Shortland Chambers is particularly revered for its work in the fields of civil and commercial disputes, and the set also has specialist knowledge in areas including regulatory, criminal, resource management and intellectual property law. Sarah Armstrong KC, Robert Stewart KC and Nura Taefi KC are all new Silk appointments in 2024. Jenny Cooper KC, as well as Stephen Hunter KC who is an expert in class action cases, demonstrated by recently defending ANZ Bank of New Zealand Limited in the high profile consumer class action known as the ‘Banking Class Action’. The set also includes Kevin Glover who specialises in IP disputes, and who recently acted for the LEGO Group in the case ZURU New Zealand Limited v Lego Juris A/S that deals with novel areas of trade mark law, and Matthew Harris who appeared on behalf of the claimants in the high-profile multinational fraud case Kea Investments v Wikeley Family Trustees Ltd. Greg Blanchard KC, as was, is now a High Court judge.
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- Shortland Chambers are the pre-eminent civil/commercial chambers in New Zealand, having the most KCs and dept of expertise.
- Shortland Chambers is the top commercial set. It has the greatest consistency of quality of people, analysis, big litigation and high value transactional advisory work.