Qualifications
BA/LLB (First Class Honours), University of Auckland; LLM, University of Chicago
Admitted
New Zealand, 2017
Charlotte is a litigator specialising in complex commercial and regulatory disputes, administrative challenges, public law claims and criminal matters.
She has experience acting for public and private sector clients, including high-net-worth and high-profile individuals, and has appeared in the District and High Courts and the Court of Appeal, as well as in other dispute resolution processes.
Before joining Chapman Tripp, Charlotte practised at a leading litigation boutique offshore and as a junior barrister at a leading New Zealand chambers. She holds an LLM from the University of Chicago, which she completed as a recipient of the Law Foundation’s Ethel Benjamin Scholarship and with support from the Spencer Mason Trust.
Recent highlights
- Acting for the defendants in a complex cross-border dispute in the UK High Court and Court of Appeal.
- Acting for the defendants in a dispute with His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs involving a claim for hundreds of millions of pounds, including applications for freezing orders.
- Acting in an appeal against a disqualification order made by the Charity Commission in relation to a high-profile trustee.
- Representing the Attorney-General of Samoa in relation to the constitutionality of the 2021 Samoan election.
- Acting for a defendant in the Serious Fraud Office’s 2022 political donation prosecution.
- Acting for regulators and private parties in relation to regulatory investigations and disputes.
Affiliations
- Member of the Auckland Women’s Law Association.
