Webb Ross - 2007 New Zealand Law Award Winner
Webb Ross, located in Whangarei, is another successful winner at the New Zealand Law Awards. Not only did they win the Award for Legal Personnel Employer of Choice (50-100 Employees), they were also the Supreme Award winner of that category.
Winning these awards is particularly gratifying considering the high calibre of nationwide finalists Webb Ross was up against, namely: AJ Park, Anderson Lloyd, Baldwins, BlackmanSpargo, Fortune Manning, James & Wells and Lane Neave.
Webb Ross, the Supreme winner overall received numerous commendations from its employees echoing their confidence in the firm. Two of these comments were read out at the Award evening:
"The standout feature of the firm is the strong degree of trust shown to employees, which is probably the most important thing the partners can do for that relationship.
It's a mature relationship when occasional lapses by individuals do not reduce the trust shown in employees generally."
"Other places I have worked for seem lousy compared to this firm. This is by far the best place to work and would be ideal to showcase for training other businesses."
Webb Ross is committed to making their office the best place to work. Effort has been made in creating greater staff communication and involvement in the decision making processes with the values and goals of the firm together with the strategic planning. This is helping to strengthen the culture of excellence, commitment, personal development, motivation, accountability and financial success.
Webb Ross is a full service law firm and the largest in Northland. The firm comprises 20 lawyers (including 5 partners) and 43 legal executives, management and support personnel.
l to r: Louise Spicer, Stuart Spicer, Sally Spicer, Megan Bawden, Mary Armstrong, Bev Burcham, Roger Bell, Anne Kaminski, Irene Joyce (Professional Edge) and Tania Field