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David is a civil trial lawyer with extensive experience in complex commercial and public law disputes. His experience includes ten years in London undertaking financial and international disputes, heading up Bay of Plenty’s largest litigation team, working as a commercial barrister and fronting his own specialist litigation firm.

His successes include setting precedents in the Court of Appeal, litigating class actions, and leading lengthy High Court trials. He is routinely instructed on judicial review, commercial disputes, and complex negligence claims. He is also asked to provide advice to corporate boards, speak at conferences on legal developments and guest lecture at law schools.

David maintains an interest in sports law, where he acted for international athletes in disciplinary and arbitration proceedings, including matters before international sporting bodies. He is a member of the Sports Tribunal assistance provider scheme, a panel arbitrator for the International Court of Arbitration of Sport and is the Oceania arbitrator for FIFA. 

Hilary is a civil litigation junior with experience assisting on appellate and High Court matters.

Since starting her career, she has appeared as junior counsel in the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal, undertaken High Court trials and appeared in other specialist forums such as the Sports Tribunal and the Environment Court.

She has undertaken guest lectures at the University of Waikato Law School and is regularly instructed by law firms to assist with contentious and complex issues.