Dispute Resolution

Anthony Harper fields a noted litigation team with a high-quality practice in commercial, construction and insurance litigation matters. The firm has a growing specialism in the public law sector, working for central government and public entities on the exercise of regulatory powers, development of legislation and judicial reviews. The litigation team is active across New Zealand and frequently handles high-profile work arising out of natural disasters. It also acts in defamation actions, injunctions and appeals in multiple courts across the country. The team is regularly engaged in insolvency and restructuring disputes and increasingly active in the field of health and safety-related litigation.

"Anthony Harper is very astute and thorough in its advice and in advocating. I have a lot of confidence in its skills and abilities."

"I judge law firms not only on their knowledge of black letter law, but how the law can be interpreted and applied at a practical level. This is a strength of Anthony Harpers."

Anthony Harper acted for Alexander Abramov and various entities connected to him in New Zealand in relation to sanctions imposed by New Zealand, Australia, the UK and various other European countries.

Lynne Van maintains a broad practice within which contentious insolvency, property and securities enforcement issues feature particularly prominently and which has seen her appear at all levels of the New Zealand court system.