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Anthony Drake | Partner
Direct: +64 9 915 6549
Mobile: +64 21 790 140
Phone: +64 9 379 4196
Fax: +64 9 309 4276

Areas of Practice

Employment

Health & Safety

Privacy & Defamation

Auckland Super City

 

Qualifications

LLB, University of Auckland.

Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand (1998).

 

Associations
Employment Law Institute

 

Anthony Drake

Partner, Auckland

“Strategic, professional, responsive and personable.”


Anthony is a partner in the Advocacy team. Anthony recently joined the firm in July 2008. He specialises in employment law and brings a wealth of experience to the firm in relation to employment disputes.

He advises on all aspects of contentious and non-contentious issues including, dismissals, discrimination, redundancy, restraints of trade, confidential information, industrial disputes, and health and safety.

Anthony is a regular commentator and presenter on employment issues. He is the current author of Butterworth’s Forms and Precedents.

Recent examples of significant work Anthony has been involved in include:
 

*advised and successfully represented a multi-national company in relation to an industrial sabotage incident and claim for personal grievance
 

*advised a client in relation to theft and recovery of its confidential information
 

*successfully representing a corporate employer in the Employment Court in relation to determining the status: contractor or employee.