Senior Associate, Wellington
Rebecca Dudley-Cobb
Contact
- Wellington office
- DDI +64 4 462 0860
- M +64 27 692 3200
Profile
Rebecca specialises in public sector legal support, including public sector contracting and procurement, and health and information law.
Rebecca regularly advises public sector clients on contracting and funding arrangements. She also advises clients on Official Information Act and Privacy Act issues. In the privacy space, she advises clients on their obligations relating to the collection, use, and sharing of personal information, privacy/information policies, and how to respond to privacy complaints. Rebecca works with a range of incorporated societies and charities on governance issues, in particular development of, and compliance with, their constitutions. Rebecca also has significant experience responding to a Royal Commission of Inquiry.
Rebecca has specialist expertise in the health sector, where she advises District Health Boards, the Ministry of Health and other public health sector agencies on a wide range of legal issues.
Experience
Sector / Expertise
- Public sector legal support
- Public sector procurement and contracting
- Official information law
- Privacy and data protection
- Health
- Advocacy and government relations
- Corporate governance
- Public and administrative law
- Administrative law, consultation and judicial review
- Policy and legislation development
Work highlights
Advising all District Health Boards
on the new Integrated Community Pharmacy Services Agreement, the agreement between DHBs and every community pharmacy provider in Aotearoa
Advising all District Health Boards
on the age-related residential care contract, the mechanism for public funding of rest home care in New Zealand
Assisting the Ministry of Health
with its response to the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in State Care, including extensive collaborative work with other government agencies involved in the response
Drafting the new PHO Services Agreement
under which District Health Boards provide funding to Primary Health Organisations to deliver primary care services (including GP services), and advising on the annual review of that agreement
Working in-house
over the course of several secondments, with various clients, including secondments to the Ministry of Health
Alternate contacts
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Partner, Wellington
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- DDI +64 4 498 7318
- M +64 21 449 993
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- DDI +64 4 498 7344
- M +64 21 727 940
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