Rodney Harrison QC is best known as one of New Zealand's leading public law and employment law specialists. He also has extensive experience in general commercial litigation, including contract, equity, defamation and insurance law. In the criminal law sphere, he has broad experience as a defence counsel; but in recent times has largely specialised in both prosecuting and defending Serious Fraud prosecutions. 

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Rodney Harrison QC's specialist fields of practice include:

• Public law and litigation.
• Human rights litigation.
• Employment law.
• Commercial litigation.
• Criminal law.
• Education law.
• Insurance law.
• Media law and Defamation.
• Personal injury and Medico-legal litigation.
• Treaty of Waitangi claims and litigation.

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• 1973, PhD Law, (The University of Auckland).
• 1970, BA, (The University of Auckland.
• 1969, LLB (Hons), (The University of Auckland).

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• 1986, Commenced practice as a Barrister sole.
• 1973, PhD Law, (The University of Auckland).
• 1970, BA, (The University of Auckland).
• 1969, Admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand.
• 1969, LLB (Hons), (The University of Auckland).

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Career Highlights in Litigation:

• Appearances as counsel before three commissions of inquiry, including the Commission of Inquiry into Oakley Hospital (the Gallen Inquiry) and the Inquiry into Cervical Cancer Treatment at the National Women’s Hospital (the Cartwright Inquiry).
•  Counsel for the plaintiff in Harderv NZ Tramways Union[1977] 2 NZLR 162 (labour injunction obtained by private citizen).
•  Counsel for the respondent in AlliedFinance and Investments Limited v Haddow & Co. [1983] NZLR 22 (CA) (professional negligence;solicitors’ duties to third parties).
•  Counsel for the appellant in Websterv Auckland Harbour Board [1983] NZLR 646; [1987] 2 NZLR 129 (CA) (leading authority on scope ofapplications for judicial review).
•  Counselfor the plaintiffs in Monroe and Others v Attorney-General (Police), April 1984 (the 1981 SpringbokTour “Three Clowns” case; exemplary damages awards against unknown policeofficers). 
• One ofthe team of counsel for the Liquidator led by Ted Thomas QC (as he then was) inthe Securitibank collapse litigation, 1984 – 1987.
•  Counselfor the appellant in Norrie v Senate of the University of Auckland [1984] 1 NZLR 129 (CA) (leadingauthority on the jurisdiction of the University Visitor).
• Counselfor the plaintiff in the High Court and amicus curiae in the Court of Appeal,in Duncan v Medical Practitioners Disciplinary Committee and New ZealandMedical Council[1986] 1 NZLR 513 (leading authority on professional disciplinary proceedingsagainst medical practitioners).
• Defencecounsel/appellant’s counsel in R v Harawira [1989] 2 NZLR 745 (CA) (“the Whare Paia trial”;adverse pre-trial publicity).
• Counselfor the plaintiffs in Willis and Others v Attorney-General (CustomsDepartment),November 1989 and on appeal ([1989] 3 NZLR 574) (wrongful detention by Customsofficers; also a leading authority on the inter-relationship between theaccident compensation system and the common law).
• Counselfor the New Zealand Medical Association in King and Others v Clark (Ministerof Health), HighCourt, Auckland Registry, M. 1335/90, Thomas J, 28 September 1990 (the Doctors’Contracts case).
• Counselfor nineteen former patients of National Women’s Hospital in medical negligencelitigation arising out of the Cervical Cancer Inquiry, successfully settled inMay 1992; and on appeal in relation to the inter-relationship between the accidentcompensation system and the common law (see Green v Matheson [1989] 3 NZLR 504). 
• Counselfor the successful appellant in Watson v Dolmark Industries Limited [1992] 3 NZLR 311 (CA) (fiduciaryduties in commercial relationships).
• Counselfor the successful plaintiffs in McIntyre and Others v Bianchi and Others [1992] 3 ERNZ 1057 (the MarsdenPoint Scaffolders’ case: union conspiracy and intimidation).
