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We are delighted to advise that Cavell Leitch Law has enjoyed considerable success at the 2009 New Zealand Law Awards.  These awards are a nationwide competition designed to identify the best law firms from throughout the whole of New Zealand.

Cavell Leitch Law won more specialist awards than any other NZ Law firm - winning 3 categories and also coming 2^nd in the other two awards that we were entered for. 

Obviously our firm is delighted with this result which we owe to thousands of favourable votes and comments made by our clients and business friends during the web based voting process.  

As a firm we work extremely hard at ensuring we deliver quality advice and outstanding client satisfaction and so winning these awards is an awesome but humbling result for us. 

Thank you to everyone who participated in the voting process.

For the record the results we achieved were:

• Banking and Finance Law Award – Winner
• Litigation and Dispute Resolution Award – Winner
• Family Law Award – Winner
• Public Law Award – Second Place
• Best Mid-size Law Firm of the Year Award– Second Place

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