Our Health Law expert, Hershla Ifwersen, is attending the New Zealand Medico Legal Congress this week, where delegates will be exploring how existing and emerging medico-legal issues impact the healthcare and legal systems. If you're attending, be sure to connect with Hershla - she's always keen to discuss the latest medico-legal developments and insights. #MedicoLegal #MeredithConnell #MC #Aotearoa #NewZealand #TāmakiMakaurau #Auckland
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Meredith Connell (MC) is Aotearoa New Zealand's largest litigation firm, by far.
About us
MC is one of New Zealand's oldest and most respected law firms, providing expert advice and dispute-resolution services across every area of the law. MC's areas of expertise cover every type of litigation, dispute resolution and legal advice - especially where the private sector meets the public sector, including inward investment, property, immigration, public policy and major transactions. As Office of the Crown Solicitor at Auckland, MC is the repository and custodian of specialist knowledge that’s been accrued over generations to benefit the Crown, while ensuring prosecution decisions are independent from politicians. We derive legitimacy from Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Today's MC is a blended firm, with our litigators doing both Crown prosecutions and every other kind of litigation. That gives the Crown a huge resource of litigators to prosecute criminal cases, with expertise in every area of the law that might arise. - - - - - - - - - - Our new MC Centre in Auckland is designed to provide the best work environment of any law firm in Australasia. Winner of a Gold Best Award for Workplace Environment, the MC Centre was also among the world's first law offices to receive international recognition through WELL Platinum certification that our workspaces enhance holistic health and wellbeing for everyone who works at and visits MC. The life-size indoor terrariums offer space for contemplation, creativity, informal meetings and to experience the restorative effects of being immersed in nature during the workday. - - - - - - - - - - As New Zealand’s largest litigation firm by far, MC invests more than any other in litigation training. The MC Centre boasts a full training courtroom designed exactly like a courtroom at the Auckland High Court, the only one of its type in Australasia and perhaps unique in the world. It is where you can learn to be the best litigator of the future from the best litigators of today.
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http://www.mc.co.nz
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- Industry
- Law Practice
- Company size
- 201-500 employees
- Headquarters
- Auckland, AUK
- Type
- Partnership
- Founded
- 1921
- Specialties
- Health & Safety, Information Management & Privacy, Public Private Partnerships, Courtroom Skills Training, Employment Law, Health Law, Private Client, Property & Construction, Commercial Disputes , Regulatory Compliance, Litigation, Trial Lawyers, Public Law & Policy, Insolvency, Maori & Pacific Legal & Advisory, Professional Disciplinary, Sports Law, Environment, Criminal Prosecution, Corporate & Commerical, Te Tiriti o Waitangi, Local Government, Dispute Resolution, and Private & Public Sector
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8 Hardinge Street
Level 7
Auckland, AUK 1010, NZ
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1 Willis Street
Level 23
Wellington, WGN 6011, NZ
Employees at MC
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Ahead of attending the Halberg Awards, our Sports Law team were proud to host clients and colleagues from the sports industry at our MC Centre in Auckland. The awards are not only a celebration of Aotearoa New Zealand's incredible athletes, coaches and sports, but importantly the night serves as the main fundraiser for the Halberg Foundation – helping to empower Kiwis with physical disabilities to unleash their sporting potential. We are proud to support such an inspiring event! Our Sports Law team and colleagues, Mark Davies, Adine Wilson, Brett Tantrum and Pippa Hayward OLY, and the wider MC team would like to extend our congratulations to all of the Halberg Award finalists and winners! Thank you to our guests for joining us for the evening! #HalbergAwards #HalbergFoundation #SportsLaw #MeredithConnell #MC
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It was great to host ASEAN New Zealand Business Council again, this time in our Wellington office, for a lively discussion of business and trade for 2025. Kathleen Morrison, MC Partner and ASEAN NZBC Chair, said she really enjoyed the insights shared by speakers Stuart Calman, Grant Carr and Shisla Carvalho Macleod, and it was great to kick off the year catching up with friends, old and new. Thank you to our distinguished guests including the Philippines Ambassador HE Kira Azucena, representatives from the Thai Embassy, and to our co-hosts New Zealand Customs Service and New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade.
