Saunders Robinson Brown

26/07/2026

Congratulations to Alice Tiso, Solicitor in our Commercial team, who has been awarded the Lady Dorothy Thompson Memorial prize for the top female student in the 2025 Law Professionals Couse in Canterbury. An amazing achievement! ⭐

23/07/2026

SRB are proud charity partners of the Cancer Society Southern and this week some of the team went to the Southern Cancer Centre to cook a mid-winter meal for those staying at the Centre. We met a wonderful bunch of people and look forward to doing it all again soon 💛 Thank you for having us Cancer Society Southern!

22/06/2026

Congratulations to our team members Georgina Free, Meg Kokich and Holly Peoples who were admitted as Barristers and Solicitors of the High Court last week! Well done to you all on this very special occasion!

14/06/2026

Are you a positive, energetic Office Support person looking for a role in a fast-paced, professional and sociable environment? If this sounds like you, or someone you know, then check out the Office Support job description for our City Office now!

We have an opportunity for a self-starter with strong organisational skills and genuine desire to provide excellent client service.

11/06/2026

Congratulations Celyn! 👏

He was previously the firm’s people and capability manager

08/06/2026

Congratulations to Celyn Fenwick on being appointed our new Chief Operating Officer!

With 16 years’ experience in a range of roles across the primary sector, government, insurance and the law he brings a breadth of leadership, operational and strategic experience to the newly created COO position.

25/05/2026

Are you keen to drive financial excellence in the legal sector? We're on the hunt for a Finance Manager to join our Business Services Team based in our river side city office. If you’re passionate about financial leadership, reporting and analysis, plus trust account and AML oversight then this could be your next career move!

Join a well-regarded law firm where you’ll lead the financial operations and oversee our trust account, credit control, and AML compliance.

20/05/2026

A lovely evening was had last night celebrating the winners of the SRB/University of Canterbury annual awards with their proud friends & family, and UC staff 👏

17/05/2026

Some of our Rangiora team attended the Big Brothers Big Sisters of North Canterbury Big Breakfast last week - past All Black Kieran Read was the star guest and all funds raised go towards recruiting, training and matching volunteers with tamariki who need guidance and encouragement! A fantastic event to support!

11/05/2026

Generative AI chatbots are increasingly being used by self-represented parties to do the work of a lawyer. Recent cases have highlighted the risks associated with the use of Generative AI in the courtroom. In this article Senior Solicitor of SRB's Dispute Resolution team, Beatrice Holman, explains why AI is helpful but not a replacement for a lawyer:

The recent decision in O’Driscoll v Rehab Co Mobile Limited [1] marks a significant development in New Zealand law as the Employment Relations Authority awarded increased costs against a self-represented party (that is, a person representing themself), in part for referencing cases that didn’t e...