Friday, 17 October 2025
Chair
Kathryn Lydiard, Barrister, FortyEight Shortland
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD hour
* This interactive online recording includes questions and quizzes requiring critical thinking about the topics, so you have no annual limits to the number of points/hours you can claim with this format of learning. Please verify with your CPD rules
Expert Evidence in Construction Disputes
- Use of single experts in litigation
- Lessons from recent NZ decisions
- Role of technical expertise in resolving disputes
Presented by John Walton, Barrister, Arbitrator, Commercial Mediator, Bankside Chambers
Learning Objectives:
- Understand how and when to use single experts in construction litigation
- Examine lessons from recent NZ case law involving expert testimony
Presenters
John Walton, Arbitrator, Commercial Mediator, Bankside ChambersJohn Walton is a barrister, at Bankside Chambers in Auckland, practising as an arbitrator (both domestically and internationally), construction contracts adjudicator and commercial mediator. He also probity audits and peer reviews major construction and public procurement projects as an independent advisor. John is admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales and in Hong Kong; he is a past President of AMINZ, Fellow of AMINZ, the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in the UK and of the Asian Institute of Alternative Dispute Resolution. He is also a member of the Society of Construction Arbitrators in the UK, and in 2019 was made an Honorary Life Member of the Society of Construction Law.
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Kathryn Lydiard, Barrister, FortyEight Shortland
Kathryn commenced her legal career in 2012 in the commercial litigation group of a large Auckland law firm focusing on construction litigation. Kathryn appeared as junior counsel before the Weathertight Homes Tribunal and High Court, including a number of appeals and judicial reviews. Kathryn also represented clients in insolvency proceedings and was involved in providing advice on a broad range of contentious issues. From 2017 – 2021, Kathryn worked at two commercial firms in Auckland. Her practice was varied and the subject matter she advised clients on included construction law, breach of contract, debt recovery, intellectual property, insolvency and contempt of court. She also advised clients in drafting and reviewing construction contracts. Outside of work Kathryn enjoys spending time exploring New Zealand and competing in multisport events.
