A large Christchurch law firm hired senior lawyer Dean Palmer despite knowing he faced allegations he acted inappropriately towards at least one junior female staffer at his last firm. He was previously a partner at Duncan Cotterill where he worked from 1984 to 2009. He then took a position at Anderson Lloyd but left in 2015 to return to Duncan Cotterill as a consultant. Although the women were anxious to get back to work, Palmer took them to another bar where he ordered some “strong liquor”. Kirk Hargreaves/Stuff Palmer took two young women into a sex shop in New Regent St in 2015.
