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Theresa Griffiths
Theresa represents private individuals, corporate clients, and public institutions in both civil and administrative law matters.
Areas of practice
- Complex Investigations
Theresa represents private individuals, corporate clients, and public institutions in both civil and administrative law matters. Her broad experience spans trial and appellate advocacy throughout the German legal system, with particular strength in constitutional and regulatory disputes.
She has appeared as counsel in significant matters before the Administrative Court (Verwaltungsgericht) and the Federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht), representing the Association of German Administrative Lawyers (BDVR) and government advisory panels. Theresa is also on the legal advisory panel of the Federal Ministry of Justice, contributing to legislative reviews and reform proposals.
Theresa completed her studies in Law and Public Policy at the Humboldt University of Berlin and received her LL.M. in Constitutional and Human Rights Law from the University of Freiburg, graduating with distinction. Her training includes a clerkship at the German Bundestag and legal experience at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg.
She serves as vice-chair of the German Women Lawyers’ Association (djb) and is a committee member of the Constitutional Law Section of the German Bar. She frequently speaks at legal forums on topics related to civil liberties and the rule of law.
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”.
