Civil Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Rebecca Steens

Rebecca is an estates, trusts and elder law specialist. She works across both the estates and litigation teams, providing advice for complex trust and estates. She also maintains a general civil litigation case load and regularly appears in the District and High Court. Rebecca’s unique practice areas means she is able to assist clients to …

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Rachel Rosser

Rachel is an Associate in our Litigation team, she is an Enrolled Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand. Rachel has a wide range of experience in general litigation, and advises her clients on all aspects of civil litigation, including disputes about property (such as sale transactions, property rights or land use), …

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Jenna Heerdegen

Jenna specialises in all areas of family law including contracting out agreements, separation agreements, parenting disputes, paternity, and family violence matters. She has a particular focus on relationship property matters involving complex property divisions including trusts and companies. Along with being a family law specialist Jenna has also previously worked as a Crown prosecutor. She …

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Rachel Scott

Rachel’s litigation practice focuses on being an advocate for her clients and getting the best client outcome possible. Rachel has regularly appeared for clients in all courts, specialist tribunals and, in mediations and arbitrations, acting for both large institutional clients and private clients. She specialises in insolvency, land disputes (including Māori land), while she is …

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Leesa Speed

Leesa is a partner at Holland Beckett, specialising in all aspects of Family Law. She can assist you to resolve matters in Court, or out. Leesa joined Holland Beckett in 2015 with a civil litigation background gained at major firms both in New Zealand and overseas. Her practice area includes resolving post-separation relationship property disputes, …

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James McDougall

James is a Partner at Holland Beckett and leads our Rotorua litigation team. He is an experienced litigator advising clients on a broad range of contentious issues. James regularly appears in Court and various tribunals, and has a particular skill identifying and bringing appropriate cases to early resolution, or otherwise ensuring they are determined by …

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Tim Conder

Tim is a Partner at Holland Beckett specialising in Public, Local Government and Regulatory Litigation. Tim is an experienced trial lawyer, with wide ranging courtroom experience. He has led trials and appeals in the Court of Appeal, the District Court, the High Court, the Māori Land Court and the Māori Appellate Court. This includes appearing …

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Jeremy Sparrow

Jeremy is a Partner at Holland Beckett specialising in employment law. Jeremy started his legal career at Holland Beckett in 2012 in the wider litigation team. He then worked in London for two years as a litigator resolving commercial and tax disputes before returning to Holland Beckett. Jeremy is the first law clerk to partner …

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Thomas Refoy-Butler

Thomas is an experienced litigator who provides strategic advice and representation to clients in commercial and regulatory disputes. He has particular experience in commercial disputes, including interim relief (injunctions and freezing orders), corporate insolvency and debt recovery, trust disputes, employment, professional disciplinary proceedings, and regulatory prosecution/defence and investigations. He has experience as sole and junior …

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