Michael Bott
My blogs
Blogs I follow
- Arts & Letters Daily - ideas, criticism, debate
- Bowalley Road
- Brian Edwards Media
- Conor Gearty Comment
- Gordon Campbell
- Maui Street
- Michael Bott's Notebook
- The Acquit Blog
- The Law and Neuroscience Blog
- The Standard
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Law |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
| Location | New Zealand |
| Introduction | Michael was called to the bar in 2002 having previously worked in the construction industry. Michael's first case in Court was to seek a writ of Habeus Corpus for a prison inmate who was wrongly transferred to a psychiatric hospital following her hunger strike. From the start he has been fighting for the rights of those who need to have their voice heard. Ever since, Michael has been standing up for his clients, whether that is in the context of human rights matters, criminal law, parole proceedings or civil disputes. He fights for his clients without fear or favour. Michael has been a member of the NZ Council of Civil Liberties, and served at an executive level, for 11 years. In 2012, Michael took the opportunity to move from Wellington City to Upper Hutt, and establish chambers within his community. Heretaunga Law was established, along with Stephen Iorns and Steve Taylor, with a view to standing up for client's anywhere in the Country. Michael is taking cases as diverse as, administrative law, jury trials, military court martial, and human rights cases ranging from the right to hunger strike to cycling in the nude. |
| Interests | Law, Human Rights, Politics, Reading, Writing, Fun |
| Favorite Movies | True Grit (the latest version), In Cold Blood, To Kill A Mocking Bird, The Big Lebowski, Fargo, Outlaw Josey Wales |
| Favorite Music | Anne Sofie von Otter, Eva Cassidy, Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, Nina Simone, Van Morrison, Ry Cooder, Bach, Johnny Cash |
| Favorite Books | In Cold Blood, Canterbury Tales, Rumpole Series, Sherlock Holmes, Oxford Dictionary of the English Language, Cold Comfort Farm, Seamus Heaney, Sir John Mortimer, The Closing of the American Mind, The Spirit Level, Roald Dahl, Hitch 22, Bill Bryson, Charles Dickens, The Oxford History of the Laws of England |
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