Simon is acting for the Director Human Rights Proceedings in a claim against Whaleoil blogger Cameron Slater for breach of the Privacy Act. The primary issue is whether Mr Slater was acting as news media and engaged in news activities when he uploaded personal information about the aggrieved individual. The proceeding was part heard by…
Simon is representing JG Russell in his application for judicial review of the refusal of the Commissioner of Inland Revenue to accept instalment payments towards a $400 million debt. On 26 August 2014, the High Court granted interim orders prohibiting the Commissioner of Inland Revenue from pursuing bankruptcy proceedings until the determination of Mr Russell’s…
On 3 June 2014 Simon attended a roundtable discussion on the future of the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act
Simon is one of the authors of Thomson Reuters’ commentary on civil procedure and contributed to the commentary on the District Court Rules 2014
On 25 February 2014 Simon co-presented a Youth Law Education Law Forum in Wellington with Judge Becroft
Simon drafts submission for the NZLS on the Education Amendment Bill
High Court judgment in February 2014 in A v Hutchinson & Green Bay High School. Simon represented the student in his successful judicial review of the decisions of Green Bay High School to suspend and then exclude him from school. June 2015 – Court of Appeal dismisses appeal brought by the school.
Simon represented the Director of Human Rights Proceedings in the Director’s claim against the Sensible Sentencing Trust for breach of the Privacy Act. On 25 June 2014 the Court of Appeal dismissed the SST’s appeal from the Director’s successful application to strike out an application for judicial review. Subsequently the claim in the Human Rights…
Simon awarded Fowlds Memorial Prize for most distinguished masters student for 2013
