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, judicial review and trust law issues. She has a particular interest in securities, insolvency and trust related matters. She is an author of the Practical Law digest on Farm Debt Mediation (Thomson Reuters) and is editor of Buddle Findlay's quarterly insolvency and restructuring newsletter.
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 member of her children's school Board.
- Member of RITANZ
- Member of WIRI
- Associate of AMINZ
Experience
Sector / Expertise
Work highlights
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 the liquidators of three of the four Tamarind joint venture partners
on the collapse of a significant oil exploration project off the coast of Taranaki
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
Acting for trustees and executors
on claims brought by beneficiaries, including in relation to applications for directions
Alternate contacts
Scott Barker
Partner, Wellington
Scott specialises in litigation and insolvency law. He advises both private and public sector clients…
- DDI +64 4 498 7349
- M +64 21 822 929
Peter Niven
Special Counsel, Wellington
Peter specialises in litigation, insolvency and credit recovery. He advises both private and public sector clients on a broad range…
- DDI +64 4 462 0434
- M +64 21 827 208