Our Expertise

  • All types of disputes involving individuals, partnerships, trusts and companies, in contract or otherwise.

    Part of my practice has centred around civil litigation in both the District and High Courts, consisting of:

    District Court

    • Summary judgment applications

    • Interlocutory applications

    • Simplified trials and long cause actions under the former District Court Rules

    • Injunctive relief

    • Judicial settlement conferences

    • Appeals / NZTA Licencing decisions.

    High Court

    • Claims involving multiple defendants, acting for plaintiffs and defendants, particularly in Weathertight Homes claims

    • Commercial disputes

    • Interlocutory applications

    • Judicial settlement conferences

    • Appeals from the District Court

    • Regular appearances in Associate Judge Chambers list undertaking

    • Summary judgments

    • Opposed interlocutory applications

    • Bankruptcies

    • Company liquidations

    • Setting aside statutory demands

    • Case Management Conferences

  • Serious criminal law, including prosecutions under the Crimes Act, Misuse of Drugs Act, Income Tax Act and the Resource Management Act.

    I have a wide range of experience in criminal matters acting for private clients and Legal Aid clients on a range of criminal matters. 

    My experience consists of:

    • Conducting jury trials for prosecution and defence

    • Conducting Summary/Judge Alone hearings

    • Numerous pleas in mitigation

    • Bail hearings

    • Conducting sentencing and conviction appeals to the High Court

    • Conducting a full range of cases from defended JP Traffic cases through to being co-counsel in a multiple-accused murder trials involving numerous and complex pretrial applications

    • Being appointed by the Court to act amicus to assist accused persons

    • Familiarity with arrangements, callovers, case management conferences, pretrial applications in acting for clients who face serious criminal charges

    • Familiarity with sentencing tariffs, guidelines and sentencing principles and with drafting sentencing indication and sentencing submissions for a wide range of criminal cases involving serious violence, Class A & B drugs for supply and serious dishonesty cases

    • A strong focus on obtaining resolution and providing practical analyses of facts and applying the applicable legal principles.  As a result, I am generally able to resolve cases that I am involved in, short of any substantive hearing

  • I offer clear, practical legal advice for your employment issues assisting both businesses and individuals, with a wide range of workplace matters. I provide insight into dealing with problems arising between employers/employees together with problem-solving in order to obtain practical solutions to employment issues. including:

    • Managing organisational changes, restructures and redundancy

    • Guiding legal aspects of mergers, acquisitions, and outsourcing

    • Drafting and negotiating employment contracts

    • Representation at disciplinary hearings

    • Personal grievance claims

    • Unjustified disadvantage claims

    • Redundancy claims

    • Advising on hiring, termination, performance, and potential misconduct investigations

    • Resolving disputes over grievances, discrimination, harassment, and bullying

    • Enforcing trade restraints

    • Conducting employment investigations

    • Investigating serious misconduct and complaints independently

    • Advice on workplace medical incapacity, stress, and disability issues

    • Counsel in appeals/challenges before the Employment Court

    • Mediation services acting in the capacity of Mediator

  • Cases involving liquidation, bankruptcy, and receivership, including acting for creditors, debtors, receivers, liquidators and third parties, in a range of related court matters.

  • Disputes about ownership and use of land, and about agreements for sale and purchase, leases, mortgages, caveats, together with claims in contract and tort.

  • Counsel for clients in a wide variety of Tribunals/Quasi-Judicial bodies:

    • Motor Vehicle Dealers Tribunal

    • Liquor Licensing Authority

    • Weathertight Homes Tribunal/Authority

    • Teachers Assessment Committee For Teachers      

    • New Zealand Teachers Disciplinary Tribunal

    • Tenancy Tribunal

    • The Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal

    • Judicial Control Authority for Greyhound Racing

    • Speedway Appeal Board

    • New Zealand MotorSport – Court of Appeal

    • Local Rugby Union Disciplinary Committee (as Counsel and more recently as a stand-in member)

    • Human Rights Commission

    • New Zealand Parole Board

  • If you’re dealing with a traffic charge and seeking a knowledgeable traffic lawyer to represent you, I can provide expert assistance. I specialise in all charges under the Land Transport Act 1998 and have extensive experience handling a wide range of criminal traffic law offences.

    I assist clients in numerous areas, including but not limited to:

    • Careless / dangerous / reckless driving (including causing injury or death)

    • Driving with excess breath / blood alcohol (drink-driving or involving drugs)

    • Driving while disqualified or suspended

    • Driving contrary to an alcohol interlock / zero alcohol / limited (work) licence

    • Operating a vehicle causing a sustained loss of traction

    • Operating a vehicle in a race or exhibition of speed or acceleration

    • Driving under the influence (DUI) or driving while intoxicated (DWI)

    • Failing to stop for police

    • Speeding conviction offences

    • Reckless or dangerous driving

    • Driving without a valid licence or while disqualified

    • Careless driving and failure to give way

    • Hit and run incidents

    • Use of mobile devices while driving

    • Failing to comply with traffic signals or signs

    • Vehicle defect and maintenance compliance issues

    • Truck logbook offences

  • A limited or work licence is a special type of driver's licence that allows individuals who have been disqualified or suspended from driving to operate a vehicle under specific conditions. It's essentially a way to mitigate hardship and enable essential driving for limited purposes, like going to work, attending appointments, or other essential tasks, even while disqualified with specific conditions and restrictions.

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