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Ian Haynes ONZM | Consultant
Direct: +64 9 375 1117
Mobile: +64 21 981 134
Phone: +64 9 379 4196
Fax: +64 9 309 4276

Areas of Practice

Construction Law

Local Government

Property

 

Qualifications

BA/LLB, University of Auckland.

Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand (1960).

 

 Associations

Member of NZLS Property Law Section Executive Committee

Chairman of College of Law New Zealand

Chairman of Spencer Mason Trust

Member of LAWASIA Council and Executive Committee

Fellow of College of Law Practice Management

Judicial Conduct Commissioner

 

Ian Haynes ONZM

Consultant, Auckland

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Ian is a Past President of the New Zealand Law Society and a former President of the Auckland District Law Society.

        

As a consultant with Kensington Swan, Ian specialises in commercial property and commercial matters including developments and joint ventures. He has extensive experience in the building, construction and local body sectors. He is frequently engaged as an arbitrator or expert witness in property related litigation matters.

          

Utilising his commercial acumen and expertise in drafting and interpreting contracts, Ian has acted on major construction and commercial property matters.  Ian has provided advice and legal services on acquisitions and development work for numerous clients.

         

Ian has extensive experience in submissions to Parliamentary Select Committees, Commissions and other entities.  He has had frequent dealings with Government officials and Ministers and is a skilled lobbyist.

           

He is well known and respected in law society circles, both in New Zealand and internationally.  He is the architect of a new model for the governance of the legal profession on which the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act is based.