Advice, advocacy, legal representation

Whatever legal help is needed in any area, there is a Shortland Chambers barrister with the experience, ethics and expertise to act. All members share the core values of operating ethically, working professionally and keeping the best interests of clients to the fore. These shared values underpin the success and impeccable reputation of Shortland Chambers.

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Our barristers

Sarah Armstrong KC

Sarah Armstrong KC

Banking, Securities, Tax and Financial Regulation
Building and Construction
Company
Competition and Fair Trading
Contract, Civil, Government and Commercial Disputes

Andrew Barker KC

Andrew Barker KC

Banking, Securities, Tax and Financial Regulation
Building and Construction
Contract, Civil, Government and Commercial Disputes
Insolvency and Liquidation
Land and Property

Russell Bartlett KC

Russell Bartlett KC

Environmental and Resource Management
Land and Property

David Bigio KC

David Bigio KC

Building and Construction
Company
Contract, Civil, Government and Commercial Disputes
Judicial Review and Public Law
Land and Property

John Billington KC

John Billington KC

Arbitrator and Mediator
Banking, Securities, Tax and Financial Regulation
Competition and Fair Trading
Contract, Civil, Government and Commercial Disputes
Criminal, incl Serious Fraud and Proceeds of Crime

Bronwyn Carruthers KC

Bronwyn Carruthers KC

Environmental and Resource Management
Judicial Review and Public Law

Sonja Clapham

Sonja Clapham

Relationship Property and Family
Wills and Estates

Paul Collins

Paul Collins

Arbitrator and Mediator
Contract, Civil, Government and Commercial Disputes
Land and Property
Trusts and Equity
Wills and Estates

Dr David Cooper KC

Dr David Cooper KC

Banking, Securities, Tax and Financial Regulation
Building and Construction
Company
Competition and Fair Trading
Contract, Civil, Government and Commercial Disputes

Jenny Cooper KC

Jenny Cooper KC

Banking, Securities, Tax and Financial Regulation
Building and Construction
Competition and Fair Trading
Contract, Civil, Government and Commercial Disputes
Insolvency and Liquidation

Vivienne Crawshaw KC

Vivienne Crawshaw KC

Relationship Property and Family
Trusts and Equity
Wills and Estates

John Dixon KC

John Dixon KC

Banking, Securities, Tax and Financial Regulation
Company
Competition and Fair Trading
Contract, Civil, Government and Commercial Disputes
Criminal, incl Serious Fraud and Proceeds of Crime

Clive Elliott KC

Clive Elliott KC

Competition and Fair Trading
Defamation and Media
Employment
Intellectual Property

Leo Farmer

Leo Farmer

Competition and Fair Trading
Contract, Civil, Government and Commercial Disputes
Wills and Estates

Alan Galbraith KC

Alan Galbraith KC

Arbitrator and Mediator
Banking, Securities, Tax and Financial Regulation
Company
Competition and Fair Trading
Contract, Civil, Government and Commercial Disputes

Kevin Glover

Kevin Glover

Building and Construction
Company
Competition and Fair Trading
Contract, Civil, Government and Commercial Disputes
Defamation and Media

Bruce Gray KC

Bruce Gray KC

Banking, Securities, Tax and Financial Regulation
Competition and Fair Trading
Contract, Civil, Government and Commercial Disputes
Defamation and Media
Insurance

Matthew Harris

Matthew Harris

Building and Construction
Land and Property
Trusts and Equity
Banking, Securities, Tax and Financial Regulation
Company

Jack Hodder KC

Jack Hodder KC

Banking, Securities, Tax and Financial Regulation
Company
Competition and Fair Trading
Contract, Civil, Government and Commercial Disputes
Intellectual Property

Bob Hollyman KC

Bob Hollyman KC

Banking, Securities, Tax and Financial Regulation
Building and Construction
Company
Competition and Fair Trading
Contract, Civil, Government and Commercial Disputes

Desley Horton

Desley Horton

Contract, Civil, Government and Commercial Disputes
Trusts and Equity
Company
Land and Property
Judicial Review and Public Law

Stephen Hunter KC

Stephen Hunter KC

Banking, Securities, Tax and Financial Regulation
Company
Contract, Civil, Government and Commercial Disputes
Insurance
Judicial Review and Public Law

