Special Counsel, Wellington
Bridie McKinnon
Contact
- Wellington office
- DDI +64 3 371 3563
- M +64 21 0252 8460
Profile
Bridie has experience in a range of litigation matters including contractual disputes, insolvency and credit recovery, insurance, securities enforcement, property law disputes, negligence and trust law issues.
Bridie offers pragmatic and tailored advice on all aspects of litigation strategy and has appeared in the New Zealand Court of Appeal, High Court and District Court as sole and junior counsel.
- Associate member of the Arbitrators’ and Mediators’ Institute of New Zealand
- Member of RITANZ
- Member of WIRI
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 a large corporate client
in relation to a Serious Fraud Office investigation, including assisting with compliance with notices issued under s9 Serious Fraud Office Act 1990
Acting for a large corporate client
in the successful defence of civil proceedings brought against in by an offshore importer
Acting for the voluntary administrators
(later liquidators) of Arrow Construction
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