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Kevin practises in the area of commercial disputes. About half of his work relates to intellectual property and the other half involves general civil and commercial disputes. He holds a Masters degree in law from the University of Cambridge, presents lectures and seminars to practitioners and students and writes for a number of legal publications. He regularly advises on complex commercial disputes and acts as lead counsel on trial and appellate cases, as well as interim injunction applications.
He is a recognised expert in intellectual property and has acted as sole or lead counsel in high profile cases involving copyright, trade mark infringement and registrability (including IPONZ oppositions), patents, design rights, passing off, the Fair Trading Act, domain name issues and breach of confidence. Examples of Kevin’s recent cases are set out below. He also adjudicates on domain name disputes as an Expert for the New Zealand Domain Name Commissioner. Kevin has been named as a leading barrister for intellectual property disputes in New Zealand by Doyle’s Guide (2016 onwards), World Trademark Review (2017 onwards) and Best Lawyers Guide (2019 onwards).
Kevin also advises and acts on a wide range of general civil and commercial disputes, mainly relating to land/property (including leases, caveats, agreements for sale and purchase and partition under the Property Law Act), contract and insolvency. Other recent matters include:
Profile
Kevin practises in the area of commercial disputes. About half of his work relates to intellectual property and the other half involves general civil and commercial disputes. He holds a Masters degree in law from the University of Cambridge, presents lectures and seminars to practitioners and students and writes for a number of legal publications. He regularly advises on complex commercial disputes and acts as lead counsel on trial and appellate cases, as well as interim injunction applications.
He is a recognised expert in intellectual property and has acted as sole or lead counsel in high profile cases involving copyright, trade mark infringement and registrability (including IPONZ oppositions), patents, design rights, passing off, the Fair Trading Act, domain name issues and breach of confidence. Examples of Kevin’s recent cases are set out below. He also adjudicates on domain name disputes as an Expert for the New Zealand Domain Name Commissioner. Kevin has been named as a leading barrister for intellectual property disputes in New Zealand by Doyle’s Guide (2016 onwards), World Trademark Review (2017 onwards) and Best Lawyers Guide (2019 onwards).
Kevin also advises and acts on a wide range of general civil and commercial disputes, mainly relating to land/property (including leases, caveats, agreements for sale and purchase and partition under the Property Law Act), contract and insolvency. Other recent matters include:
Profile
Kevin practises in the area of commercial disputes. About half of his work relates to intellectual property and the other half involves general civil and commercial disputes. He holds a Masters degree in law from the University of Cambridge, presents lectures and seminars to practitioners and students and writes for a number of legal publications. He regularly advises on complex commercial disputes and acts as lead counsel on trial and appellate cases, as well as interim injunction applications.
He is a recognised expert in intellectual property and has acted as sole or lead counsel in high profile cases involving copyright, trade mark infringement and registrability (including IPONZ oppositions), patents, design rights, passing off, the Fair Trading Act, domain name issues and breach of confidence. Examples of Kevin’s recent cases are set out below. He also adjudicates on domain name disputes as an Expert for the New Zealand Domain Name Commissioner. Kevin has been named as a leading barrister for intellectual property disputes in New Zealand by Doyle’s Guide (2016 onwards), World Trademark Review (2017 onwards) and Best Lawyers Guide (2019 onwards).
Kevin also advises and acts on a wide range of general civil and commercial disputes, mainly relating to land/property (including leases, caveats, agreements for sale and purchase and partition under the Property Law Act), contract and insolvency. Other recent matters include:
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The following is a selected list of recent cases where Kevin is acting or has acted as counsel. For further details of Kevin's case experience, see http://kevinglover.co.nz/cases.
The following is a selected list of recent cases where Kevin is acting or has acted as counsel. For further details of Kevin's case experience, see http://kevinglover.co.nz/cases.
Kevin has presented lectures and seminars in New Zealand and Australia. He has also taught postgraduate and undergraduate courses on intellectual property as a visiting lecturer at the University of Auckland.
Selected recent seminars and lectures include the following:
Kevin has written articles for a wide variety of publications including the New Zealand Law Journal, the New Zealand Intellectual Property Law Journal, Law News, Waikato Law Review and NZ Lawyer. He publishes articles and introductory guides about intellectual property and related matters on his website, www.kevinglover.co.nz. He is also an author of the following texts relating to intellectual property:
Kevin has been a member of Shortland Chambers since 2009 and served on its board from 2018 to 2020. He is a member of the New Members Committee (concerned with recruitment).
Prior to joining the independent Bar, Kevin practised in leading firms in Auckland and London: Bell Gully, Auckland (2002 to 2003; 2005 to 2009), Ashurst, London (2004 to 2005) and Russell McVeagh, Auckland (2000 to 2002).
Current Professional Memberships and Committees
Academic Achievements
Community Involvement
LLB (Hons) (University of Waikato), 1996-99
LLM (University of Cambridge), 2003-04
Admitted: 2000
Barrister Sole: 2009