Lawyer Auckland

Civil Barrister Auckland New Zealand

Legal advice and legal services in property, contract and tort litigation

Michael Keall is an Auckland lawyer with over 20 years’ experience specialising in property, contract and tort litigation including building and construction, estate and relationship property claims. He has argued cases in the Court of Appeal and conducted trials in the High Court, District Court and various Tribunals.

Michael is a graduate of the University of Auckland and has practised continuously as a civil barrister in Auckland since February 1993.

His specific areas of legal expertise include:

• Contract litigation including disputes over the sale and purchase of land, franchise agreements and commercial contracts
• Property disputes including applications under the Property Law Act
• Caveat applications
• Summary judgment applications
• Relationship Property claims
• Estate Litigation including Family Protection and Testamentary Promise claims
• Defamation
• Commercial Lease disputes
• Shareholder disputes
• Building and construction disputes
• Leaky building litigation including claims in the Weathertight Homes Tribunal
• Regulatory prosecutions including prosecutions under the Fair Trading Act, Building Act and Resource Management Act
• Mediation

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