Presenters

Dan Parker, Barrister, Capital Chambers
Dan is an advocate with over 30 years’ civil litigation experience. He specializes in construction, insurance, and commercial and property litigation together with trust disputes, judicial review and other civil matters. He has been at the forefront of class action litigation having represented the plaintiff group in their claim against James Hardie since 2015, initially to obtain orders to proceed as a representative action and then in 2020 as counsel in the four month hearing in the High Court followed by the appeal in 2022. He had earlier involvement in the Kiwifruit claim to obtain representative orders. He began practice at Cuningham Taylor in Christchurch, followed by eight years at Philips Fox (now DLA Piper) in Wellington. He founded specialist litigation practice Parker & Associates in 2001. in 2021 he began practice as a barrister at Capital Chambers in Wellington. He has been a regular presenter of seminar papers for the Law Society and Legalwise.

Jai Moss, Barrister, Canterbury Chambers
Jai Moss is a barrister at Canterbury Chambers. He has practiced as a barrister for 10 years and has a broad practice in civil and commercial litigation specialising in contract and commercial disputes, Companies Act matters, defamation, estate and trust matters, insurance, insolvency, professional negligence, and tort. Jai has appeared as junior counsel in the Supreme Court and lead counsel in the Court of Appeal, High Court, District Court, various Tribunals and arbitrations. Jai has also been appointed amicus curiae by the High Court. Jai graduated with Honours from Canterbury University in 1997 and is qualified in New Zealand and New South Wales, Australia. Prior to joining the independent bar, he worked in Magic Circle firms in London, and national and boutique law firms in Sydney and Christchurch.

Rachael Irvine-Shanks, Senior Associate, Chapman Tripp
Rachael Irvine-Shanks is a Senior Associate at Chapman Tripp, based in the firm’s Auckland office. Rachael has experience advising domestic and international clients in the conduct of complex commercial litigation in the High Court and alternative dispute resolution forums. She advises clients on a broad range of commercial disputes but has particular experience in contractual disputes, product liability claims, regulatory and competition proceedings and class actions. Prior to re-joining Chapman Tripp in 2016, Rachael worked for four years at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in London, where she advised on multi-jurisdictional investigations and related regulatory proceedings.


Bill Gambrill, Special Counsel, Martelli McKegg Lawyers
Bill is a commercial litigation lawyer at Martelli McKegg, solicitors in Auckland.  Admitted in 1992, Bill worked in New Zealand and the United Kingdom, before moving to Dubai in 2005. Bill joined Martelli McKegg from Dubai at the beginning of 2020.  His New Zealand career has been in the fields of insolvency proceedings, directors’ duties claim, trust litigation, conflict of laws and enforcement of foreign judgments. In Dubai, Bill acted in proceedings before the English-language, common law courts established in Dubai's International Financial Centre, and also in a number of arbitrations. Bill also worked on cross-border disputes. Bill is a member of the Restructuring Insolvency and Turnaround Association of New Zealand, and a member (associate status) of the Arbitrators' and Mediators' Institute of New Zealand (AMINZ).