John Kahukiwa, Managing Partner
Our litigation team have an excellent record of successful dispute resolution in the District Court, High Court, Court of Appeal, Employment Court, Māori Land Court, Māori Appellate Court and Supreme Court.
Our litigators are experienced in a range of specialist tribunals and alternative dispute resolution options involving mediation and arbitration.
We are able to create effective cross functional legal teams to ensure that clients enjoy the benefit of specialists specific to their needs. We also work collaboratively with some of the country’s leading QC’s on complex and challenging cases to ensure that our clients have the best strategy and most legally compelling arguments.
Access to justice is important to us and we frequently work with iwi and hapu who require assistance to secure resourcing for their cases. We have successfully helped fund litigation files for clients using public and private funds.
At any one time our litigation teams may be involved in litigation including:
- Banking and Finance,
- Building contract disputes and arbitration,
- Collection of commercial debts,
- Company liquidation, bankruptcy and other enforcement proceedings
- Commercial contract disputes.
- Debt Collection
- Employment and dismissal
- Enforcement of leases
- Environmental Law disputes
- Insurance claims
- Māori Land Court matters
- Negligence, conversion and bailment actions
- Property and subdivision litigation
- Trusts and estates
- Partnership and company disputes
- Resource Management
- Te Ture Whenua Māori Act trusts issues
- Tikanga
- Tiriti O Waitangi
- Town planning/tribunal
Please email or call:
- John Kahukiwa, Ph: 09 837 0550 or Mobile 021 378 750
- Peri Hoskins, Ph: 09 837 5731 or Mobile 021 877 544
- Craig Orton, Ph: 837 3505 or Mobile: 021 944 001
- Lea Abuyan, Ph: 09 837 0550
