Roy Lee is a barrister & solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand and the Supreme Court of Victoria, Australia. He has 25 years’ experience as legislative drafter, consultant and adviser to governments, statutory bodies and international organisations. Roy has advised on practical implementation of legislation in New Zealand, Australi
Roy Lee is a barrister & solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand and the Supreme Court of Victoria, Australia. He has 25 years’ experience as legislative drafter, consultant and adviser to governments, statutory bodies and international organisations. Roy has advised on practical implementation of legislation in New Zealand, Australia, the Cook Islands, Guyana and Guernsey. Roy has also consulted in Kiribati, Afghanistan and Kyrgyzstan. Former clients include the World Bank, IMF, European Commission, UNDP and UNICEF. Roy trained government officers, lawyers and drafters in policy, legislative drafting, and legal drafting in the Pacific Islands, the Caribbean and New Zealand, and currently works as legislative counsel in Guernsey. He has wide-ranging experience in human rights legislation, including the European Convention on Human Rights, Data Protection, Freedom of Information, Child Protection and Prison legislation. He drafted the new GDPR-based data protection legislation in Guernsey. He lectures and writes on democratic governance and the need to upgrade democracy through mechanisms such as the Ombudsman and design standards for legislation. His specialty is producing plain English legislation designed to ensure good governance and minimise the risk of corruption and abuse.
Svetlana Ehtee, BA, MA, PhD (Anglo-American literature) is an experienced researcher undertaking policy and legal research for Solon Law. Svetlana has also been appointed an Honorary Research Associate at the University of New Brunswick, Canada.
Over the past decade or so, Svetlana has presented at fifteen international academic confere
Svetlana Ehtee, BA, MA, PhD (Anglo-American literature) is an experienced researcher undertaking policy and legal research for Solon Law. Svetlana has also been appointed an Honorary Research Associate at the University of New Brunswick, Canada.
Over the past decade or so, Svetlana has presented at fifteen international academic conferences, conducted archival research trips to over a dozen university libraries and archives internationally, given invited lectures, chaired and co-organised panels at academic conferences, and published academic research papers. Her recent volunteer work has included editing UNICEF’s Annual Results Report (Goal Area 4).
She is currently studying to become a solicitor and expanding her research portfolio.