Profile
Daniel McLellan KC is a leading commercial silk with specialist expertise in insurance, defamation and commercial law.
With a career spanning more than 30 years, Daniel maintains a broad civil and commercial litigation practice. He has appeared in numerous trials and appeals in New Zealand’s senior courts, including in the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court in Whangarei District Council v Daisley, Local Government Mutual Funds Trustee Ltd v Napier City Council, the Houghton v Saunders (Feltex) shareholders’ class action and in tax litigation in Trustpower Ltd v Commissioner of Inland Revenue. He has represented numerous local authorities and mayors in actions brought for and against them, including for defamation.
Daniel is regularly instructed in complex commercial and securities litigation, trusts and estates disputes. He has represented numerous legal and other professionals facing disciplinary action including before the Lawyers & Conveyancers Disciplinary Tribunal.
He is consistently ranked in Chambers and Partners Global and Asia-Pacific Guides for his advocacy skills.
Daniel accepts arbitral appointments as counsel and arbitrator, and has appeared in Pacific Island courts.
A former partner of a specialist insurance litigation firm, Daniel was appointed Silk in 2013. He was the 2018 Director of the New Zealand Law Society Litigation Skills Programme and is a faculty member of both the core and Advanced Litigation Skills Programmes.
Profile
Daniel McLellan KC is a leading commercial silk with specialist expertise in insurance, defamation and commercial law.
With a career spanning more than 30 years, Daniel maintains a broad civil and commercial litigation practice. He has appeared in numerous trials and appeals in New Zealand’s senior courts, including in the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court in Whangarei District Council v Daisley, Local Government Mutual Funds Trustee Ltd v Napier City Council, the Houghton v Saunders (Feltex) shareholders’ class action and in tax litigation in Trustpower Ltd v Commissioner of Inland Revenue. He has represented numerous local authorities and mayors in actions brought for and against them, including for defamation.
Daniel is regularly instructed in complex commercial and securities litigation, trusts and estates disputes. He has represented numerous legal and other professionals facing disciplinary action including before the Lawyers & Conveyancers Disciplinary Tribunal.
He is consistently ranked in Chambers and Partners Global and Asia-Pacific Guides for his advocacy skills.
Daniel accepts arbitral appointments as counsel and arbitrator, and has appeared in Pacific Island courts.
A former partner of a specialist insurance litigation firm, Daniel was appointed Silk in 2013. He was the 2018 Director of the New Zealand Law Society Litigation Skills Programme and is a faculty member of both the core and Advanced Litigation Skills Programmes.
Profile
Daniel McLellan KC is a leading commercial silk with specialist expertise in insurance, defamation and commercial law.
With a career spanning more than 30 years, Daniel maintains a broad civil and commercial litigation practice. He has appeared in numerous trials and appeals in New Zealand’s senior courts, including in the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court in Whangarei District Council v Daisley, Local Government Mutual Funds Trustee Ltd v Napier City Council, the Houghton v Saunders (Feltex) shareholders’ class action and in tax litigation in Trustpower Ltd v Commissioner of Inland Revenue. He has represented numerous local authorities and mayors in actions brought for and against them, including for defamation.
Daniel is regularly instructed in complex commercial and securities litigation, trusts and estates disputes. He has represented numerous legal and other professionals facing disciplinary action including before the Lawyers & Conveyancers Disciplinary Tribunal.
He is consistently ranked in Chambers and Partners Global and Asia-Pacific Guides for his advocacy skills.
Daniel accepts arbitral appointments as counsel and arbitrator, and has appeared in Pacific Island courts.
A former partner of a specialist insurance litigation firm, Daniel was appointed Silk in 2013. He was the 2018 Director of the New Zealand Law Society Litigation Skills Programme and is a faculty member of both the core and Advanced Litigation Skills Programmes.
Areas of practice
Additional information
Supreme Court
Court of Appeal
First instance
Supreme Court
Court of Appeal
First instance
1987: LLB (Cant)
2004: Barrister Sole
2013: Silk
