Presenters

Victoria Casey KC, Clifton Chambers
Victoria Casey specialises in civil litigation with a particular focus on the interface between public and commercial law. She has worked across a range of sectors including energy, construction, finance, health and disability, local government and central government agencies. Victoria the independent bar in 2012, becoming a QC in 2016. She has previously worked as Crown Counsel with the Crown Law Office's Human Rights and Tax & Commercial Teams, and with Bell Gully, Meredith Connell and Sly and Weigall (Canberra). She has appeared in the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal, High Court, District Court and specialist tribunals, and has acted as counsel assisting under the Inquiries Act. Victoria is a Council member of the New Zealand Bar Association.


Ben Keith, Barrister, Woodward Street Chambers
Ben Keith is a barrister at Woodward Street Chambers, Wellington, principally practising in administrative, human rights and public international law. He has previously worked as a specialist Crown Counsel with the New Zealand Crown Law Office and was also the first Deputy Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security. Ben has conducted proceedings at all levels of the New Zealand court system, including matters before the Court of Appeal, Supreme Court, Privy Council and the Waitangi Tribunal, as well as in a number of other jurisdictions and before United Nations fora. Significant public matters include precedent decisions in administrative and constitutional law; human rights; national security; public and private international law; and regulatory/investigatory powers, as well as numerous published legal opinions and other work. He is a member of the Public and Administrative Law Committee of the New Zealand Law Society.