Profile
Bridie has over 15 years' experience in a range of litigation matters in New Zealand and the United Kingdom. Her experience includes contractual disputes, insolvency and credit recovery, securities enforcement, property disputes, regulatory investigations, public law and judicial review and trust law issues. She has a particular interest in insolvency and trust related matters.
Bridie offers pragmatic and tailored advice on all dispute resolution processes, and all aspects of litigation strategy. She is a skilled advocate, having appeared in the New Zealand Court of Appeal, High Court and District Court as sole and junior counsel on both substantive matters and applications for urgent relief.
Bridie is an AMINZ Accredited mediator.
- Member of RITANZ
- Member of WIRI
- Associate of AMINZ
Experience
Sector / Expertise
Work highlights
Acting for Wellington City Council
in a high profile judicial review proceeding, in which the Council successfully defended a challenge to its decision to demolish the City to Sea Bridge (Wellington Civic Trust v Wellington City Council [2025] NZHC 2522)
Acting for a state-owned enterprise
in a Construction Contracts Act adjudication related to the construction of strategically important infrastructure valued at over NZ$50m
Acting for the liquidators of Cryptopia (in liquidation)
involving novel legal issues concerning the status of cryptocurrency at law, and the insolvency of corporate trustee companies (Ruscoe v Cryptopia Ltd (in liquidation) [2020] NZHC 728)
Acting for the Reserve Bank of New Zealand
in the liquidation of CBL Insurance (in liquidation) involving the insolvency of a licensed insurance company (Reserve Bank of New Zealand v CBL Insurance Ltd [2019] NZHC 737)
Acting for clients on regulatory investigations
including investigations undertaken by the Financial Markets Authority and Serious Fraud Office
Acting for public entities
in judicial review proceedings, and providing advice on decision-making processes