Counsel for the plaintiff on an interim injunction application relating to copyright, breach of confidence, breach of directors’ duties and Fair Trading Act.

Counsel for the defendant on a patent and copyright infringement claim regarding LED lights in the Auckland High Court.

Counsel for the Wiri Licensing Trust (junior to Graham Kohler QC) on a significant dispute with its tenant, the operator of Wendy’s New Zealand. We successfully opposed two applications for interim injunction in lease dispute (2014). I also acted on the opposition to an application for judicial review regarding non-notification of resource consent application which went to the Supreme Court: High Court, 2014; Court of Appeal, 2015, (2015) 19 ELRNZ 328; and Supreme Court, 2016, [2017] 1 NZLR 1008.

Counsel for the defendant on a High Court claim relating to purchase of a residential property (four day trial), with judgment for the defendant upheld on appeal. The issues included agency, knowing receipt, competing equitable priorities and the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act. The Court awarded increased costs in relation to the proceeding and a related caveat matter: High Court, 2014; Court of Appeal, 2015; High Court costs judgment, 2015. In a separate proceeding between the same parties, the High Court made an order for possession of the property on summary basis (2015).

Counsel on a shareholder dispute involving an application for the appointment of an interim liquidator, s 174 and s 241 of the Companies Act.

Counsel for the NZ-based defendants in a passing off and Fair Trading Act claim in the High Court (plus trade mark invalidity application) brought by a major US corporation, which also involves a counterclaim for trade mark infringement, passing off and breach of the Fair Trading Act.

Counsel for the defendants on contract claim in the High Court in relation to the sale and purchase of a business and associated land, including advising on an interim injunction application and caveat issues.

Counsel for the plaintiff on copyright infringement claims in the Auckland High Court against two competitors, relating to tent designs.

Counsel for the plaintiff on a successful interim injunction application to the High Court on a breach of confidence claim

Counsel for a defendant on a shareholder dispute in the Auckland High Court, including resolving an interim injunction application brought by the other party.