Fee Langstone

Partner

Virginia specialises in insurance litigation with an emphasis on liability claims (particularly professional indemnity) fire and general insurance (including earthquake claims) and policy coverage. She also has front-end expertise in policy drafting and advice.   Virginia has been named a Next Generation Partner in the Legal 500 Asia Pacific edition since 2020, and a recommended lawyer in 2023.

Virginia first joined the partners of Fee Langstone at predecessor firm Jones Fee in 1999.  In 2001, she moved to the UK where she spent nearly a decade practicing at two leading insurance law firms in London (Kennedys and Mills & Reeve LLP) primarily specialising in professional indemnity claims.  In 2011, Virginia returned to New Zealand and re-joined Jones Fee/Fee Langstone.  She became a partner at Fee Langstone in February 2019.

Virginia regularly provides advice to insurers on property insurance disputes.  She also continues to have a substantial professional indemnity practice.  She regularly acts for lawyers, accountants, brokers and other professionals in District and High Court proceedings.

She continues to regularly act on behalf of professionals (particularly solicitors) in professional disciplinary proceedings.  She has acted for numerous solicitors in relation to complaints to the New Zealand Law Society and she has also appeared before the Legal Complaints Review Officer (LCRO) and has been successful in having NZLS Standards Committee decisions overturned.

Virginia also continues to advise various insurance broker networks in relation to the upcoming legislation changes for financial advisers which will have a significant impact on the broking industry.  She regularly presents to clients and at conferences.

New Zealand Insurance Law Association Australasian Professional Indemnity Group Australia New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance The Insurance Network Women's Law Association

BA, LLB