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Provided by Justin Smith KC
- General corporate and commercial litigation
- Securities litigation and regulatory claims (misleading prospectuses, insider trading, market manipulation, substantial security holder obligations)
- Companies and companies insolvency litigation (oppression, preferences, duties of receivers and liquidators, directors’ duties, claims on behalf of insolvent companies against third party advisors, eg auditors and valuers)
- Commerce Act and Fair Trading Act cases
- Tax litigation
- Valuation arbitrations and litigation
- Construction
- Health and safety litigation for major corporates
- Professional indemnity cases involving solicitors, auditors, valuers and other professional constructive trust claims
- Judicial review of decisions of statutory bodies
- Choice of venue/forum non conveniens disputes
- Civil proceedings in negligent misrepresentation and fraud
- Professional disciplinary matters (Law Society, Quantity Surveyors Association, and others)
- RMA and related resource consent litigation
- Property litigation
- Defamation
- Litigation involving infringement of copyright, trademarks, passing off, fair trading, business software piracy.
- IT litigation
Justin Smith is a leading Wellington based barrister who handles general commercial litigation at all levels. He is a former Crown Prosecutor (1982-1986), was a partner at Kensington Swan at Wellington and Auckland (1988-1994) and a partner at Russell McVeagh in Wellington (1994-2007).
He was a member of Russell McVeagh’s Board of Management from 2001 to 2004 and the Chairman of that Board from 2004-2006. He went to the independent bar in 2007 and was appointed King's Counsel in 2013. He is a Council member of the New Zealand Bar Association. He has represented numerous clients (individuals, voluntary associations, small businesses to the largest national and international corporates) at all levels (including tribunals, arbitral tribunals, select committees, ministerial inquiries, High Court, Court of Appeal, Supreme Court).
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Justin Smith is incredibly bright and gets up to speed very quickly.
Justin is a superb trial advocate.
Justin Smith is incredibly bright and gets up to speed very quickly.
Justin is a superb trial advocate.