Consultancy
‘John Collinge practises as a Consultant – in Legal Services, Governmental Matters, Policy Issues and Mediation. Arears of interest include:
COMMERCIAL LAW
- Strategic Planning
- Contracts
- Fair Trading Law
- Consumer law
- Marketing and Advertising
- Intellectual Property
- Restraint of trade
- Competition law
- Mediation
- Arbitration
- Bankruptcy and Winding Up
- Financing
- Sale & Purchase
- Securities
- Dispute Resolution
John Collinge was first to establish a boutique commercial law firm –in Queen Street, Auckland in the 1970’s. Published books include Competition Law in New Zealand (Butterworths), Tutorials in Contract (Law Book Company) and The Law of Marketing in Australia and New Zealand (Thesaurus Press).
GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC LAW
- Constitutional Law
- Policy formation
- Submissions to Government
- Government Relations
- Foreign investment
- Infrastructure development
- Administrative law
- Official Information
- Ombudsman
- Resource management
- Statutory compliance
- Managing political risk
John Collinge is experienced in Government at both national and local level, including as President of the National Party and President of the Auckland Citizens & Ratepayers Association respectively. He has been President of the Electrical Development Association of New Zealand, Chairman of the Auckland Electric Power Board and Chairman of the Policy & Finance Committee of the Auckland Regional Authority.
PROPERTY PROTECTION AND PLANNING
- Strategic advice
- Trusts formation
- Estates
- Acting as trustee
- Risk management
- Insurance
- Trust management
- Wills
- Resource management
John Collinge has been involved over a long period as manager of trusts and as trustee, in the protection of property (for example against business risks and other attacks on property) and in estate planning and management of assets generally.
