Expertise

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Our focus is on maintaining and developing our expertise in insurance liability. We are experts. We don’t stray from our expertise. WE ALSO HAVE CONSIDERABLE EXPERTISE
IN COMMERCIAL AND CIVIL DISPUTE RESOLUTION.

Insurance

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We have drafted many of the general and specialist insurance policies being used in the New Zealand liability insurance market and have an intimate understanding of how these policies operate. We routinely draft policies and endorsements for specialist industry groups. We have expertise across all lines of business and specialist expertise in:

Professional Indemnity
General (Public) Liability
Statutory Liability
Directors & Officers Liability
Contract Works
Trustees Liability
Associations Liability
Cyber Liability
Crime
Aviation
Material Damage & Business Interruption
Reinsurance

Dispute Resolution

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We act for private clients, including individuals and corporates, in a wide range of areas of practice:

CONTRACTUAL DISPUTES
COMPETITION AND FAIR TRADING
COMPANY AND SECURITIES
INSOLVENCY
BANK AND FINANCE
TRUST AND EQUITY
PROPERTY AND LAND DISPUTES
CLASS ACTIONS

sectors

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We have experience in acting in the defence of claims against insureds in all sectors and industries, including:

Barristers & Solicitors
accountants
Auditors
ACTUARIES
Architects
Engineers
Construction
Real Estate Agents
Financial Advisers
Insurance brokers
Valuers

Investigations & Prosecutions

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We act in the defence of investigations and prosecutions including those involving the:

We defend prosecutions under the:

defence

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We defend a wide range of professionals before their disciplinary bodies and regularly appear in the defence of complaints and disciplinary proceedings. These bodies include:

the New Zealand Law Society
Legal Complaints Review Office
The Chartered Accountants Professional Conduct Committee and Disciplinary Tribunal
Engineering New Zealand
Financial Services Complaints Limited
Insurance and Financial Services Ombudsman
Real Estate Authority
Licensed Building Practitioners Board
Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Board
Valuers Registration Board
New Zealand Registered Architects Board