Experience
Suzanne has appeared as lead counsel at all levels of the New Zealand courts, from the District Court to the Supreme Court. She has represented clients in mediations and arbitrations.
King’s Counsel
June 2017
Admitted to the Bar
3 December 1990, Auckland High Court
Education
B.Com (Accounting) – University of Auckland 1990
LL.B (Hons) - University of Auckland - 1990
LL.M (First Class Hons) – University of Auckland – 2006
IOD Governance Essentials
Positions Held
Comissioner, Criminal Cases Review Commission I Te Kāhui Tātari Ture
Chairperson, Auckland Community Law Centre (present)
Trustee, Auckland Community Law Centre (2021-2022)
New Zealand Law Society (Auckland Branch Council Member 2016-2020)
New Zealand Bar Association (Council Member 2012-2014)
Board of Bankside Chambers (Chair 2011-2013)
Publications
Statutory Demands and Agreements to Arbitrate [2020] CSLB 77
Beware Unhappy Beneficiaries, Step Conference 2019
Mediation Advocacy, New Zealand Bar Association Conference, September 2017
Claims for compensation under s15, Lexis Nexis Family Law Conference 2013
Calculating the Quantum of Economic Disparity, 2010 NZLJ 366
Litigation Strategy, New Zealand Law Society Seminar, October/November 2006