Areas of practice
- Enterprise
- Deep Tech
- Data, Cyber security and AI
Archie was admitted to the bar in 2022 after graduating from the University of Auckland with a Bachelor of Laws. Before joining chambers, he worked as a senior solicitor in the general litigation team at McVeagh Fleming. While there, Archie acted as either lead or junior counsel in a wide range of civil disputes and proceedings in the District Court, High Court, and the Court of Appeal. Notably, he has also been appointed as counsel assisting by the District Court on two civil matters. Archie is interested in all areas of litigation, with a particular interest in commercial disputes, criminal law, public law, and media law. Archie is fluent in English and Bahasa Indonesia. He is a member of the Asian Lawyers Young Lawyers Committee and a Role Model for Inspiring the Future Aotearoa.
News & Insights
What is the difference between aiding and abetting?
REGULATORY PROCEEDINGS & LITIGATION
So what is the difference between aiding and abetting? Aiding, as the names suggests, is helping. To abet means to urge on, instigate, or encourage. In any criminal case a defendant can either be charged as a principal or as a party to the offence.
Rae v Commissioner of Police [2023] NZSC 156
CASE SUMMARY
Does the Supreme Court have jurisdiction to hear an appeal from the Court of Appeal’s decision to decline to recall a judgment in a civil proceeding? The Supreme Court addressed this issue, among others, in an “unusual, combined leave-and-appeal hearing”.
