Construction and Infrastructure

• Defending several construction/property professionals, including engineers, architects, project managers and real estate agents, in various building defects claims.
• Successfully defending private insurers’ interests in He v The Earthquake Commission[2019] NZCA 373.
• Lead counsel for applicant in MSC Consulting Group Limited v Oyster Management Limited & anor [2020] NZCA 417 (negligent misstatement – duty of care of report-writer to third parties).
• Advising and defending construction professionals in disciplinary proceedings.
• Successfully representing the interests of structural engineers and their insurers in a significant Building Act 2004 determination process involving multiple commercial buildings, and associated Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand disciplinary proceedings. Civil proceedings in connection with the same matter resolved accordingly.

Professions and Business Services

• Advising and defending solicitors and accountants in disciplinary proceedings and a wide range of civil claims.
• Advising and defending various businesses subject to investigations and enforcement by the Commerce Commission and FMA.

Statutory Liability

• Handling various investigations and prosecutions on behalf of private businesses and their insurers relating to alleged breaches of the Health and Safety and Environmental legislation.
• Defending operators in the agricultural and forestry sectors for insurers, in health and safety investigations and prosecutions, including several matters concerning fatalities.
• Obtaining a dismissal of charges against a geotechnical engineer in a fatality case in WorkSafe New Zealand v RDAgritech [2024] NZDC 12446.
• Securing permanent name suppression and discharge without conviction for owner of six dogs who died on ferry crossing.

Environment and Agricultural Impairment

• Reaching negotiated resolution of civil claims following animal tallow spill at port facility.
• Defending civil and environmental proceedings against construction contractor alleging illegal discharge of contaminated fill at cleanfill facility.
• Achieving positive outcomes for agricultural and industrial operators and their clients in regulatory investigations and proceedings (including criminal and civil claims) involving actual and alleged environmental discharges.