• Counselfor a number of dissenting Maori tribes in the constitutional andadministrative law challenge conducted in the High Court and Court of Appeal inlate 1992, over the “Sealord” Maori Fisheries settlement, Te Runanga OWharekauri Rekohu Inc. v Attorney-General [1993] 2 NZLR 301.
• Counselfor the plaintiffs in Auckland Council for Civil Liberties Inc. and Others vAttorney-General (Police), High Court, Auckland Registry, CP 452/93, Williams J, 11 November 1993(successful challenge to issuing blanket trespass notices and “publicprofiling” of suspects by Police).
• Counselfor the plaintiff in Garrett v Attorney-General (Police), High Court, Whangarei, April 1994(the Kaitaia Police Station rape trial; abuse of public office by police).
• Counselfor plaintiffs/appellants in Auckland Unemployed Workers’ Rights Centre andOthers v Attorney-General (Police) [1994] 3 NZLR 720 (CA) (helped to establish the “Baigent” compensation remedy for breach ofthe New Zealand Bill of Rights; Crown immunity from suit).
• Counselfor the successful plaintiff/respondent in Harvey v Derrick [1995] 1 NZLR 314 (CA) (leading authorityon the extent of changed liability and immunity from suit of District CourtJudges).
• Counselfor the successful plaintiff in Ankers v Attorney-General (Department ofSocial Welfare)[1995] 2 NZLR 595 and (1995) 8 PRNZ 455 (mass Governmental mishandling ofspecial benefit applications).
• Counselfor the successful plaintiff/respondent in G D Searle & Co. v Gunn [1996] 2 NZLR 129 (CA) (statute oflimitations for product liability claims for “Copper 7” I.U.D.).
• Counselfor the plaintiffs in Nicholls v Health and Disability Commissioner [1997] NZAR 351 (extent of powersof investigation of Health and Disability Commissioner).
• Counselfor the appellant in M v Attorney-General and District Court at NewPlymouth, CA 60/97,20 May 1997 (Bill of Rights fair trial guarantees; inherent jurisdiction ofCourt to have witness under threat testify by video link-up from a distance).
• Counselfor the successful respondents in Transportation Auckland CorporationLimited v Marsh[1997] ERNZ 532 (CA) (harsh and oppressive contracts under the EmploymentContracts Act 1991).
• Counselfor the successful respondent in Goldfinch v Auckland City Council and others [1996] NZRMA 329 C.A. (mandatory and directoryrequirements under Resource Management Act).
• Counselfor the appellants in Quilter v Attorney-General [1998] 1 NZLR 454 (the “same-sex marriage”case; discrimination on the grounds of sex and sexual orientation; leadingauthority on interpretation under the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990).
• Counselfor the successful union defendants in Dickson’s Service Centre Limited vNoel [1998] 3 ERNZ841 (the “Mr Whippy” case: conspiracy and interference with trade or businessby unlawful means).
• Counselfor the successful defendants in Air New Zealand Limited v Kippenberger [1999] 1 ERNZ 390 (membership ofMutual Benefit Fund limited to union members; freedom of association of unionmembers/discrimination in employment against non-members of union).
• Counselfor the appellant in Butler v Attorney-General and Refugee Status AppealsAuthority [1999]NZAR 205 (CA) (the Irish refugee case; meaning of “refugee”; “internal flight”under the Refugee Convention).
• Counselfor the plaintiffs in Te Heu Heu v Attorney-General [1999] 1 NZLR 98 (Treaty ofWaitangi claims over State-Owned Enterprise land).
• Counselfor the successful appellant in Choudry v Attorney-General [1999] 2 NZLR 528 (CA); [1999] 3NZLR 399 (CA) (powers of entry and search of the Security Intelligence Service;public interest immunity for classified security information).
• Counselfor the successful respondents in Tucker Wool Processors Limited v Harrison [1999] 3 NZLR 576 (CA) (harsh andoppressive procurement and harsh and oppressive terms of employment contractsunder the Employment Contracts Act 1991: duration, random medical examinations,random drug testing of employees).
• Counselfor the successful plaintiff in Smith v Air New Zealand Ltd [2000] 2 ERNZ 376 (discriminationin employment on the grounds of age; application of ICAO “age 60” restrictionsto international airline pilots).
• Counselfor the respondent in Harder v Proceedings Commissioner [2000] 2 NZLR 80 (CA) (liabilityfor breach of privacy principles under the Privacy Act 1993).
