Deborah is one of the leading trust litigation and relationship property lawyers in New Zealand. She specialises in equity litigation, including fiduciary relationships and obligations. She originally practised in general civil litigation and in the criminal law field as a prosecutor but since 1996 has specialised in relationship property law, trusts, estates and fiduciary duties. Her work in this area includes complex cases frequently involving international property.

Deborah was admitted to the bar in 1983 and commenced practice as a barrister sole in 1989. She was made QC in 2007. Prior to that she was with Russell McVeagh, Auckland; a Procurator Fiscal Depute in Glasgow; Meredith Connell; and Butler White and Hanna.

Her litigation experience includes frequent appearances in the Family Court, High Court, Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court. Deborah is also experienced at representing clients in mediations.

Her experience is reflected in the numerous papers and presentations she has made to conferences in New Zealand and she has written articles on a wide variety of legal topics. Deborah is the co-author of the best-selling handbook on domestic property law and estate law, For Richer For Poorer. She is also a co-author of the New Zealand Master Trusts Guide.

Andrew is a seasoned litigator, with extensive appellate, trial and ADR experience.  His litigation portfolio focuses on commercial, trusts and public law matters. Subject matter spans tax, banking, competition, complex structuring, energy (regulation and governance), healthcare, insolvency. Much of his work has an international dimension.     Andrew is particularly experienced at the appellate level, having appeared as counsel in over fifteen substantive Supreme Court hearings and numerous appeals before the Court of Appeal. Many of his cases have been reported in the law reports. He has been ranked by Chambers Asia-Pacific, Legal 500, International Law Office Client Choice Awards and Best Lawyers, among others.     He is widely published on numerous legal matters; he is general editor of Equity and Trusts in New Zealand and co author of the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act: A Commentary, both of which are regularly cited with approval by New Zealand courts. Andrew is available as an arbitrator and to give expert evidence in trust related matters.

David Harvey (LLB; MJur; PhD) is a retired District Court Judge. He sat full time from 1989 to 2016 and with an Acting Warrant from April 2018 to December 2021. Prior to his appointment to the Bench, he practised as a barrister and solicitor in litigation for 18 years. He taught Law and Information Technology, an undergraduate paper, for 18 years, and has been involved in a number of Judicial Education programmes particularly in the area of cybercrime, evidence and the judiciary and the media. He has written numerous journal articles, presented at conferences in New Zealand and internationally, and continues to mentor young lawyers and write legal columns.

Warren has a broad-based litigation practice, having practised as a barrister since 1993, with a focus over the past 15 years on civil, public law and regulatory litigation. He is a contributing author to Mahoney on Evidence and has presented in numerous seminars about the law of evidence and appellate advocacy. He has appeared before the Court of Appeal over one hundred times and in six full hearings before the Supreme Court.