About me

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After completing a degree in English literature in 1999, I spent most of my 20s traveling and working as an English language teacher, including 3 years in Japan.  I then decided to settle down a bit and pursue a legal career here in my hometown of Christchurch.  I graduated LLM(Hons) from the University of Canterbury in April 2010.  

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I commenced practice in mid-2009 with the litigation team in a leading Christchurch law firm and was admitted to the bar in October 2009. 

 

In early 2012, I moved to another large Christchurch firm where I practised for about 2 years before accepting a full-time position as a lecturer in the School of Law at the University of Canterbury. 

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I became qualified to practise on my own account as a barrister in mid-2017 and undertook various pieces of work for other barristers in the years following. 

 

I left the University to practise as a barrister full-time in February 2020. 

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I am based in Christchurch but available to assist clients throughout New Zealand, especially in regional parts of the South Island. 

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In my spare time I am a mad-keen trout and salmon fisherman - when I'm not at work or taxi-driving for my two daughters, I'll be plotting my next trip into the backcountry.    

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Contact details:

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E: henry@hhbarrister.com

 

P: 021 253 3078

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Postal address:

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Level 2, Suite 9,

Bonnington House

225 High Street

Christchurch

New Zealand

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