Areas of practice
Celine began her legal career undertaking prosecutions on behalf of the Crown and government agencies.
She later joined Russell McVeagh, where she specialised in commercial and civil litigation, while also advising commercial clients on a wide range of regulatory matters.
Throughout her career, Celine has appeared as a civil litigator in proceedings before the High Court and District Court, including appeals, as well as Tribunals, arbitrations, expert determinations, coronial inquests, and regulatory investigations. She has also managed and assisted in numerous High Court judicial reviews and Court of Appeal proceedings for the Treasury Solicitor’s Office in London.
Celine’s current practice focuses on criminal and regulatory litigation, including Fair Trading Act prosecutions, health and safety matters, fraud, and coronial inquiries and investigations. She is also a member of the prosecution panel for the Manukau Crown Solicitor’s Office.
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”.
