Gibson Sheat Lawyers

The Hutt side of the firm was started in 1927 by Eric Francis Rothwell. He started out as a sole practitioner with his first office in High Street in Lower Hutt.

In the 1930's Eric was joined by John Stanhope Reid. The early 30's was a pretty tough period. At the end of the week, Rothwell and Reid would tally up what they had taken during the week and flip a coin to see who got to eat meat that week!

In 1945 Keith Gibson joined the partnership (it became Rothwell Reid & Gibson). Reid left the firm to become a diplomat. E F Page, who had a practice in Wellington, joined the team and the firm became Rothwell Gibson & Page, operating from both Wellington and Lower Hutt. In 1950 they were joined by John Marshall, who was eventually to become Prime Minister. The firm was then known as Rothwell Gibson Page & Marshall.

Founded in 1927

50 people in their team

Offices

Wellington, New Zealand

Practice areas

Business

Employment & Labor

Immigration

Languages spoken

Māori

English

Lower Hutt, New Zealand