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      "name": "Jeremy John Daley",
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      "name": "Kathryn Marcia Fox",
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      "name": "Mark Daniel Sherry",
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      "name": "Matthew Seymour Acland Gualter",
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      "name": "Amy Margaret Campbell",
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      "name": "Catherine Ann Gilvray",
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      "name": "Isabella Anne Gibson",
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      "name": "Ashleigh Marie Macdonald-Baker",
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      "district": "Christchurch",
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      "name": "Rebecca Louise Banks",
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      "name": "Melissa Jane Borcoski",
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      "name": "Brian Richard Dennis Burke",
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      "name": "Harriet Chamberlain Daley",
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    {
      "name": "Mikayla Hope Hughes",
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      "name": "Mary Kate Crimp",
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      "name": "Nicholas Matthew Grant Wilson",
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      "name": "Kate Elizabeth Loveridge",
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    {
      "name": "Sam Daniel Girvan Sherry",
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      "region": "Canterbury",
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    {
      "name": "Jessica Ruth Marshall",
      "registry_url": "https://www.lawsociety.org.nz/register/jessica-ruth-marshall/",
      "region": "Canterbury",
      "district": "Christchurch",
      "practice_areas": [
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  "summary_url": "https://lawyerfinder.co.nz/api/firm/harmans/summary.md",
  "as_of": "2026-11-12",
  "provenance": {
    "source": "New Zealand Law Society register (lawsociety.org.nz), mirrored by LawyerFinder NZ.",
    "authoritative_register": "https://www.lawsociety.org.nz/for-the-public/find-a-lawyer/",
    "methodology": "https://lawyerfinder.co.nz/about",
    "notes": "register_status is what the NZ Law Society register showed on register_read (\"ok\" or \"not-found\") — NOT a current good-standing check. Verify current status via registry_url. register_facts counts the entries we hold, not the firm headcount. LawyerFinder NZ is a directory and lead-generation service, not affiliated with the NZ Law Society; we do not provide legal advice."
  }
}