Campbell practises in litigation and arbitration, in all areas of commercial law. He appears regularly as senior counsel in the High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court. He has also appeared as counsel in numerous international arbitrations, under all the major arbitral rules.
Campbell received the Sir Alexander Johnstone and Kensington Swan Scholarships as the best overall student at Auckland Law School and the Cleary Memorial Prize as the most promising lawyer admitted to the New Zealand Bar. Campbell began practice at Kensington Swan before serving as a Judges’ Clerk at the New Zealand Court of Appeal from 1993 to 1994. He then took his LLM at Yale University and his PhD at Cambridge University, where he won the Yorke Prize for the best doctoral thesis in law. From 1998 to 2003, Campbell was an Associate of Shearman & Sterling LLP, based in their Paris office and specialising in international arbitration. He is the author of Butterworths Student Companion: Contract and a contributing author for Williams & Kawharu on Arbitration. Selected cases:Totara Investments Ltd v Crismac Ltd [2010] 3 NZLR 285 (SC) Davys Burton v Thom [2008] 1 NZLR 437 (SC) R v Reid [2008] 1 NZLR 575 (SC) Levin v Ikiua [2011] 1 NZLR 678 (CA) ANZ National Bank Ltd v Tower Insurance Ltd [2010] NZCA 267 David v TFAC Ltd [2009] 3 NZLR 239 (CA) Cavell Leitch Pringle & Boyle v Thornton Estates Limited [2008] 3 NZLR 637 (CA) Robertson v Official Assignee [2008] NZCA 500 | Campbell WalkerPartnerBA / LLB (Hons) (Auckland) CONTACTSDDI: +64 (0)9 374 1102 |