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The Litigation Group comprises barristers from various sets of chambers in Auckland and includes seven silks, Noel Ingram QC, Grant Illingworth QC, Matthew Casey QC, Frances Joychild QC, Matthew Muir QC, David Chisholm QC and Richard Gordon QC of the English Bar, Associate. The Litigation Group provides the advantages to the legal profession of the services of New Zealand’s first Barristers Clerk. Solicitors are able to gain access to a network of experienced barristers by an additional and effective contact point – the Barristers Clerk. The Litigation Group members are leading practitioners in commercial, civil, criminal and public law and provide incisive and persuasive advocacy together with considered, timely and effective advice. The Litigation Group members are specialist court and tribunal advocates in their respective areas of practice and regularly appear at all levels of the New Zealand Court system, including the Appellate Courts. A number of members have previously appeared in the Privy Council and in the Appellate Courts of Australia. Particular areas of specialty include:

administrative law  appellate practice  arbitration  bankruptcy and insolvency  building and construction  commercial  common law  constitutional law  corporate  crime  defamation

employment  equity  family law  human rights and discrimination  intellectual property  mediation  royal commissions and statutory tribunals  taxation  trade practices  trust law

Our members accept instructions from solicitors, in-house lawyers and general counsel. Our dedicated barristers clerk is available to assist solicitors and, where appropriate, members of the public, seeking to brief or retain counsel.