Callum Reid

EXPERTISE

• Public and Administrative Law

• Civil and Commercial Litigation

• Company Law

• Insolvency Law and Restructuring

• Commercial Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution

• Property and Trust Law

Appointments, memberships and publications

Callum is a barrister specialising in commercial dispute resolution and regulatory litigation. He has particular expertise in insolvency law and restructuring developed as a former in-house counsel to the Official Assignee in Wellington and from private legal practice. He has worked as a senior lawyer in leading law firms overseas (including Nabarro Nathanson, London, and Henry Davis York, Sydney) and also in New Zealand (Simpson Grierson, Auckland). He returned to Wellington in 2012 to work with Gibson Sheat’s Wellington office as a litigation consultant.

Callum is skilled in managing and leading effective legal teams and in engaging with key stakeholders to achieve optimal outcomes. He is an experienced advocate having appeared regularly in many New Zealand courts and tribunals.

Callum joined the independent bar in December 2017 and practised as barrister sole at Harbour Chambers in Wellington before joining Barristers.Comm in October 2020.

RECENT CASES

• Applications to set aside statutory demands:
  Arrow Matting Systems Ltd v Impala Equities Ltd [2015] NZHC 1479 (counsel for defendant)

• Applications to set aside voidable transactions:
  Owens & Anor v T R Group Limited [2016] NZHC 427 (counsel for defendant)

• Applications to annul bankruptcy:
  Paterson v Lepionka & Company Investments Ltd [2016] NZHC 1331 (counsel for applicant at adjudication)

• Applications for winding up orders:
  Ezipaint Ltd (in liq) & Ors v Peters Holdings Trustee Ltd [2017] NZHC 3139 (counsel for defendant)

• Interim applications for sale orders under Criminal Proceeds (Recovery) Act 2009:
  Commissioner of NZ Police v Skiffington & Love [2017] NZHC 1687 (counsel for interested party)

• Applications for interim freezing orders:
  Wellington Tenths Trust v Skiffington [2017] NZHC 1646 (counsel for applicant)

• Applications for summary judgment – accessory liability for breach of fiduciary duties:
  Wellington Tenths Trust v Skiffington [2018] NZHC 1261 (counsel for applicant)

• Applications for summary judgment – enforcement of contractual waiver:
  Gerard Holdings Limited v Hobson Project 201 Ltd [2018] NZDC 19561 (counsel for applicant)

• Applications for stay of judicial review proceedings and referral to arbitration:
  Kawakawa Station Ltd & Ors v New Zealand Walking Access Commission [2019] NZHC 791 (counsel for respondent)

 RECENT ARTICLES

• "Your cheque is (or will be) in the mail" and the duty to make “due inquiries” - NZ Law Society, LawTalk, October 2016

• “When the liquidators come calling, are the company’s last financial statements, the last word?” - NZ Law Society, LawTalk, May 2018

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

·         Member of the New Zealand Bar Association

·         Member of the Restructuring, Insolvency & Turnaround Association of New Zealand

·         Member of the Banking & Financial Services Law Association

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