane, and the firm became Hardie Boys Haldane until the outbreak of World War II. Both Hardie Boys and Haldane volunteered for war service and a sole practitioner, R R Bob Scott, was asked to look after the practice while the war lasted. In 1945 the three combined to form the firm of Hardie Boys, Scott and Haldane and the firm prospered, acting for many large clients including Dominion Breweries.
In the early 1950's Reginald's son, a young solicitor named Michael Hardie Boys, was asked to join the firm. Shortly after, Michael's very good friend, John Bentley Morrison, joined the partnership on 1 April 1957 and the firm became Hardie Boys, Scott Morrison. Reginald Hardie Boys left the partnership when he was appointed a QC later to become a Judge and the firm name was rearranged to read Scott, Hardie Boys Morrison . The firm became Scott, Hardie Boys, Morrison Jeffries and moved to its present location at The Terrace, Wellington, upon the opening of the then brand new Challenge House. Both John Jeffries and Andrew McGechan left the firm in 1976, Jeffries to the then Supreme Court, and McGechan to practice as a barrister sole although he too would later be appointed a Judge . Michael Hardie Boys followed his father's path and was appointed to the High Court in 1982.
In January 1981 a major merger occurred when the partners and staff of Bell Dunphy Co, led by the extremely effective and indomitable Malcolm Dunphy, moved to The Terrace offices. The Wellington partners identified a couple of Auckland firms McElr
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