Trained by CDR Associates
of Boulder, Colorado (1991)
Member of Mediators’ Panel
of Arbitrators’ and Mediators’ Institute of New Zealand (1987)
Chaired Seminar on Partnering
and Close Working Relationships, Auckland (1994)
Conducted over 80 judicial
settlement conferences as a Master of the High Court of New Zealand
(1992-2002)
Chaired Institute of Judicial
Studies’ Judicial Settlement Conference Seminars (2001)
Member, Expert Panel advising
Minister of Internal Affairs on design and establishment of dispute
resolution service in New Zealand under the Weathertight Homes Resolution
Services Act 2002
Member, LEADR Mediation Panel (2003)
Conducted
over 40 mediations since returning to practice in 2002
Queen’s Counsel (2005)
Educational Involvement
Member (with only short breaks due to other commitments), Education and Qualifications Committee of Arbitrators’ and Mediators’ Institute of New Zealand or its predecessor Committees (1991-2003) and Convenor of the Committee for much of that period
Member, Massey University
- Arbitrators’ and Mediators’ Institute of New Zealand Joint
Advisory Committee for the Dispute Resolution Centre, Massey
University (1993-2003)
Publications
Dispute Resolution in New Zealand (1992) 58
JCIArb 2(S), 38-41
South Pacific Perspective on International
Arbitration and Dispute Resolution since 1961 (1995) 1 NZBLQ
195-243
Alternative Dispute Resolution in New Zealand in Alternative
Dispute Resolution - what it is and how it works (1997)
Expert Determination and the Enforceability of ADR
[2000] NZLJ 223
ADR – Antipodean Dispute Resolution (2004) published by the Society of Construction Law (see Recent Papers page)