Chris Patterson
Barrister / Executive Director/Career Summary
Speciality: Dispute Resolution and Litigation.
Qualifications: LLB\BCom(Hons) (Otago)\LLM (Melbourne)
Bar Admissions: New Zealand (1997, Barrister Sole since 2001), New South Wales (2001), High Court of Australia (2004), Queensland (2009) and Tonga (2021).
Specialist Training: New Zealand Law Society Litigation Skills Programme (2000) and Australian Bar Association Advanced Trial Advocacy Course (2013).
Teaching: Presenter and Facilitator, Law Foundation (2015) and New Zealand Law Society (2016-present) - Evidence Analysis and Trial Preparation.
Publishing: Remote Searching: Trawling in the Cloud [2017] NZCLR 29; Class Actions in New Zealand (2016) 5JCivLP 20; Law Down Under Podcast.
Volunteering: International Basketball Federation (FIBA), Legal Commissioner (2014-present), Disciplinary Panel Member (2024-present); New Zealand Law Society, Auckland Branch Council Member (2015-2019), New Zealand Law Society s30 Interviewer (2013-2019).
Witness Hearings (Judge alone or with Jury): 200+
Third-party facilitated settlements: 1000+
One-Line Commitment Client Statement: To help clients overcome the obstacles that hinder their achievement of their objectives.
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