Max completed his LLB(Hons) at the University of Auckland, receiving six first in course awards and a variety of academic awards, including the New Zealand Law Review Prize and various subject prizes. He tutored contract law and Chinese history at the University.
While at University, Max represented New Zealand at the 2019 Philip C Jessup International Law Moot, where the team placed in the top 8 and received an award for the best respondent memorial in the world.
Prior to joining Shortland Chambers, Max worked as a Judges’ Clerk at the Auckland High Court. He is interested in all areas of litigation, with a particular interest in contractual disputes.
Connor graduated from the University of Auckland in 2022 with a BA/LLB (Hons). He received various scholarships and prizes, including a Dean’s Academic Excellence Award. Connor was admitted in 2023.
Before joining Shortland Chambers as a junior, Connor was a Judges’ Clerk at the Auckland High Court and a tutor at the University of Auckland Law School. He has also worked at MinterEllisonRuddWatts and at Milford Asset Management in their legal team. He is currently the lead tutor of contract law at the University of Auckland. His work has been published in the Auckland University Law Review and Public Interest Law Journal of New Zealand.
Connor is interested in all areas of civil litigation, with particular interest in contractual disputes, company law, competition law, defamation and administrative law.
Sam graduated from Victoria University of Wellington in 2020 with an LLB(Hons)/BA. He received first place rankings in three of his four honours research papers and in several other law subjects. He was admitted to the bar in December 2021.
Before joining Shortland Chambers, Sam worked for two years as a Judge’s Clerk to Justice O’Regan at the Supreme Court. During his clerkship, he worked on a variety of civil and criminal appeals, and also assisted with leave applications and jurisdictional questions. Previously, Sam also worked as a Legal & Policy Adviser for Te Aka Matua o te Ture | Law Commission, was research assistant for both a former Court of Appeal Judge and a leading human rights law academic, and tutored law at Victoria University. He currently tutors contract law at the University of Auckland. He has published academic work in the New Zealand Law Journal and the Victoria University of Wellington Law Review.
Sam is interested in all areas of litigation, with a particular interest in contract, trusts and equity, torts, administrative law, and human rights.
Charlie graduated with an LLB(Hons)/BA from Victoria University of Wellington. He graduated first in his year in the field of public law, receiving the Sir John McGrath Prize, among other academic awards. Charlie was admitted to the bar in August 2023.
Before joining Shortland Chambers as a junior, Charlie worked for two and a half years as a judge’s clerk, including for Justice Glazebrook at the Supreme Court and Justice Cooper at the Court of Appeal. He has also worked as both a teaching fellow and tutor at Victoria University and as a research assistant for leading public law and international law academics.
Charlie is interested in all areas of litigation, with a particular interest in human rights, as well as contract, tort and administrative law. He has published academic work in the Victoria University of Wellington Law Review, the Māori Law Review and the Public Interest Law Journal of New Zealand.
Catherine graduated in 2020 with an LLB with First Class Honours from the London School of Economics and Political Science, where she was awarded the Department of Law Commendation Prize for Outstanding Academic Performance and the Atkin Chambers Mooting Prize. She also holds an LLM with Distinction from the University of Auckland. She was admitted to the bar in March 2023.
Before joining Shortland Chambers, Catherine worked as a lawyer at Bell Gully, and tutored commercial law at the University of Auckland. She has previously volunteered for a human rights organization in Ghana, assisted on civil procedure reform in the UK, and worked in several commercial law firms, including two US law firms in London.
Catherine is interested in all areas of litigation, with a particular interest in commercial disputes, regulatory investigations, media law, and public law.
Jamie graduated from the University of Canterbury in 2021 with an LLB(Hons) and a BSc majoring in Biochemistry and Chemistry. He was admitted to the bar in October 2021.
Before joining Shortland Chambers, Jamie worked as a lawyer for three years in the general litigation team at Bell Gully. During this time, he worked on a number of large and complex commercial litigation matters, including in the areas of professional negligence, securities law, insurance and insolvency law. He has also appeared in a range of matters in both the High Court and the District Court as sole and junior counsel.
Jamie is interested in all areas of litigation, with a particular interest in company law, contract, tort, insurance law and insolvency law.
Lewis graduated with an LLB(Hons)/BA from the University of Auckland in 2021. He received the subject prize in Legal Ethics, the Johnston Foundation Prize in Company Law and a Dean’s Academic Excellence Award. Lewis was admitted to the bar in 2022.
Before joining Shortland Chambers, Lewis worked as a Judges’ Clerk at the Auckland High Court. He has also worked as a research assistant to legal academics in areas involving human rights, in the Constitutional and Human Rights team at Crown Law and at Simpson Grierson.
Lewis is interested in all areas of litigation, with a particular interest in contractual disputes, company law, tort, human rights and administrative law.
Jacobi graduated with an LLB(Hons)/BA from Otago University in 2021. He received various scholarships and prizes, including the Legal Research Foundation’s 'Unpublished Undergraduate Student Paper Award' in 2021. He was admitted to the bar in December 2021.
Before joining Shortland Chambers as a junior, Jacobi was a judge's clerk at the Court of Appeal. He has tutored second-year law students at Otago and at Victoria University of Wellington in the subjects of property law, contract law, legal writing and research. His work has been published in the Australian Federal Law Review.
Jacobi is interested in all areas of litigation, with a particular interest in commercial disputes, property, contracts, administrative law and Māori legal issues.
Pita graduated with an LLB(Hons)/BA from Victoria University of Wellington in 2018. He graduated first in his year, receiving the Victoria Medal for Academic Excellence. Pita was admitted to the bar in December 2019.
Before joining Shortland Chambers as a Junior, Pita was a Judge’s Clerk at the Supreme Court for Chief Justice Winkelmann and a tutor at Victoria University. He has also worked at Crown Law, the Law Commission, Parliamentary Service, Morris Legal and Russell McVeagh. Pita is interested in all areas of litigation, with a particular interest in tikanga Māori and the law, as well as contract, tort, human rights, trusts, relationship property and administrative law.
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Hannah graduated with an LLB(Hons)/BCom from the University of Otago in 2020. She received prizes in evidence and resource management law. Hannah was admitted to the bar in March 2021.
Before joining Shortland Chambers, Hannah worked for two years as a Judges’ Clerk to the Hon Justice Gilbert at the Court of Appeal. She has worked as a Teaching Fellow at the University of Otago and Victoria University of Wellington, where she tutored students in property law, financial accounting, legal writing and research.
Hannah is interested in all areas of litigation, with a particular interest in trusts and equity, criminal law, relationship property, consumer law and torts.
Amy completed her LLB(Hons) at the University of Auckland in 2020. She graduated among the top of her cohort, receiving a Dean’s Excellence Award and a Senior Scholar Award. She was admitted to the bar in May 2022.
Before joining Shortland Chambers, Amy worked for two years as a Judge’s Clerk at the Auckland High Court. She was also employed as a tutor in the Law Faculty at the University of Auckland, teaching Legal Method.
In addition to her law degree, Amy holds a BA(Hons) in English Literature from Christ Church college, University of Oxford, and an MA(Hons) and PhD from the University of Auckland. Her experience in academic research, writing, editing and teaching informs her approach to litigation practice and legal research.
Amy is interested in all areas of civil litigation, with a particular interest in trusts and equity, relationship property, judicial review and torts.
