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Honor is an experienced criminal and civil lawyer with
particular expertise in serious fraud and regulatory cases.
She represents corporate and individual clients under
investigation or prosecution by regulators including Inland Revenue, the
Financial Markets Authority, Serious Fraud Office (SFO), Maritime New Zealand,
WorkSafe, the Ministry of Primary Industries and Police. Honor also
prosecutes for the Crown as a member of the SFO’s Prosecution Panel and is
appointed as counsel to assist the High Court and Coroner in notable cases.
Honor has a background in human rights law and brings this
expertise to her work in litigation and inquiries. She is a member of the
New Zealand Law Society’s Human Rights and Privacy Law Committee. She has
worked with the International Committee of the Red Cross and Vice-Chair of the
United Nations Committee Against Torture on a pro bono basis.
Prior to joining the bar, Honor worked as a defence lawyer
at the International Criminal Court, consultant to the New York County District
Attorney’s Office and as a Crown Prosecutor in Wellington.
Honor has an LLB(Hons)/BA from Otago and an LLM from
Columbia University in New York. At Otago, Honor won various academic prizes
and was President of the law students’ association. At Columbia, she was a
James Kent scholar, the W Bayard Cutting Jnr Fellow for International Law and a
William Georgetti scholar.