General Background
- LLB (Auckland) 1980
- LLM (Auckland)
- Admitted as barrister and solicitor 1981
- Practised as barrister-sole since 1987
Case History 
Court of Appeal (since 1990)
- Harlow v Sherman Ltd - Senior Counsel for successful Appellant in farm purchase case (2010)
- Trustees of Smith Family Trust v R Jones Holdings Ltd - Senior Counsel for Appellant in commercial leasing case (2009)
- Erceg v Balenia Ltd - Counsel for sole successful Respondent in superyachts purchase case (2009)
- Erceg v Balenia Ltd - Counsel for sole successful Respondent in evidence procedure case (2008)
- Avondale Hotel Ltd v Portage Licensing Trust - Sole Counsel for successful Appellant in commercial leasing case (2005)
- Carter Holt Homes Ltd v Carroll Logging Ltd - Senior Counsel for successful Respondents in commercial forestry logging case (2003)
- Johnson v Watson - Sole Counsel for successful Appellants in building/constuction case (2002)
- Specialised Livstock Imports Ltd & Ors v Borrie & Ors - Senior Counsel for Respondents in commercial Fair Trading Act /company law case (2002)
- Corunna Bay Holdings Ltd v Robert Gracie Dean Ltd - Sole Counsel for Appellant in harbour board lease case (2001)
- Clarence Holdings Ltd v Hall & Ors - Sole Counsel for successful Respondent in lease /company law case (2002)
- Ellery v Blair - Sole Counsel for successful Respondent in commercial lease case (1998)
- TVNZ V Quinn - Sole Counsel for successful Respondent in defamation case - awarded record damages in NZ (1996)
- NZIB Investments Ltd v Nicholson - Sole Counsel for successful Respondent in summary judgment commercial lending case (1995)
- Bolton v Dawson - Senior Counsel for Appellant in commercial arbitration case (1995)
- Quinn v NZ Harness Racing Conference - Senior Counsel for successful Appellant in administrative law / judicial review case (1992)
- Hankins v The Prudential Building & Investment Soc - Sole Counsel for successful Appellant in summary judgment commercial development/lending case (1992)
- Lomas v Foreland Investments Ltd - Sole Counsel for successful Appellant in commercial lease case (1991)
- Shell Oil NZ Ltd v Wordcom Investments Ltd - Sole Counsel for successful Appellant in commercial land sale case (1991)
- Blackman v Grant - Sole Counsel for successful Appellant in land purchase / injunction case (1990)
High Court /District Court /Arbitrations/Weathertightness Tribunal
- A large number (several hundred) of cases in all 3 jurisdictions on an ongoing basis since 1981- in respect of the areas of expertise listed above
Publications and Relevant Activites 
- Co-author, Laws of New Zealand, "Creditors Remedies"
- Principal designer and presenter, Auckland District Law Society, "Trial Advocacy" series of courses
- Writer and presenter:
- Contract Law Seminar re remedies for ADLS (2005)
- Contrat Law Seminar re concurrent and personal liability for ADLS (2003)
- Building and Construction Law for LexisNexis (2002)
- Defamation - recent developments for ADLS (1997)
- Insolvency Law Developments - for Insolvency law practitioners (1996)
- Radicals at Large - Contract law damages for ADLS (1995)
- Contingency Fees - for NZ Bar Association (1994)
- Update on Contract - Contracts Privity Act for ADLS (1994)
- High Court Procedure for ADLS (1992)
- The Summary Judgment Jurisdiction for ADLS (1990)