RICHARD REEVE BARRISTER (LLB, BA(Hons), PhD) NEW ZEALAND BAR ASSOCIATION MEMBER PROPERTY LAW ACT DEFAMATION MEDIATIONS/ARBITRATION GENERAL CIVIL LITIGATION COMPLEX DISPUTES ENVIRONMENT COURT MATTERS CIVIL ENFORCEMENT REGULATORY COMPLAINTS APPEALS EMPLOYMENT DISPUTES OIA REQUESTS LAND RELATED DISPUTES

Richard Reeve 
Barrister





Richard Reeve Barrister
Princes Chambers
PO Box 1424
Level 3, Rodgers House
151-155 Princes Street
Dunedin
 
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I am a barrister sole specialising in civil litigation, which means I am an independent practitioner and litigation specialist typically acting on instruction from solicitors in law firms. I work both independently and with other lawyers in a wide range of fields, from commercial and company matters to complex estates and trusts disputes. Before retraining as a lawyer, I worked as a professional books editor at an academic press, and have high-level written and oral communication skills. Though I try to keep my two lives separate, I am also a well-known New Zealand poet. 


My fields of legal practice are not limited to:

  • General civil litigation and civil procedure (breach of contract, negligence, trespass, breach of trust, breach of fiduciary duty, constructive trusts) 
  • Complex estate, trust and company disputes
  • Family Protection Act and Law Reform (Testamentary Promises) Act claims
  • Complex Probate and other grant-of-administration applications (including resealing of grants in international jurisdictions)
  • Appointing and removing problematic trustees and executors
  • Civil enforcement
  • Debt recovery
  • Personal property securities disputes
  • Land-related disputes (including caveat, mortgage, lease, tree, access, planning and boundary disputes)
  • Property Law Act applications (co-owner deadlocks)
  • Construction disputes
  • Insolvency – both corporate (e.g. statutory demands and liquidations) and personal (e.g. bankruptcies)
  • Shareholder disputes (including prejudiced shareholder and derivative action matters)
  • Agricultural disputes and litigation
  • Employment disputes
  • Regulatory complaints
  • Defamation
  • Relationship property
  • Tenancy disputes
  • COCA applications
  • Protection orders
  • Adoption proceedings
  • Official Information Act requests
  • Environment Court matters
  • Submissions and legal document drafting
  • Appeals
  • Legal, advice, correspondence, research, writing, editing and opinions
  • Applications to Government
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution (mediations, arbitrations)

Richard Reeve Barrister
(LLB, BA(Hons), PhD)
Barrister sole at Princes Chambers, Dunedin
New Zealand Bar Association Member