Contract, Torts, Equity and Private Law

The following members of staff conduct teaching, research and postgraduate supervision in the area of Contract, Torts, Equity and Private Law.

Nikki Chamberlain | Lecturer
Email: n.chamberlain@auckland.ac.nz
Phone: +64 9 923 1696
Field of research: Class actions and litigation funding, civil procedure, law of family property, privacy, defamation, intentional torts.

Francis Dawson | Professor
Email: f.dawson@auckland.ac.nz
Phone: +64 9 923 9413
Field of research: Contract, equity, legal history.

Peter Devonshire | Professor
Email: p.devonshire@auckland.ac.nz
Phone: +64 9 923 5638
Field of research: Remedies, obligations, equity, trusts.

Craig Elliffe | Professor
Email: c.elliffe@auckland.ac.nz
Phone: +64 9 923 8990
Field of research: International tax, tax avoidance, tax reform.

David Grinlinton | Professor
Email: d.grinlinton@auckland.ac.nz
Phone: +64 9 923 7230
Field of research: Land law, leases, housing law and policy, property rights in natural resources, mining and energy law, resource management and environmental law.

Mr Rohan Havelock | Senior Lecturer
Email: r.havelock@auckland.ac.nz
Phone: +64 9 923 8020
Field of research: Insurance law, equity and equitable remedies, unjust enrichment and restitution, litigation funding, building and construction law.

Jo Manning | Professor
Email: j.manning@auckland.ac.nz
Phone: +64 9 923 8804
Field of research: Medical law, policy and ethics, tort law and negligence, accident compensation.

Chris Noonan | Associate Professor
Email: c.noonan@auckland.ac.nz
Phone: +64 9 923 7444
Field of research: International competition law, World Trade Organisation, regional economic integration.

Jane Norton | Senior Lecturer
Email: jane.norton@auckland.ac.nz
Phone: +64 9 923 8118
Field of research: Constitutional law and legal theory, discrimination law, religious freedom, freedom of expression, freedom of association, charitable trusts, voluntary associations and unincorporated societies.

Marcus Roberts | Senior Lecturer
Email: m.roberts@auckland.ac.nz
Phone: +64 9 923 8802
Field of research: Contract, torts, vicarious liability, negligence.

Arie Rosen | Senior Lecturer
Email: a.rosen@auckland.ac.nz
Phone: +64 9 923 6738
Field of research: Legal philosophy, philosophy of private law, theory of contract law, politics of private law.

Warren Swain | Professor
Email: w.swain@auckland.ac.nz
Phone: +64 9 923 1275
Field of research: Legal History, Contract, Tort, Restitution, Legal Biography.

Susan Watson | Professor
Email: s.watson@auckland.ac.nz
Phone: +64 9 373 7599
Field of research: The legal relationship between shareholders and boards, the role of the board, corporate governance, the liability of company directors and professionals, the relationship between leadership and governance, the development of internal rules in companies.

Peter Watts | Professor
Email: pg.watts@auckland.ac.nz
Field of research: Agency law, company law, law of restitution

Hanna Wilberg | Associate Professor
Email: h.wilberg@auckland.ac.nz
Phone: +64 9 923 4232
Field of research: Administrative law, tort liability of public authorities, and the law of torts generally

Undergraduate courses

• LAW 131 - Legal Method
• LAW 231 - Torts
• LAW 241 - Contract
• LAW 301 - Land Law
• LAW 306 - Equity
• LAWCOMM 426 - Law and Information Technology
• LAWCOMM 427 - Vendor and Purchaser
• LAWCOMM 442 - Law and Personal Property
• LAWCOMM 429 - Advanced Tort
• LAWGENRL 422 - Women and the Law
• LAWGENRL 427 - Equitable Remedies
• LAWGENRL 432 - Healthcare Law
• LAWGENRL 438 - Housing Law and Policy
• LAWGENRL 445 - The History of the Law of Obligations
• LAWGENRL 450 - Public Authority Liability
• LAWPUBL 453 - Privacy Law
  
• LAWCOMM 455 - Theories of Contract Law

Honours courses

• LAWHONS 721 - Media Law
• LAWHONS 722 - Medico-Legal Problems
• LAWHONS 733 - Studies in Contract Law
• LAWHONS 739AB - Theoretical Foundations of Private Law
• LAWHONS 747 - Restitution

Postgraduate courses

• LAWCOMM 742 - Remedies Law