Suzanne is a King's Counsel, trusted for her clear, practical legal advice and strategic approach to complex legal matters.

Suzanne now focuses on leveraging her analytical skills, legal expertise, and commercial insight to provide opinions, strategic advice, and expert evidence, helping solicitors and their clients navigate complex legal issues with confidence.

Suzanne is also available to be instructed as mediator.  Having spent many years advocating for clients in court, she knows that litigation can be lengthy, costly and unpredictable. She is committed to helping parties to resolve disputes confidentially, constructively and efficiently and believes that mediation provides parties with an opportunity to retain control over the outcome while avoiding the risks and expense of litigation. 

What Others Say

Testimonials

“Suzanne has a unique ability to distil difficult and complicated facts or legal issues in a way that is easy to comprehend. In 40 years of litigation experience, I have not seen anybody write a better legal opinion or legal submission than Suzanne. I have used Suzanne to write submission or review my submissions, especially for appeals, to great effect.”

- Head of Litigation, Auckland

“Without exception we have been totally impressed with Suzanne’s depth of knowledge, her grasp of complex issues, her meticulous attention to detail and her focus on achieving the best possible results in the most pragmatic and cost effective manner.”

- Property Partner Auckland

“Suzanne is a trusted advisor and an exceptional advocate. She is intellectually rigourous, a strategic thinker, great communicator and brings a high level of judgement and skill to any legal problem.”

- Litigation Partner, Hawkes Bay

“We have instructed Suzanne on significant commercial matters for many years. Suzanne has a formidable intellect and an ability to quickly marshal complex issues. After assessing the likely legal outcomes, Suzanne recommends effective and commercial solutions to legal problems. We take great comfort in knowing we can call on Suzanne to help us and our clients achieve excellent results.”

- Commercial Partner, North Auckland

“It is great to be able to rely on Suzanne when our clients find themselves in difficult circumstances. Her calm and approachable manner helps take the tension out of the trickiest situation. She is a team player and works hard to achieve the best result for our clients. Her practical, yet tactical advice is invaluable.”

- Managing Partner Auckland