Profile
Recognised as one of New Zealand’s leading media and defamation lawyers, Robert has a proven record of excellence and success with over 30 years litigation and advocacy experience over a wide range of practice areas. Robert delivers solution-based outcomes for his clients that recognises both legal and commercial imperatives.
Robert has extensive experience in civil litigation and dispute resolution, company and commercial disputes and litigation, coronial and other inquiries, professional disciplinary and regulatory matters (including disciplinary charges and prosecutions), Bill of Rights issues (freedom of expression), harmful digital communication litigation, copyright, privacy, contempt, suppression, insolvency and liquidation, judicial review, as well as land and property, trust and estate litigation.
Robert advises many of New Zealand’s major digital, broadcast and print media entities – both public and commercial – and has led and appeared in a number of significant media law and defamation cases. He also regularly provides advice to local and international film production and publishing companies.
Prior to moving to the independent bar at Shortland Chambers, Robert was a litigation partner for 20 years at the highly respected Wellington firm Izard Weston. His international legal experience in the areas of commercial transactions and insolvency involved working in the London offices of global law firms Reed Smith LLP (as Warner Cranston) and DLA Piper (as Dibb Lupton Broomhead).
Robert is a member of the New Zealand Bar Association, the New Zealand Law Society and a faculty member of the NZLS’s Litigation Skills Programme. He has also contributed to legal education as a presenter to a number of NZLS CLE Media Law seminars, and for the Auckland District Law Society on contempt and recusal.
Profile
Recognised as one of New Zealand’s leading media and defamation lawyers, Robert has a proven record of excellence and success with over 30 years litigation and advocacy experience over a wide range of practice areas. Robert delivers solution-based outcomes for his clients that recognises both legal and commercial imperatives.
Robert has extensive experience in civil litigation and dispute resolution, company and commercial disputes and litigation, coronial and other inquiries, professional disciplinary and regulatory matters (including disciplinary charges and prosecutions), Bill of Rights issues (freedom of expression), harmful digital communication litigation, copyright, privacy, contempt, suppression, insolvency and liquidation, judicial review, as well as land and property, trust and estate litigation.
Robert advises many of New Zealand’s major digital, broadcast and print media entities – both public and commercial – and has led and appeared in a number of significant media law and defamation cases. He also regularly provides advice to local and international film production and publishing companies.
Prior to moving to the independent bar at Shortland Chambers, Robert was a litigation partner for 20 years at the highly respected Wellington firm Izard Weston. His international legal experience in the areas of commercial transactions and insolvency involved working in the London offices of global law firms Reed Smith LLP (as Warner Cranston) and DLA Piper (as Dibb Lupton Broomhead).
Robert is a member of the New Zealand Bar Association, the New Zealand Law Society and a faculty member of the NZLS’s Litigation Skills Programme. He has also contributed to legal education as a presenter to a number of NZLS CLE Media Law seminars, and for the Auckland District Law Society on contempt and recusal.
Profile
Recognised as one of New Zealand’s leading media and defamation lawyers, Robert has a proven record of excellence and success with over 30 years litigation and advocacy experience over a wide range of practice areas. Robert delivers solution-based outcomes for his clients that recognises both legal and commercial imperatives.
Robert has extensive experience in civil litigation and dispute resolution, company and commercial disputes and litigation, coronial and other inquiries, professional disciplinary and regulatory matters (including disciplinary charges and prosecutions), Bill of Rights issues (freedom of expression), harmful digital communication litigation, copyright, privacy, contempt, suppression, insolvency and liquidation, judicial review, as well as land and property, trust and estate litigation.
Robert advises many of New Zealand’s major digital, broadcast and print media entities – both public and commercial – and has led and appeared in a number of significant media law and defamation cases. He also regularly provides advice to local and international film production and publishing companies.
Prior to moving to the independent bar at Shortland Chambers, Robert was a litigation partner for 20 years at the highly respected Wellington firm Izard Weston. His international legal experience in the areas of commercial transactions and insolvency involved working in the London offices of global law firms Reed Smith LLP (as Warner Cranston) and DLA Piper (as Dibb Lupton Broomhead).
Robert is a member of the New Zealand Bar Association, the New Zealand Law Society and a faculty member of the NZLS’s Litigation Skills Programme. He has also contributed to legal education as a presenter to a number of NZLS CLE Media Law seminars, and for the Auckland District Law Society on contempt and recusal.
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Additional information
Admitted to the Bar: 1991
Partner – Izard Weston: 1998 - 2018
Barrister Sole: 2018
BCom/LLB (Cant)
Year Admitted: 1991
Barrister Sole: 2018
