Jane Anderson QC

Tel

+64 9 307 9800

Mob

+64 21 657 805

Fax

+64 9 309 1119

jfa@shortlandchambers.co.nz

Email PA

wnixon@shortlandchambers.co.nz

Profile

Jane provides direct and pragmatic advice to individual and corporate clients across a wide range of practice areas. She is experienced in litigation of all sizes and at all Court levels, primarily in commercial, corporate, insurance, contract, regulatory, trust and property matters.

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She has acted on large scale commercial disputes and in domestic and international arbitration. She accepts appointments as an Arbitrator and is on the AMINZ Arbitration Panel.

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Jane has a passion for running and has competed in numerous marathons and half-marathons. She is kept grounded by her teenage daughters who constantly remind her that they are above the law.
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Profile

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She has acted on large scale commercial disputes and in domestic and international arbitration. She accepts appointments as an Arbitrator and is on the AMINZ Arbitration Panel.

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Jane has a passion for running and has competed in numerous marathons and half-marathons. She is kept grounded by her teenage daughters who constantly remind her that they are above the law.
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Jane Anderson QC

Tel

+64 9 307 9800

Mob

+64 21 657 805

Fax

+64 9 309 1119

jfa@shortlandchambers.co.nz

Email PA

wnixon@shortlandchambers.co.nz

Profile

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She has acted on large scale commercial disputes and in domestic and international arbitration. She accepts appointments as an Arbitrator and is on the AMINZ Arbitration Panel.

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Jane has a passion for running and has competed in numerous marathons and half-marathons. She is kept grounded by her teenage daughters who constantly remind her that they are above the law.
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Areas of practice

Arbitrator and Mediator

Banking, Securities, Tax and Financial Regulation

Company

Competition and Fair Trading

Contract, Civil, Government and Commercial Disputes

Insolvency and Liquidation

Insurance

Intellectual Property

Land and Property

Trusts and Equity

Wills and Estates

Additional information

Case History

Recent cases:

Biggs v Biggs [2018] NZCA 546 (CA) (relationship property/trusts/discovery)
Reserve Bank of New Zealand v CBL Insurance Ltd [2018] NZHC 737 (corporate insolvency)
Biggs v Biggs [2018] NZFLR 580 (relationship property)
Yu v Bradley [2018] NZHC 2312 (leave to appeal/ contract)
Vector v Utilities Commission [2018] NZHC 3096 (amicus curiae)
Gilbert v Body Corporate 162791 [2016] NZSC 61 (SC) (receivership/body corporate issues)
Body Corporate 162791 v Gilbert [2016] NZHC 2404 (covenant interpretation/ Unit Titles)
TSB Bank Ltd v Dollimore [2015] NZHC 3175 (insolvency - re setting aside a disposition)
Zhong Mao Investment Management Ltd v Oak Tree Motel Ltd [2015] NZHC 2525 (relief against forfeiture)
Karum Group LLC v Fisher & Paykel Financial Services Ltd [2014] 3 NZLR 421 (CA) (intellectual property)
Sturgess v Dunphy [2014] NZCA 266 (CA) (complex shareholder dispute)
Grant v CP Asset Management Ltd [2014] NZCCLR 5 (CA) (setting aside a creditors' resolution)

Recent arbitration instructions as counsel:

Contract – construction of irrigation scheme and associated share option
Property - development and fit out works under a lease
Property - interpretation of rent review provisions
Contract - High Court appeal against arbitration award concerning a milk supply agreement
Tort – conversion claims concerning management of a farming portfolio
Company - directors’ duties and shareholder rights
Contract – enforceability of heads of agreement for supply of product
Product liability/trade practices - international arbitration between multinationals

Recent appointments as arbitrator:

Property - multi-party dispute concerning a land covenant
Property - commercial lease dispute concerning relief against forfeiture
Intellectual property - boat design
Contract - software agreement
Property - umpire on a commercial lease valuation
Incorporated societies – Court appointment as independent chairperson

Acting or advising on the following matters:

Proceedings alleging conspiracy to injure
An appeal concerning an earn-out provision
Enforceability of a worldwide freezing order made in England
Proceedings in negligence brought by a franchisee’s customer
For a publicly listed company on corporate governance issues
For a fuel distributor against its supplier in a dispute under a distribution agreement
For an insurer in earthquake-related proceedings
On a breach of warranty claim arising from the sale of shares
For a US-based individual in respect to an Overseas Investment Commission enquiry
For adult children of a deceased against their stepmother in trust proceedings
In an application for directions by trustees
For a publicly listed company on interpretation of an exclusion clause
For an insurer on issues relating to the Earthquake Commission’s obligations
On a breach of contract relating to commercial property
Interpretation of rental review provisions
For a contractor in High Court weathertight homes litigation
For beneficiaries of a high wealth family trust in respect to conduct by its trustees
In a dispute between body corporate members
For a law firm defending a claim brought by non-client parties
For a major New Zealand company in litigation with a distributor of primary product
On potential liability under the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act 2003
Representing trusts associated with individuals in relationship property and trust proceedings

