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Eleanor specialises in litigation, dispute resolution, and employment law.
Eleanor's litigation and dispute resolution experience includes advising on complex commercial disputes, civil proceedings, insurance, and insolvency.
Eleanor also has a wide range of employment experience, including advising on issues relating to personal grievances, dismissal, redundancy, restructuring, bullying and harassment. She also has experience in regulatory, and health and safety matters including WorkSafe investigations and prosecutions.
Experience
Sector / Expertise
Work highlights
Advising clients
on employment disputes including restructuring, redundancies, restraint of trades, dismissals, and content of individual employment agreements
Conducting an investigation
into allegations raised by an employee for a large government agency
Advising clients
on insurance disputes relating to earthquake damage to property
Advising Southern Response Earthquake Services
in relation to claims brought in the Canterbury Earthquakes Insurance Tribunal
Assisting with the leading sentencing appeal
under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015
Acting for clients
in the District Court, High Court, Employment Relations Authority and at mediation
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