Areas of Practice

​James accepts instructions on a wide range of matters, including (but not limited to):

• Civil and commercial litigation

  • Contractual disputes

  • Property disputes (including landlord and tenant disputes)

  • Estates (including testamentary promises and family protection claims)

  • Personal and corporate insolvency, proceedings involving bankruptcy and liquidation

  • Company and shareholder disputes

  • Banking and finance

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• Criminal - all types of serious crime including murder, manslaughter, sexual offending, fraud (category 4 legal aid provider)

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• Proceeds of crime (under the Criminal Proceeds (Recovery) Act 2009 and Sentencing Act 2002)

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• Health and safety at work; Worksafe NZ prosecutions

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• Resource Management Act prosecutions

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• Privacy and official information

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• Professional disciplinary proceedings

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• Coronial inquiries

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• Public and administrative (including judicial review)

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• Regulatory/Local Government prosecutions

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