Mark Campbell

He / Him

Special Counsel

Wellington

Litigation

+64 4 819 7872 DDI [email protected] https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-campbell-b019415a/

Profile

Mark is a special counsel in Russell McVeagh’s litigation and corporate advisory teams. An experienced commercial litigator, with a wide range of expertise in the public and private sector, Mark is respected for his analytical skills and pragmatic client-focussed approach to dispute resolution. His areas of specialty include health and safety, insurance, ICT disputes, and data protection / privacy issues.

Mark has acted for clients at all levels of the New Zealand court system, as well as in arbitrations, expert determinations and mediations. He has acted on a wide range of matters including health and safety prosecutions, commercial litigation, judicial reviews, privacy proceedings, and commercial lease disputes.

Related Expertise

Litigation

Employment, Health & Safety

Data Protection & Privacy

Technology & Digital

Insurance

Class Actions

Public Law & Regulation

Experience

Mark's experience includes:

Representing KiwiRail in its successful defence of a judicial review challenging the decision as to the location of railway infrastructure (MADE Group Ltd v KiwiRail Holdings Ltd [2023] NZHC 1780).
Acting for EQC Toka Tū Ake in several class action proceedings relating to the 2010 and 2011 Canterbury earthquakes.
Acting for a public sector client in a multi-million dollar IT dispute.
Representing clients in health and safety investigations and prosecutions being undertaken by NZTA Waka Kotahi, WorkSafe and Maritime NZ.
Acting for the vendor of a business in an expert determination of a complex series of post-completion price adjustment mechanisms with a total claimed value of approximately $35m.
Advising a public sector agency on health and safety matters following a work site fatality.
Representing clients in commercial lease disputes the High Court and Court of Appeal.
Assisting a public sector agency in relation to an independent review of its privacy and data security practices.
Acting for EQC Toka Tū Ake in a test case alleging novel duties of care relating to its functions following the Canterbury earthquakes.
Representing a landlord in ground lease rent review arbitrations, involving issues of contaminated land and remediation obligations.

Acting for a commercial building owner in its $60m insurance claim relating to earthquake damage.
Representing an interested party in a number of Coronial inquiries and inquests.
Representing ACC on reviews and appeals of its decisions under the Accident Compensation legislation.
Acting for a state-owned enterprise in a novel claim for compensation for losses resulting from a landslip caused by breaches of the Resource Management Act.
Acting for Lecretia Seales in the high-profile test case on the legality of aid in dying services.

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