Peter Hunt Email & Phone Number

Proactive, experienced and innovative litigator. Early formulation of litigation strategy based on full understanding of facts and client's needs/interests along with technical legal principles and concepts. We litigate where appropriate but consider and engage full range of strategies including negotiation, arbitration, and other forms of resolution. Acting cross a broad range of insurance litigation cases including professional indemnity, public liability and indemnity advice. I have successfully run a number of large cases since 1998.

Listed skills include Litigation, Dispute Resolution, Civil Litigation, Alternative Dispute Resolution, and 13 others.

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  Partner

  Mcelroys

  Nov 1998 - Present - Auckland

  Areas of Practice: •Professional Indemnity – engineers, architects, real estate agents, valuers, accountants, lawyers•General Liability – fires, construction, horticulture, product recall•Material Damage – earthquake policy response issues•Regulatory and Health and Safety – Work Safe investigations and prosecutions, Commerce Commission, FMA, RMASkills:•Proactive approach to seeing claims through to resolution•Technical and concise reporting and formulation of… Show more Areas of Practice: •Professional Indemnity – engineers, architects, real estate agents, valuers, accountants, lawyers•General Liability – fires, construction, horticulture, product recall•Material Damage – earthquake policy response issues•Regulatory and Health and Safety – Work Safe investigations and prosecutions, Commerce Commission, FMA, RMASkills:•Proactive approach to seeing claims through to resolution•Technical and concise reporting and formulation of strategy•Advocacy. Considerable trial and mediation experience•Access to leading experts•Integrative client service including seminars and trainingRecent and Notable Cases:•Earthquake. Court of Appeal decisions in Marriott, Morrison and Jarden on key issues of automatic reinstatement, merger, indemnity principle, deductible, burden of proof and apportionment of damage across multiple events. •Construction. Acting for leading engineers, architects and construction professionals/companies in construction and infrastructure disputes including leaky buildings, earthquake damage and power stations. Successful defence of engineering firm in 2016 High Court decision over geothermal drilling rig. Striking out of case against insurer under S9 Law Reform Act 1936 and strike out of case against construction company on large leaky building claim•Real Estate. 6 successful cases in the READT over the last 3 years. Successful defence of several licensees in negligence and Fair Trading claims•Valuation. Successful defence of disciplinary issue before Valuers Registration Board and successful resolution of numerous post GFC negligence claims•Accounting. Strike out of 2 separate unmeritorious claims against accountants. Appearing on disciplinary issues and resolution of negligence and equity claims•Legal. Successful defence of leading law firm in 4 week High Court trial and subsequent appeal. Strike out of time barred action. Resolution of numerous and varied negligence and equity claims Show less