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Documents

Recent cases:

Biggs v Biggs [2018] NZCA 546 (CA) (relationship property/trusts/discovery)
Reserve Bank of New Zealand v CBL Insurance Ltd [2018] NZHC 737 (corporate insolvency)
Biggs v Biggs [2018] NZFLR 580 (relationship property)
Yu v Bradley [2018] NZHC 2312 (leave to appeal/ contract)
Vector v Utilities Commission [2018] NZHC 3096 (amicus curiae)
Gilbert v Body Corporate 162791 [2016] NZSC 61 (SC) (receivership/body corporate issues)
Body Corporate 162791 v Gilbert [2016] NZHC 2404 (covenant interpretation/ Unit Titles)
TSB Bank Ltd v Dollimore [2015] NZHC 3175 (insolvency - re setting aside a disposition)
Zhong Mao Investment Management Ltd v Oak Tree Motel Ltd [2015] NZHC 2525 (relief against forfeiture)
Karum Group LLC v Fisher & Paykel Financial Services Ltd [2014] 3 NZLR 421 (CA) (intellectual property)
Sturgess v Dunphy [2014] NZCA 266 (CA) (complex shareholder dispute)
Grant v CP Asset Management Ltd [2014] NZCCLR 5 (CA) (setting aside a creditors' resolution)

Recent arbitration instructions as counsel:

Contract – construction of irrigation scheme and associated share option
Property - development and fit out works under a lease
Property - interpretation of rent review provisions
Contract - High Court appeal against arbitration award concerning a milk supply agreement
Tort – conversion claims concerning management of a farming portfolio
Company - directors’ duties and shareholder rights
Contract – enforceability of heads of agreement for supply of product
Product liability/trade practices - international arbitration between multinationals

Recent appointments as arbitrator:

Property - multi-party dispute concerning a land covenant
Property - commercial lease dispute concerning relief against forfeiture
Intellectual property - boat design
Contract - software agreement
Property - umpire on a commercial lease valuation
Incorporated societies – Court appointment as independent chairperson

Acting or advising on the following matters:

Proceedings alleging conspiracy to injure
An appeal concerning an earn-out provision
Enforceability of a worldwide freezing order made in England
Proceedings in negligence brought by a franchisee’s customer
For a publicly listed company on corporate governance issues
For a fuel distributor against its supplier in a dispute under a distribution agreement
For an insurer in earthquake-related proceedings
On a breach of warranty claim arising from the sale of shares
For a US-based individual in respect to an Overseas Investment Commission enquiry
For adult children of a deceased against their stepmother in trust proceedings
In an application for directions by trustees
For a publicly listed company on interpretation of an exclusion clause
For an insurer on issues relating to the Earthquake Commission’s obligations
On a breach of contract relating to commercial property
Interpretation of rental review provisions
For a contractor in High Court weathertight homes litigation
For beneficiaries of a high wealth family trust in respect to conduct by its trustees
In a dispute between body corporate members
For a law firm defending a claim brought by non-client parties
For a major New Zealand company in litigation with a distributor of primary product
On potential liability under the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act 2003
Representing trusts associated with individuals in relationship property and trust proceedings

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Publications and Seminars

2019 Australian Bar Association Conference – “Worldwide Freezing Orders”
2019 Legal Research Foundation Seminar – “Drafting briefs of evidence”
2019 Anthony Harper Litigation Conference 2019 – “Pot holes on the road to arbitration”
2017 NZLS Seminar “What to do when the contract goes wrong”
2017 ADLSI Seminar “Expert Evidence”
2017 AMINZ Arbitration conference panel member
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Professional Activities

Associate Member, Arbitrators' & Mediators' Institute of NZ (AMINZ)
Member of AMINZ Arbitration Panel
Convenor, NZLS National Standards Committee
NZLS Rule of Law Committee (2017-2019)
NZ Bar Association
Auckland Women’s Lawyers Association
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Qualifications

LLB (Hons) (Cant)

BCL (Oxon) (First Class)

Year Admitted: 1991

Barrister Sole: 1998

Silk: 2016
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