Band 1
Provided by Christine Meechan KC
- Civil and commercial litigation
- Commercial arbitration and mediation
- Construction law and construction adjudication
- Land and property law disputes
- Commercial lease disputes
- Contract disputes Partnership Employment relationships
Christine commenced practice in a boutique insurance firm in 1985, then moved to Bell Gully in 1987. She worked for a specialist insurance firm in London in 1990, returning to New Zealand in 1991 to become a partner at Bell Gully’s Auckland office.
Christine moved to the independent bar in 2008 to practise exclusively in commercial litigation, focusing on insurance and construction disputes. Those two broad practise areas involve a wide range of cases, from earthquake claims to directors and officers liability claims in the insurance space and defective building claims and contractual battles in the construction space. Both practise areas require an ability to come to grips with factually, technically and legally complex cases which is one of Christine's strengths.
Christine has been ranked Band 1: Silks in the Chambers and Partners Asia-Pacific Rankings for Dispute Resolution – The Bar in 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025. She is ranked as a Leading Silk in the 2024 Legal 500 Asia Pacific Rankings for commercial disputes. She is a Fellow of the Arbitrators' and Mediators' Institute of New Zealand (AMINZ).
New Zealand Law Society
Auckland Women Lawyers' Association
New Zealand Bar Association
Arbitrators' and Mediators' Institute of New Zealand
New Zealand Insurance Law Association (Past President)
Provided by Chambers
Provided by Chambers
Christine Meechan is a great cross-examiner, gives robust advice and I feel like she's a safe pair of hands.
Christine Meechan is probably New Zealand's leading construction silk, one of the few who can claim to be a specialist and the best known and most able.
Christine Meechan is a great cross-examiner, gives robust advice and I feel like she's a safe pair of hands.
Christine Meechan is probably New Zealand's leading construction silk, one of the few who can claim to be a specialist and the best known and most able.