• Counselfor the successful plaintiff in Doherty v Veterinary Council of NZ [2001] NZAR 729 (judicial review ofVeterinary Council disciplinary decisionmaking on the grounds of delay andother legal error).
• Counselfor the successful appellant in Ark Aviation Limited v Newton [2002] 2 NZLR 145 (CA) (assessmentof compensation for unjustified dismissal).
• Counselfor the successful respondent in Carter Holt Harvey v National DistributionUnion [2002] 1 ERNZ239 (CA) (powers of entry on employer premises of union officials).
• Counselfor the plaintiff in NZ Amalgamated Engineering Union v Carter Holt HarveyLimited [2002] 1ERNZ 597 (employer duty to bargain collectively in good faith; employer duty toconsult with union).
• Counselfor the appellant in R v Bridger [2003] 1 NZLR 636 (CA) (relationship betweenself-defence and psychiatric evidence; sentencing).
• Counselfor the plaintiff in New Zealand Association for Migration and InvestmentInc. v Attorney-General, High Court, Auckland Registry, Randerson J, 16 May 2003, [2006] NZAR45 (successful challenge to retrospective immigration policy changes to residencecriteria).
• Counselfor the respondents in Attorney-General v Refugee Council of New Zealand [2003] 2 NZLR 577 (CA) (challengeto wholesale detention of refugee status claimants post-11 September 2001).
• Counselfor the respondent in Russell McVeagh McKenzie Bartleet & Co. v AucklandDistrict Law Society,[2004] 1 NZLR 326 (CA), [2003] 2 AC 736 (PC) (professional discipline of legalpractitioners and legal professional privilege).
• Counselfor the appellant in New Zealand Dairy Workers Union Inc. v NZ Milk ProductsLimited [2004] 3NZLR 652 (CA) (deduction of union “bargaining fee” from wages of “free-riding”non-union employees).
• SeniorCounsel for Algerian refugee Ahmed Zaoui in:
• Zaoui v Attorney-General [2005] 1 NZLR 577 (CA and SC)(inherent jurisdiction of High Court to grant bail to person detained asalleged national security risk; availability of habeas corpus and remedies forarbitrary detention under the Bill of Rights);
• Zaoui v Attorney-General (No. 2) [2004] 2 NZLR 339, [2005] 1 NZLR690, [2006] 1 NZLR 289 (HC, CA and SC) (right of recognised refugee seekingreview of a security risk certificate to natural justice and a summary ofallegations, extent of protection from deportation afforded to refugee byArticle 33.2 of the Refugee Convention; judicial review of decisions made byInspector-General of Intelligence and Security when reviewing security riskcertificate; applicability of the Torture Convention to Inspector-General’sreview and to any ultimate deportation of recognised refugee for securityreasons);
• Zaoui v Greig andAttorney-General,High Court, Auckland Registry, CIV-2004-404-317, 31 March 2004, Salmon andHarrison JJ (removal of former Inspector-General of Intelligence and Securityfor apparent bias contained in public remarks);
• Security risk certificate reviewbefore Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security (resulting in withdrawalof the certificate by Director of Security and upholding of refugee status forAhmed Zaoui).
• Counselfor the successful respondent in Director of the Serious Fraud Office v AFirm of Solicitors (2005)22 CRNZ 94. [2006] 1 NZLR 586 (CA) (extent of search warrant powers of theSerious Fraud Office; invalidity of search warrant for undue generality andnon-disclosure).
• Counselfor the successful plaintiff in A v Council of the Auckland District LawSociety [2005] 3NZLR 552 (powers of District Law Society to requisition medical examination ofa law practitioner involving invasive testing and the giving of bodilysamples).
• Counselfor the respondent in Director of Civil Aviation v Paterson, High Court, Wellington Registry,CIV 2005-485-606, Wild J, 23 June 2005 (the “fainting pilot” case; review ofDirector’s withdrawal of medical certification on aviation safety grounds:natural justice and onus of proof).
• Counselfor the plaintiffs in Akatere v Attorney-General [2006] 3 NZLR 705 (challenge to exercise ofthe Royal prerogative: Cabinet policy fixing levels of ex gratia payment to victims of miscarriageof justice alleged to be contrary to International Covenant on Civil andPolitical Rights).
