John Billington QC
 | Degree Held: Barrister Sole: Silk: | LLB (VUW) 1989 1996 |
Areas of Practice
Professional Background
Recent Experience
Publications & Relevant Activities
- Administrative and Constitutional Law/Public Law
- Arbitrator
- Serious Fraud
- Commercial and Regulatory Crimes and offences
- Civil Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
- Construction Law
- Defamation
- Relationship Property
- Sports Law
- Commenced practice as barrister sole in 1989
- Admitted to the rank of Queen’s Counsel 1996
- Member of the Arbitrators' and Mediators' Institute of New Zealand Inc (AMINZ)
- Currently Counsel in a number of commercial proceedings in the High Court and Court of Appeal
- Currently Counsel in a number of commercial arbitrations.
- Currently Counsel for the defence in a major serious fraud prosecution.
- Currently Counsel in defamation proceedings.
- Currently Counsel in challenges to the exercise of powers by the Commissioner of Inland Revenue under the Tax Administration Act.
- Currently Counsel in litigation between participants in the telecommunications industry.
- Currently Counsel for the defence of prosecutions under the Resource Management Act.
- Currently Counsel in Construction Contracts Act litigation in the High Court and Court of Appeal.
Publications & Relevant Activities
- Co-author New Zealand Law Society text “Introduction to Advocacy".
- Author of New Zealand Law Society seminar papers “Serious Fraud in New Zealand”.
- 1990-1992 Law reporter, New Zealand Law Reports.
- 1994 - Author of paper “Recent New Zealand Efforts to Combat Environmental Crime” for the International Society for Reform of Criminal Law, published Criminal Law Forum January 1996.
- 1997 - Co-presenter with Honourable Justice Blanchard and J Fogerty QC NZLS Seminar Appellate Advocacy.
- Has delivered conference papers on sports law issues and is a member of ANZSLA.
- Has chaired Appeal Tribunals for National Sporting Bodies.
- Has delivered conference papers for the New Zealand Bar Association.