Simon Ladd

Simon Ladd

Banking, Securities, Tax and Financial Regulation
Building and Construction
Company
Competition and Fair Trading
Contract, Civil, Government and Commercial Disputes

Honor Lanham

Honor Lanham

Contract, Civil, Government and Commercial Disputes
Criminal, incl Serious Fraud and Proceeds of Crime

Yoonjung Lee

Yoonjung Lee

Company
Contract, Civil, Government and Commercial Disputes
Insolvency and Liquidation
Insurance

James Little

James Little

Contract, Civil, Government and Commercial Disputes
Insurance
Trusts and Equity
Company
Judicial Review and Public Law

Julian Long

Julian Long

Building and Construction
Company
Competition and Fair Trading
Contract, Civil, Government and Commercial Disputes
Defamation and Media

Daniel McLellan KC

Daniel McLellan KC

Banking, Securities, Tax and Financial Regulation
Contract, Civil, Government and Commercial Disputes
Defamation and Media
Insurance
Land and Property

Andrew Peat

Andrew Peat

Building and Construction
Company
Judicial Review and Public Law
Land and Property
Trusts and Equity

Adam Ross KC

Adam Ross KC

Banking, Securities, Tax and Financial Regulation
Company
Contract, Civil, Government and Commercial Disputes
Insolvency and Liquidation
Insurance

James Ruddell

James Ruddell

Banking, Securities, Tax and Financial Regulation
Building and Construction
Company
Competition and Fair Trading
Contract, Civil, Government and Commercial Disputes

Nic Scampion

Nic Scampion

Arbitrator and Mediator
Building and Construction
Competition and Fair Trading
Contract, Civil, Government and Commercial Disputes
Employment

Robert Stewart KC

Robert Stewart KC

Contract, Civil, Government and Commercial Disputes
Defamation and Media
Insolvency and Liquidation
Judicial Review and Public Law
Wills and Estates

Nura Taefi KC

Nura Taefi KC

Competition and Fair Trading
Contract, Civil, Government and Commercial Disputes
Defamation and Media
Employment
Intellectual Property

Daisy Williams

Daisy Williams

Banking, Securities, Tax and Financial Regulation
Building and Construction
Company
Competition and Fair Trading
Contract, Civil, Government and Commercial Disputes

Samantha Wilson

Samantha Wilson

Relationship Property and Family
Trusts and Equity

Peter Wright

Peter Wright

Banking, Securities, Tax and Financial Regulation
Building and Construction
Company
Contract, Civil, Government and Commercial Disputes
Insurance

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Juniors

Max Ashmore

Max completed his LLB(Hons) at the University of Auckland, receiving six first in course awards and a variety of academic awards, including the New Zealand Law Review Prize and various subject prizes. He tutored contract law and Chinese history at the University.


While at University, Max represented New Zealand at the 2019 Philip C Jessup International Law Moot, where the team placed in the top 8 and received an award for the best respondent memorial in the world.


Prior to joining Shortland Chambers, Max worked as a Judges’ Clerk at the Auckland High Court. He is interested in all areas of litigation, with a particular interest in contractual disputes.

Connor Browne

Connor graduated from the University of Auckland in 2022 with a BA/LLB (Hons). He received various scholarships and prizes, including a Dean’s Academic Excellence Award. Connor was admitted in 2023.


Before joining Shortland Chambers as a junior, Connor was a Judges’ Clerk at the Auckland High Court and a tutor at the University of Auckland Law School. He has also worked at MinterEllisonRuddWatts and at Milford Asset Management in their legal team. He is currently the lead tutor of contract law at the University of Auckland. His work has been published in the Auckland University Law Review and Public Interest Law Journal of New Zealand.


Connor is interested in all areas of civil litigation, with particular interest in contractual disputes, company law, competition law, defamation and administrative law.

Sam Coad

Sam graduated from Victoria University of Wellington in 2020 with an LLB(Hons)/BA.  He received first place rankings in three of his four honours research papers and in several other law subjects.  He was admitted to the bar in December 2021.


Before joining Shortland Chambers, Sam worked for two years as a Judge’s Clerk to Justice O’Regan at the Supreme Court.  During his clerkship, he worked on a variety of civil and criminal appeals, and also assisted with leave applications and jurisdictional questions.  Previously, Sam also worked as a Legal & Policy Adviser for Te Aka Matua o te Ture | Law Commission, was research assistant for both a former Court of Appeal Judge and a leading human rights law academic, and tutored law at Victoria University.  He currently tutors contract law at the University of Auckland.  He has published academic work in the New Zealand Law Journal and the Victoria University of Wellington Law Review.


