recognised leaders in the development of the law of negligence

Our Experience

For more than 30 years our lawyers have been representing clients in many of New Zealand’s most important, precedent setting, negligence cases. The cases we have been involved in are written about by academics and studied by law students. We have been instrumental in shaping the law.

Important Cases

INVERCARGILL CITY COUNCIL V HAMLIN

[1994] 3 NZLR 513, [1996] 1 NZLR 513

Susan Thodey represented the council in the High Court, Court of Appeal and Privy Council. It is a leading New Zealand authority on council liability as well as when time starts to run for limitation purposes where there are hidden building defects.

Spencer on Byron

[2013] 2NZLR 297

This is the Supreme Court authority for the proposition that local authorities owe a common law duty of care to commercial building owners as well as residential owners.

Our Clients

We value the close working relationships we have with our clients. We pride ourselves in collaborating with our them to achieve quality outcomes. We also offer unparalleled experience and expertise in the defence of negligence claims.  That is why our clients choose us to represent them. Some of our clients include...

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