Public international law

Kim v Minister of Justice of New Zealand [2019] NZCA 209; [2019] 3 NZLR 173; [2021] NZSC 57 (No 1) [2021] 1 NZLR 338, [2021] NZSC 57; (No 2) [2022] NZSC 44, [2022] 1 NZLR 38; CCPR 4170/2022:  (joint counsel for appellant) appeal against extradition, including under the Convention against Torture and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; pending before the United Nations Human Rights Committee following interim relief decision June 2022.

Teddy v New Zealand Police [2015] NZAR 80; (2014) 27 CRNZ 1; [2014] NZCA 422: appeal against conviction for maritime offences committed outside territorial waters; lead counsel for successful respondent

Attorney-General v X [2008] 2 NZLR 579 (SC) confidentiality in refugee proceedings concerning crimes against humanity; specialist junior counsel for Attorney-General as successful appellant

Omunkete Pty Ltd v Minister of Fisheries/Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade (High Court, CIV 2008-485-1310) urgent challenge to enforcement against IUU Southern Ocean fishing activity under Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources; lead counsel for successful defendants

Fang v Jiang [2007] NZAR 420 (HC) New Zealand precedent case authority on state immunity and extraterritorial jurisdiction; joint counsel for Attorney-General as intervenor