Tuesday, 24 March 2026
Early Bird Discount ends 19 Dec 2025
Chair
James Skinner, Director, Skinners Law
Litigation Update
- Procedural developments: High Court Rules, Commercial List and more
- AI and litigation: opportunities and challenges
- Case law: key recent developments
Presented by Nicole Thompson, Senior Associate, Dentons
Learning Objectives:
- Gain awareness of recent procedural reforms and key litigation decisions relevant to courtroom advocacy
- Understand the challenges and opportunities presented by AI tools in the litigation process
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
Presenters
James Skinner, Director, Skinners LawJames Skinner is an experienced civil litigator who has represented a wide range of clients, from individuals to companies and councils across New Zealand. He has acted in disputes regarding leaky buildings and many other types of construction cases, trusts and estates, commercial, company, property, insolvency and debt recovery, employment, sports appeals, driving offences, and some criminal charges. Over his career, James has assisted clients on all sides of a dispute, including building contractors and homeowners, employers and employees, creditors and debtors, suppliers and customers, landlords and tenants, business owners, and sports professionals. James also has extensive mediation experience. James also offers his services as an independent mediator to parties involved in disputes throughout New Zealand. James is an associate member of the Arbitrators’ and Mediators’ Institute of New Zealand and is passionate about alternative dispute resolution.
Nicole Thompson, Senior Associate, Dentons
Nicole is a Senior Associate in the Dispute Resolution team at Dentons in Auckland. She will become a Partner in 2026 (subject to meeting the Law Society’s regulatory requirements). Nicole has over 10 years’ experience in litigation and dispute resolution. She has worked on a wide range of commercial disputes, including contract, property, construction and banking disputes. She also has experience with contentious insolvency matters. Prior to joining Dentons, Nicole worked at another national law firm in New Zealand, and as in-house legal counsel for a bank in the United Kingdom. Nicole was recognised as a NZ Lawyer Rising Star in 2024.