There was an amazing turnout yesterday at our ASEAN Business and Trade Overview for 2025. 80 viewers joined us online, with another 40 in-person in the room. Thank you to our keynote speaker Stuart Calman Former NZ Ambassador to ASEAN, for his insight in this event. We also thank our Moderator Hamza Haidon (New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade) and input from the team at New Zealand Customs Service; Grant Carr and Shisla Carvalho Macleod. We were grateful for the attendance from the Philippine Ambassador, HE Kira Azucena. As always we thank our venue partner Meredith Connell MC, and event partners New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade and New Zealand Customs Service. Kathleen Morrison John Riley Peter Vile Nga Blanchard Mark Thomas Kenneth Leong Robb Stevens Rob Snaddon Nick Siu Samson Phommachack James Kuperus Michael Robinson Kate Stockman (Gregan) Liz Bell
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Nau mai, haere mai to our grads for 2025! Our newest law clerks started at MC this week, with a couple of familiar faces, including one of our 2024 Winter Interns! We are excited to have you in our Auckland and Wellington offices, Arahi von Sturmer-Karanui, Alani Butters, Manawa Te Ahuru-Quinn, Sophie-Anne Barry, Kiani Bullivant and Ralph Zambrano, getting stuck into life at a busy law firm and becoming part of the team as you begin your legal careers.
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Ahead of the New Zealand Fraud Film Festival, LawNews interviewed festival chair and MC partner William Fotherby, along with festival programmer Steve Newall, to discuss this year's event. The festival aims to raise awareness of fraud in Aotearoa New Zealand, in an interesting and impactful way, helping to prevent it and providing a forum for knowledge-sharing among those combatting fraud. MC is proud to be a founding sponsor of this important initiative, together with Deloitte and the New Zealand Banking Association. The fifth New Zealand Fraud Film Festival is this year being held on 17-18 March at the Roxy Cinema in Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington. And if you're a lawyer you can earn CPD points from attending. Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/g7y6hPRN
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MC is proud to host the Ethnic Growth Exchange, in association with the Ministry for Ethnic Communities. Join business leaders and special guest speaker Ravi Nyayapati, CMInstD, for a roundtable discussion, where topics will include: • Hearing from other ethnic business leaders sharing practical tips about expanding in New Zealand. • Discussing when to adapt (or when not to) your business practice in New Zealand. • Learning how to use your ethnic connections for business growth. The discussion will be an open forum with opportunities to share your own experiences and learnings with the group. If you are interested in joining us for this event at the MC Centre in Auckland please contact events@mc.co.nz (spaces are limited). #MeredithConnell #MC #MinistryforEthnicCommunities #TeTariMātāwaka #EthnicGrowthExchange #Aotearoa #NewZealand
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David Collins and Cordelia Woodhouse’s article for the Resource Management Journal (RMJ), released on Friday, delves into the Queenstown Lakes District Council v Hensman decision. In this case the High Court confirmed that the Environment Court cannot compel councils to issue a s 224(c) certificate, emphasising that a local authority’s statutory role in assessing compliance with subdivision conditions does not impose an enforceable statutory duty. The Decision also clarifies that councils can rely on general engineering conditions without needing to specify every detail of the Code of Practice, offering more flexibility in managing subdivision consents. This provides certainty for both developers and councils, and negates the need to frontload detailed engineering design for a project or require a line-by-line analysis of specific design conditions by councils. For the full analysis and implications for local authorities read the article below. If you’d like to know more about the decision or require advice on a similar matter, please contact David or Cordelia through LinkedIn, or through MC’s website www.mc.co.nz #ResourceManagement #HighCourt #LocalGovernment #SubdivisionLaw #EngineeringCompliance #MeredithConnell #MC Resource Management Law Association | Te Kahui Ture Taiao
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MC’s William Fotherby, Michael Kilkelly and Carissa Jordan have authored the New Zealand chapter for the recently published Ninth Edition of the Practitioner’s Guide to Global Investigations. An essential resource for legal practitioners, in-house counsel and compliance officers worldwide, the guide offers valuable insights from leading lawyers from all major jurisdictions across the globe. Each regional chapter identifies the local nuances of law and practice that practitioners may encounter in responding to a cross-border investigation. Both the New Zealand chapter and full report can be read here https://lnkd.in/euUk8R6U #CrossBorderInvestigations #GlobalInvestigations #MeredithConnell #MC #GIR #GlobalInvestigationsReview
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MC partner Royal Reed is one of the founding members of On Being Bold, and facilitated “The Future of our Largest Industries” panel of Antonia Watson, Miles Hurrell and Neal Barclay, together with Alison Gerry, at the Bold Steps Conference yesterday. The conference continues to be an inspirational platform and this year’s line-up of speakers didn’t disappoint! All of the MC team who attended, including Kathleen Morrison, Julia Carlyon, Olivia Klaassen and Paul Cottingham, really valued the range of empowering leadership journeys that were shared. #OnBeingBold #BoldStepsConference2024 #EmpoweringWomen #LeadershipJourneys #Inspiration
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