General Background
Greg is a specialist commercial litigator. He has the skill and experience needed to successfully resolve every kind of business dispute.
He is expert in resolving disputes concerning:
- Contracts
- Companies
- Real estate
- Construction
- Financing
- Trusts
- Insolvency
- Taxation
Greg appears at all levels of the New Zealand courts. He is also well-versed in alternative methods of dispute resolution, including arbitration and mediation.
Before joining the independent bar in 2008 Greg was a litigation partner of the firm Kensington Swan.
Selected Recent Cases
- Napier v Waimana Investments Ltd [2017] NZHC 265 (Interim injunction – Credit contracts)
- Mike Pero Mortgages Ltd v Pero [2016] NZHC 3185 (Companies - Shareholder prejudice)
- Lau v Li [2016] NZHC 1678 (Contract – Assignment)
- Petterson v Hutt [2016] NZHC 1394 (Interim injunction – Insolvency - Liquidation)
- Mike Pero Marketing Ltd v Mike Pero Mortgages Ltd [2015] NZHC 3245 (Companies – Agency)
- To v Huang [2015] NZCA 446 (Sale of land)
- Messenger v Stanaway Real Estate Ltd [2015] NZHC 3352, (2015) 16 NZCPR 335 (Negligence – Real estate agents)
- Concrete Structures (NZ) Ltd v NZ Windfarms Ltd [2014] NZHC 2118 (Construction – Contractual interest)
- Dong v Sun [2014] NZHC 208, (2014) 15 NZCPR 452 (Sale of land - Trusts)
- Planet Kids Ltd v Auckland Council [2013] NZSC 147, [2014] 1 NZLR 149, (2013) 14 NZCPR 694 (Contract – Frustration)
- Polymers International Ltd v Toon [2013] NZHC 1897, (2013) 11 NZCLC 98-017, (2013) 10 NLC 99-172ZB (Personal property securities)
- Healthlink Ltd v Orion Systems International Ltd [2013] NZHC 594, [2013] NZCCLR 15 (Arbitration)
- Delegat v Norman [2012] NZHC 2358 (Companies - Reckless trading)
- Hickman v Turner and Waverley Ltd [2012] NZSC 72, (2013) NZSCR 58, [2013] 1 NZLR 741, (2012) 11 NZCLC 98-011 (Sale of land - Securities)
- General Marine Services Ltd v The Ship “Luana” [2012] NZCA 374, (2012) 21 PRNZ 345 (Admiralty – Indemnity costs)
- Concrete Structures (NZ) Ltd v Waiotahi Contractors Ltd [2012] NZHC 787, [2012] NZCCLR 21 (Construction – Implied terms - Liquidated damages)
- Re Silverdale Developments (2007) Ltd (in Liq); Bunting v Buchanan [2012] NZHC 766, (2012) 11 NZCLC 98-005 (Insolvency – Liquidation)
- Vance v Huhtamaki New Zealand Ltd [2011] NZCA 602, (2011) 10 NZCLC 264,977 (Insolvency – Receivership)
- Gu v Du [2011] NZCA 577 (Real estate agents)
- Swindle v Matakana Estate Ltd [2011] NZHC 373, [2012] 1 NZLR 806, [2012] NZCCLR 4 (Personal property securities – Sale of goods – Conversion)
- Perpetual Trustee Company Ltd v Downey (2011) 21 PRNZ 28 (Conflict of laws – Forum conveniens - Liquidation)
- Case 5 2011 [2011] NZTRA 1, (2011) 25 NZTC 1-005 (Taxation)
- Hannam v Herd (2010) 20 PRNZ 154 (Law practitioners)
- Papakura Pharmacy 2006 Ltd v Parkfield Investment Ltd (2010) 13 TCLR 17 (Contract – Fair Trading – Damages)
- Verano Properties Ltd v De Luen (2010) 11 NZCPR 859 (Sale of land – Specific performance)
Professional Activities
Publications and Seminars
- “Restraint of Trade in Commercial and Employment Contexts” paper presented together with Maria Dew at Auckland District Law Society seminar (2015).
- “PPSA 10 Years On” paper presented at Auckland District Law Society seminar (2010).
- “Trinity Beneath the Surface 1” paper presented at New Zealand Law Society Tax Conference (2009).
- “Insolvency in Practice: Litigation and Enforcement” interactive forum at the INSOL Lexis Nexis Corporate Recovery Conference (2009).
- “Pursuing Claims Against Directors in the New Regulatory Environment” paper presented at the INSOL Lexis Nexis Corporate Recovery Conference (2007).
- “Personal Liability of Directors in Insolvency Situations” paper presented at the Lexis Nexis Company Law Intensive (2007).
- “Dealing with IRD” paper presented at the Lexis Nexis Taxation Skills Accelerator Conference (2007).
- “Tax Disputes Process” paper presented at the International Fiscal Conference (2006).
- “Insolvency Case Law Update” paper presented at the INSOL Lexis Nexis Corporate Recovery Conference (2006).
- “Voidable Transactions: Payments made by Receivers when Trading On” published in the New Zealand Law Journal (2006).
- Chaired Lexis Nexis Taxation Skills Accelerator conference (2006).
- “The Case for a Simplified Tax Dispute Resolution Process” published in the New Zealand Journal of Taxation Law and Policy (2005).