Our experienced coronial inquests team provides guidance and representation through every stage of the inquest process.
We have acted in some of New Zealand’s most high profile cases, providing strategic advice and effective representation to our clients.
We understand the unique landscape of an inquisitorial process and ensure that our clients feel well prepared to navigate it. Our pragmatic advice extends to all aspects of the inquest process, including reputational risk and media management. We ensure that the process is managed with the sensitivity and expertise it deserves at every step.
- Acting for Hawke’s Bay Regional Council and Hawke’s Bay Civil Defence Emergency Management Group in the Cyclone Gabrielle inquest.
- Represented an interested party at the Christchurch Mosque inquest.
- Acted for GNS Science in the Whakaari/White Island inquest.
- Represented St John in numerous coronial inquests.
- Acted for Mighty River Power in relation to the inquest into Mrs Mulianga’s death following the disconnection of power at her home.
- Advised a debt collection company during an inquest into a suicide.
- Represented several retirement villages at inquests concerning resident deaths.
- Represented an interested party during the Pike River Royal Commission and subsequent inquest.
- Acted for an interested party in the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care.
