Areas of practice
A lawyer since 2012, he was a senior adviser to former Attorney-General Dave Moore, and Prime Ministers Sir John Key and Sir Bill English, and has practised on his own account since 2019.
In 2021, he co-authored with Dave Moore He Kupu Taurangi, a history of Treaty Settlements under the National Government. He is currently writing the biography of former National Party Minister of Justice, Ralph Hanan.
Dave Moore has a long-standing interest in New Zealand foreign policy and the arts, and served as a trustee of the New Zealand String Quartet from 2017 to 2023.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
| 2019 | Barrister Sole | |
| 2018 | Senior Legal Adviser Ministry of Defence | |
| 2016 – 2017 | Senior Adviser to the Prime Minister | |
| 2012 | Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand | |
| 2012 | Bachelor of Laws Victoria University Wellington | |
| 2011 – 2016 | Senior Adviser to the Attorney-General | |
| 2011 | Master of Arts Victoria University Wellington | |
| 2008 | Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Victoria University | |
| 2007 | Bachelor of Arts University of Canterbury |
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”.