• Counselfor the successful respondent in Christchurch City Council v Southern LocalGovernment Officers Union [2007] 2 NZLR 617 (CA) (limitations on employer direct communicationswith employees during collective bargaining; free speech and collectivebargaining).
• Counselfor the successful appellant in NZALPA v Air New Zealand Limited [2008] 2 NZLR 1 (Supreme Court ofNew Zealand) (employee rights under the Public Holidays Act 2003 to time and ahalf and “alternative holiday”  forworking on a public holiday upheld).
• Counselfor the successful appellant in NZEPMU v Witney Investments Limited [2008] 2 NZLR 228 (CA) (initiationof collective bargaining for joinder as a subsequent party to an existingmulti-party collective agreement; freedom of association and collectivebargaining).
• Amicuscuriae in Siemer v Solicitor-General [2009] 2 NZLR 556 (CA) (right to trial by juryunder section 24 of the Bill of Rights for persons facing imprisonment forcontempt of court; distinction between civil and criminal contempt).
• Court-appointedcounsel for the successful appellant children in Ye v Minister ofImmigration [2010] 1NZLR 104 (Supreme Court of New Zealand) (judicial review of decision to deportoverstayer mother of New Zealand citizen children: effect of Immigration Act1987; Right to Family Life and Convention on Rights of the Child).
• Counselfor the successful appellant in McAlister v Air New Zealand Limited [2010] 1 NZLR 153 (Supreme Court ofNew Zealand) (age discrimination in employment and “comparator group” analysis;effect of ICAO age restrictions on pilots in command).
• Counselfor the successful appellants in Finau v Atlas Specialty Metals Limited [2009] 3 NZLR 771 and NZEPMU vAir Nelson Limited[2009] NZCA 349 (CA) (legality of use of strike-breakers by employers toperform the work of a striking or locked-out employee; effect of section 97 ofthe Employment Relations Act 2000).
• Counselfor Tame Iti in the “Operation 8” prosecution: The Queen v Bailey and Others, interim judgment of Winkelmann J,7 October 2009, High Court, Auckland (ruling re admissibility of prosecutionevidence, currently suppressed).
• Counselin a number of important constitutional law cases in the Kingdom of Tonga, inthe Independent State of Samoa (formerly Western Samoa) and in the CookIslands, appearing before the Supreme Court of Tonga, the Privy Council ofTonga and the Court of Appeal of Tonga, the Supreme Court of Samoa and the HighCourt and the Court of Appeal of the Cook Islands, including:
• Pohiva v Kingdom of Tonga [1988] S.P.L.R. 371 (Constitutionalfreedom of speech guarantees; judicial review of dismissal of public servant)
• Pohiva v Kingdom of Tonga, 1990 – 1 (unconstitutional salesof Tongan passports to foreign nationals)
• Pohiva v Tonga Development Bank, 1992 (freedom of speech/disclosureof confidential bank documents in the public interest)
• Touliki Trading EnterprisesLimited v Fakafanua and Kingdom of Tonga, 1995 – 6 (Constitutional guarantees offreedom of property and trade)
• Alesana v Samoa Observer (freedom of speech/defamation)1998, Supreme Court of Samoa
• Pohiva and Others v Kingdom ofTonga, SupremeCourt of Tonga, December 2002; Court of Appeal of Tonga, 25 July 2003 (falseimprisonment of journalists and People’s Representative by LegislativeAssembly; damages for wrongful detention)
• Lali Media Group Limited andOthers v Kingdom of Tonga and Others, Supreme Court of Tonga, April and May 2003,Court of Appeal of Tonga, 25 July 2003 (successive Governmental bans on Tonga’sleading newspaper the “Taimi O Tonga” overturned; breach of Constitutionalguarantees)
• Taione and Others v Kingdom ofTonga, SupremeCourt of Tonga, Webster CJ, 8 October 2004 (Constitutional invalidity oflegislation restricting operations of overseas news media and imposinglicensing and censorship of local news media; Constitutional invalidity ofamendments to Constitution of Tonga provisions dealing with freedom of speechand limiting relief for breaches of Constitutional guarantees)
• Pohiva and others v Rex, Court of Appeal of Tonga, separatejudgments delivered on 3 October 2008 and 10 July 2009 ([2009] TOCA 8)upholding power of Supreme Court to quash indictments for insufficiency ofevidence; later judgment quashing indictments for seditious conspiracy andseditious speech laid against Tongan Pro-Democracy leaders following theNovember 2006 Nuku’alofa riots).

