Presenters

Tim Rainey, Barrister, Tim Rainey Barrister
Tim Rainey is a specialist commercial litigator who was admitted to the bar in 1992. Since then, Tim has gained extensive experience in all aspects of commercial and civil litigation. He is a highly skilled litigator with over 16 years experience in trial and Appellate Courts and specialist tribunals throughout New Zealand, as well as extensive experience in conducting mediations and other forms of alternative dispute resolution. Tim formed Rainey Law in 2009 after several years as a Partner in one of New Zealand's leading commercial and construction litigation firms and prior to that, many years experience working for a specialist insurance litigation firm.


Tim Jones, Barrister
As one of New Zealand’s foremost property lawyers Tim Jones has been practising since 1975; first at Simpson Grierson and for 38 years as a member of and partner at Glaister Ennor in Auckland.  He led Glaister Ennor’s residential and land development team for many years. That team dealt with a broad range of property transactions from sales and purchases of all types of properties to the sale of developments for property developers including a significant number of unit title developments. Tim developed an intimate understanding of land development following the passing of the Resource Management Act 1991.  He also has a keen understanding and knowledge of unit titles and was involved in the mid-1970s with developers who were the forerunners of the land development industry, using the 1972 Unit Titles Act for multi-unit developments.  Tim has been involved with the drafting of the Unit Titles Act 2010 and the amendment Act 2022. Since 2018 Tim has been practicing as a barrister sole advising on a broad range of land, property and unit title problems. Tim has always been heavily involved in Law Society affairs.  He was the Auckland Vice President of the New Zealand Law Society Board.