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Bridie has over 15 years' experience in a range of litigation matters in New Zealand and the United Kingdom.  Her experience includes public law inquiries work and regulatory investigations, contractual disputes, insolvency and credit recovery, securities enforcement, property disputes, judicial review, and trust and estate 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, and a board member of her children's primary school (including a past board chair).

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Work highlights

Acting for Wellington City Council

in response to the Crown Review into the failure of the Moa Point wastewater treatment plant

Acting for a high net worth individual

in respect of a significant trust dispute including Family Proceedings Act 1980 and Property (Relationships) Act claims by a former spouse

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)

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