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• 1996 - Present, Member, Serious Fraud Office Prosecutors' Panel.
• 1995, Elected as Fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers.
• 1994, Called to the Inner Bar (appointed Queen's Counsel).
• Member of the Bars of the Kingdom of Tonga, the Cook Islands and Samoa (appointed Senior Counsel, Kingdom of Tonga).
• Member of the Auckland District Law Society (retired, 1991).

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After completing post-graduate studies, Dr Harrisontaught full-time at the Faculty of Law of the University of Southhampton,England and, subsequently, at the Faculty of Law of the University of Manitoba,Canada.  He returned to New Zealandin 1976 to practice law, lecturing part-time at the Faculty of Law of theUniversity of Auckland for a number of years.  Dr Harrison commenced practice on his own account inSeptember 1979, in partnership with Charles Sturt, former Director of theSerious Fraud Office.  Dr Harrisonwas the senior common law partner of the firm of Sturt & Harrison, whichfirm by the time he retired from it to practice at the independent bar hadgrown from two to five partners.

Dr Harrison is a co-editor of Mazengarb’sEmployment Law.  He is a formerlegal assessor to the Dentists Disciplinary Tribunal.  He has been a member of a number of standing or ad hoc LawSociety Committees, in particular the Public Issues Committee of the AucklandDistrict Law Society and the New Zealand Law Society’s Civil Litigation and Tribunals Committee.  Over the years, Dr Harrison hasparticipated in numerous seminars and conferences.  He has been a member of the Auckland District Law Society’s“Friends” Panel since 1987.  He hasbeen an executive member of the Auckland Council for Civil Liberties Inc. since1977, and has served as both its President and Chairperson from time totime.  He was a member of the Boardof Trustees of Selwyn College between 1989 and 1995.

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Papers Written for the Public Issues Committee of the Auckland District Law Society (retired, 1991):

Retroactivity in Criminal Legislation (1979)

Withdrawal of Criminal Charges by the Prosecution (June 1980)

Peaceful Protest and Arrest for Breach of the Peace (March 1983)

Police Powers of Seizure to Prevent an Offence (October 1984)

Disclosure to a Defendant in Criminal Proceedings of Information Held by the Prosecution (April 1986)

The Contempt of Court Powers of the District Court (May 1987)

Speaking Out: Members of Parliament and the Judicial Process (August 1988)

The Mass Media and the Criminal Process (May 1989)

Entry of Traffic Officers on to Private Property (September 1989)

Nazi War Criminals – Some Legal Issues (June 1990), published 15 Northern Law Review No 5, p 11

Removal and Detention of Children and Young Persons by Police (December 1990)

Schools and Searching for Drugs (July 1991)

Publications,Seminars and Conferences:

“The Action for Breach of Statutory Duty”, LLB (Hons) Dissertation,University of Auckland, December 1969

Collective Agreements and the IndustrialConciliation and Arbitration Amendment Act 1970 [1971] NZLJ 180

Trade Unions and the Common Law in New Zealand, Ph. D. Thesis, University ofAuckland, February 1973 

“Civil Liberties and the Future”, inCivil Liberties in a Changing New Zealand (September 1984)

Recent Developments in theEconomic Torts,Auckland District Law Society Seminar, July 1986

“The Oakley Inquiry in Retrospectand its Aftermath”, in Mental Health: A Case for Reform (Legal Research Foundation,September 1986), p 91

The Labour Relations Act 1987, New Zealand Law Society TravellingSeminar, November 1987

The Employment Contracts Act1991: Some Key Legal Issues (July 1991, Auckland District Law Society Monograph)

The Employment Contracts Act 1991– Phase Two: Dismissal and Replacement [1991] Mazengarb’s Industrial Law Bulletin 75

Judicial Review of AdministrativeAction: Some Recent Developments and Trends, Auckland District Law Society Seminar,February 1992; published [1992] NZLJ 200, 246

The Mass Media and the CriminalProcess, WellingtonDistrict Law Society Chateau Conference, June 1992, published [1992] NZLJ 271

In the Wrong?  Do You Know Your Rights? (The New Zealand Bill of Rights andCivil Remedies), Auckland District Law Society Waitangi Conference, August 1992

