Dentons New Zealand

Employment, Health and Safety

Partner

James is a partner in our Employment and Workplace Health & Safety team based in Auckland with extensive experience working in both the UK and New Zealand.

James is experienced in supporting organisations with workforce change, employee relations and disputes, and the employment issues arising out of commercial transactions. He advises clients on the full range of employment issues, including restructurings, investigations, dismissals and disciplinary issues, personal grievances, and contractual and collective issues. He also advises on health and safety matters, including representing clients in serious harm investigations. He advises clients in numerous industries with both domestic and international footprints, having a particular interest in the technology, media and finance sectors.

James has been consistently recommended in The Legal 500 and has been described in various editions as a ’clear thinking adviser’ providing ’great customer service’, along with ’robust and practical advice’. He is published widely and is regularly asked to speak at conferences and seminars.

James is an approachable, responsive advocate, and an excellent strategist when pursuing and defending litigation across the full range of employment law issues, including dismissals, discrimination claims and breaches of restrictive covenants.

English

University of Canterbury, 1997, LLB, BCom, Law, Economics

Admitted: New Zealand 1998, England and Wales 2003