Sam is interested in all areas of litigation, with a particular interest in contract, trusts and equity, torts, administrative law, and human rights.

Catherine Fu

Catherine graduated in 2020 with an LLB with First Class Honours from the London School of Economics and Political Science, where she was awarded the Department of Law Commendation Prize for Outstanding Academic Performance and the Atkin Chambers Mooting Prize.  She also holds an LLM with Distinction from the University of Auckland.  She was admitted to the bar in March 2023.


Before joining Shortland Chambers, Catherine worked as a lawyer at Bell Gully, and tutored commercial law at the University of Auckland. She has previously volunteered for a human rights organization in Ghana, assisted on civil procedure reform in the UK, and worked in several commercial law firms, including two US law firms in London.  


Catherine is interested in all areas of litigation, with a particular interest in commercial disputes, regulatory investigations, media law, and public law.

Jamie Hall

Jamie graduated from the University of Canterbury in 2021 with an LLB(Hons) and a BSc majoring in Biochemistry and Chemistry.  He was admitted to the bar in October 2021.  


Before joining Shortland Chambers, Jamie worked as a lawyer for three years in the general litigation team at Bell Gully.  During this time, he worked on a number of large and complex commercial litigation matters, including in the areas of professional negligence, securities law, insurance and insolvency law.  He has also appeared in a range of matters in both the High Court and the District Court as sole and junior counsel.


Jamie is interested in all areas of litigation, with a particular interest in company law, contract, tort, insurance law and insolvency law.

Lewis Hebden

Lewis graduated with an LLB(Hons)/BA from the University of Auckland in 2021. He received the subject prize in Legal Ethics, the Johnston Foundation Prize in Company Law and a Dean’s Academic Excellence Award. Lewis was admitted to the bar in 2022.


Before joining Shortland Chambers, Lewis worked as a Judges’ Clerk at the Auckland High Court. He has also worked as a research assistant to legal academics in areas involving human rights, in the Constitutional and Human Rights team at Crown Law and at Simpson Grierson.


Lewis is interested in all areas of litigation, with a particular interest in contractual disputes, company law, tort, human rights and administrative law.

Jacobi Kohu-Morris

Jacobi graduated with an LLB(Hons)/BA from Otago University in 2021. He received various scholarships and prizes, including the Legal Research Foundation’s 'Unpublished Undergraduate Student Paper Award' in 2021. He was admitted to the bar in December 2021.


Before joining Shortland Chambers as a junior, Jacobi was a judge's clerk at the Court of Appeal. He has tutored second-year law students at Otago and at Victoria University of Wellington in the subjects of property law, contract law, legal writing and research. His work has been published in the Australian Federal Law Review.


Jacobi is interested in all areas of litigation, with a particular interest in commercial disputes, property, contracts, administrative law and Māori legal issues.

Hannah Short

Hannah graduated with an LLB(Hons)/BCom from the University of Otago in 2020.  She received prizes in evidence and resource management law.  Hannah was admitted to the bar in March 2021.


Before joining Shortland Chambers, Hannah worked for two years as a Judges’ Clerk to the Hon Justice Gilbert at the Court of Appeal.  She has worked as a Teaching Fellow at the University of Otago and Victoria University of Wellington, where she tutored students in property law, financial accounting, legal writing and research.


Hannah is interested in all areas of litigation, with a particular interest in trusts and equity, criminal law, relationship property, consumer law and torts.

Amy West

Amy completed her LLB(Hons) at the University of Auckland in 2020. She graduated among the top of her cohort, receiving a Dean’s Excellence Award and a Senior Scholar Award. She was admitted to the bar in May 2022.


Before joining Shortland Chambers, Amy worked for two years as a Judge’s Clerk at the Auckland High Court.  She was also employed as a tutor in the Law Faculty at the University of Auckland, teaching Legal Method.


In addition to her law degree, Amy holds a BA(Hons) in English Literature from Christ Church college, University of Oxford, and an MA(Hons) and PhD from the University of Auckland.  Her experience in academic research, writing, editing and teaching informs her approach to litigation practice and legal research.


Amy is interested in all areas of civil litigation, with a particular interest in trusts and equity, relationship property, judicial review and torts.