Patient Confidentiality: TheCompeting Demands of Personal Privacy and Public Interest, The 1993 Medico-Legal Summit,Auckland, February 1993

Deregulation, Privatisation andCorporatisation of Crown Activity: How Will the Law Respond?  (A Commentary), New Zealand Law Conference,Wellington, March 1993; published in Conference Papers, Vol. 2, p 102

“Powers, Duties and Accountabilityof School Boards of Trustees”, in Education and the Law in New Zealand (Legal Research Foundation, April1993)

Matters of Life and Death: TheAccident Rehabilitation and Compensation Insurance Act 1992 and Common LawClaims for Personal Injury, address to the Auckland Medico-Legal Society, June 1993 (Published asa monograph, Legal Research Foundation, August 1993)

The Potential for Exposure toDamages Claims for Medical Malpractice, Conference on Managing Medico-Legal Risks,Auckland, October 1993

Insurance Implications of Changesto Accident Compensation, NewZealand Insurance Law Association Conference 1993, Auckland,October 1993

Police Powers of Search: SowingDangerous Seeds,[1993] New Zealand Law Journal 362

A Bill for All Seasons: A NewRemedy in Damages for Breach of the Bill of Rights, Lawtalk 420, 22 August 1994, p 10; AucklandDistrict Law Society Seminar, 6 September 1994

The Case Against Creating PolicePowers of Detention for Questioning: An Answer to the Law Commission’s Reporton Police Questioning, Lawtalk 426, 21 November 1994, p 21

Accident and MedicalMisadventure: The ACC/Common Law Interface – An Update, Auckland District Law SocietySeminar, February 1995

He That is Without Sophistry, LetHim Cast the First Epithet, March 1995 Bill of Rights Bulletin No. 2, p 18

“What’s Your Problem? It’s Just aPrick: DNA – The Modern Fingerprint?”, in Re-Thinking Criminal Justice: AConference on New Initiatives in Criminal Justice, Legal Research Foundation Seminar, May 1995,published Vol II Seminar Papers at p 21

“The Remedial Jurisdiction forBreach of the Bill of Rights”, in Huscroft and Rishworth (eds), Rights and Freedoms: The NewZealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 and the Human Rights Act 1993 (Brooker’s, September 1995)

Domestic Enforcement ofInternational Human Rights in the Courts of Law: Some Recent Developments, International Seminar on theProtection of Human Rights, Wellington, 26 June 1995; published [1995] NewZealand Law Journal 256; (1995) 21 Commonwealth Law Bulletin 1290; HumanRights – How Are They Best Protected? (ed. P Hunt) (Human Rights Commission,December 1998, p 52)

“Student Discipline by SchoolPrincipals and Boards of Trustees: Powers, Procedures and Remedies”, Seminar on Education Law:Student Discipline and Students’ Rights, Legal Research Foundation, March 1996

Public Law and Private Redress [1996] New Zealand Law Review 478

“Converting it into Cash”:Compensation and Damages in Public Law, New Zealand Law Society Seminar, Public  Law: Update on Administrative  Law and Judicial Review, Auckland and Wellington, September1998

“Challenging the DefectiveDecision: Substantive Principles of Judicial Review” (Auckland District Law SocietySeminar, 2 March 1999; published as Judicial Review: Recent Trends [1999] NZLJ 264, 281

“Judicial Review of RacingTribunal Decisions”,Australasian Racing Appeal Tribunals Conference, Auckland, 6 June 1999

“Unions and Good Faith”, New Zealand Law Society EmploymentLaw Conference 2000, Wellington, November 2000; published February 2001 26 NewZealand Journal of Industrial Relations 85

“The New Public Law: A NewZealand Perspective”,an Auckland District Law Society Seminar address; subsequently published in(2003) 14 Public Law Review 41

“Fundamental Freedoms and the‘War on Terrorism’”,paper delivered at the 2004 International Bar Association Conference, 26October 2004, subsequently published in Yearbook of New ZealandJurisprudence(2005) Vol 8.1, “Special Issue: Law and Security After September 11^th”,141

“Double Jeopardy: DisciplinaryInvestigations and the Right to Silence”, New Zealand Law Society Employment LawConference 2006, Auckland, October 2006

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