Toni Wharehoka
Toni graduated from Te Herenga Waka | Victoria University of Wellington in 2022 with an LLB(Hons) and a Bachelor of Arts (International Relations and Criminology). She was admitted as a barrister and solicitor in September 2024. Before joining Stout Street Chambers, Toni worked at Te Tari Ture o te Karauna | Crown Law as a Law Clerk in the Treaty team and was then a Judges' Clerk at Te Kōti Matua | the High Court. While studying, Toni was a Law Clerk at Te Aka Matua o te Ture | the Law Commission, where she worked on the class action and litigation funding, adults with diminished decision-making capacity, and preventive detention projects.
Toni has whakapapa to Taranaki tūturu and Te Ātiawa, with a strong connection to Parihaka. Toni has a broad interest in both civil and criminal litigation, particularly the intersection between tikanga Māori and state law, Te Tiriti o Waitangi, and coronial inquests. Toni also has a wider interest in health law, specifically how the rights and interests of people with disabilities are recognised within international and domestic law.
Alexandra Briscoe
Georgia Barclay
Georgia graduated from Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka | University of Otago in 2023 with an LLB (Hons) and a Bachelor of Arts (Computer Science). She was admitted as a barrister and solicitor in June 2024. Before joining Stout Street Chambers, Georgia clerked at a commercial law firm then worked as a Judges' Clerk at Te Kōti Matua | the High Court, where she clerked for Justice Radich and the Rules Committee.
Georgia has a broad interest in civil litigation, and is particularly interested in the intersection between technology and the law.
Lydia J. White
Lydia joined Stout Street Chambers as a Research Clerk in January 2026. She obtained her LLB from Te Herenga Waka | Victoria University of Wellington in 2025 and will be admitted as a barrister and solicitor in December 2026.
During her studies, Lydia worked as a Research Clerk to Prof Joanna Mossop and at the Centre for Justice Innovation at Te Herenga Waka | Victoria University of Wellington, where she continues to tutor Property Law to 300-level students. She also volunteers during the tenancy law session at Community Law Pōneke.
Lydia has broad interests in civil litigation – in particular equity and trusts – and public law. She is especially interested in the role played by Te Tiriti and tikanga in the law of Aotearoa and the question of constitutional transformation.
Before switching to law, Lydia studied German and history in Dunedin, Heidelberg, Leipzig and Hamburg, graduating from Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, with a PhD in modern German literature in 2018.