{"id":15,"date":"2024-10-13T08:14:57","date_gmt":"2024-10-13T08:14:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/granthewisonbarrister.co.nz\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2026-02-05T21:53:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T21:53:48","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/granthewisonbarrister.co.nz\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"15\" class=\"elementor elementor-15\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64c99c1f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"64c99c1f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b985ce4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b985ce4\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f55633d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f55633d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/granthewisonbarrister.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/142A1222-1-683x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-434\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/granthewisonbarrister.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/142A1222-1-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/granthewisonbarrister.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/142A1222-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/granthewisonbarrister.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/142A1222-1-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/granthewisonbarrister.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/142A1222-1-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/granthewisonbarrister.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/142A1222-1-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/granthewisonbarrister.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/142A1222-1-1568x2352.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/granthewisonbarrister.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/142A1222-1-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" style=\"width:100%;height:149.97%;max-width:1707px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ae4c4eb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1ae4c4eb\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ab87d01 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7ab87d01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Grant Hewison       <\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7a179f elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"b7a179f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44defa9f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"44defa9f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Barrister, LLB, LLM, PhD (Local Government)<\/p><p>Grant is a barrister with a specialist practice in public law, local government law, and\u00a0environmental law.\u00a0Grant has over 25 years\u2019 experience in advising local government, associations, corporates\u00a0and private individuals. Grant has experience in providing advice on policy and legislation\u00a0changes as well as appearing before tribunals and courts.\u00a0<\/p><p>Admitted to the Bar in 1985, Grant has been Special Counsel in two law firms as well as a\u00a0Senior Manager in two local authorities.\u00a0Grant regularly provides seminars to both clients and professional groups and is an author of\u00a0a chapter of the textbook Environmental law in New Zealand (edited by Peter Salmon and\u00a0David Grinlington) as well as a contributing author of Local Government Law in New Zealand\u00a0(Thomson Reuters).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grant Hewison Barrister, LLB, LLM, PhD (Local Government) Grant is a barrister with a specialist practice in public law, local government law, and\u00a0environmental law.\u00a0Grant has over 25 years\u2019 experience in advising local government, associations, corporates\u00a0and private individuals. 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