Wynyard Wood – Lawyers & Notaries

Bob Eades

Consultant, Auckland

After 51 years in the law, 44 of them as a principal, Bob 'retired' and became a consultant to the firm on 1 April 2002. The retirement (so far) has been in name only and Bob remains as professionally active as ever. As he says to anyone who will listen, the habits of a lifetime die hard and, although no longer a partner, he has not planned any immediate change.

Bob is a high profile and well respected member of the New Zealand legal community. He was an Auckland District Law Society Council member between 1978 and 1987 and President in 1987-1988. He was a Council member of the New Zealand Law Society from 1985 to 1989 and a Vice-President in his last year. He still has a number of Law Society interests, including acting as a presenter/assessor for the New Zealand Law Society's Trust Account Partner programme.

Like a fine wine, Bob has only improved with age (except for the puns) and was appointed a Distinguished Member of the Auckland District Law Society in 1998.

Bob specialises in property, commercial transactions, trusts, wills and estates. He has a particular interest in professional ethics and practice and is often called upon to give expert evidence and provide opinions in those fields.

In his spare time, Bob enjoys tennis (though his limbs don’t enjoy it as much as they used to). He recently walked the Auckland half-marathon.