Rachel is a member of our Christchurch litigation team. She advises individuals, corporate and local authority clients on local government and resource management issues, commercial disputes and personal and estate litigation.
She has particular expertise in water-related issues having acted for Rangitata Diversion Race Management and Central Plains Water in the context of Water Conservation Order hearings and large scale consent applications under the Resource Management Act.
Rachel appears regularly in both the District and High Courts.
She is qualified to hear and decide matters under the Resource Management Act and undertakes Commissioner work in this field.
Rachel is a council member of the Canterbury-Westland Branch of the New Zealand Law Society, an appointee on a Standards Committee of the New Zealand Law Society. She is a member of the New Zealand Law Society Legislation Committee and the Resource Management Law Association.
- BA (First Class Hons) Massey University
- LLB (First Class Hons) University of Canterbury