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John is a senior commercial litigation barrister and competition law specialist at Bankside Chambers in Auckland.
He was formerly with national law firm Kensington Swan for 26 years, including 20 years as a partner.
John Land has a particular reputation for leading and managing high value, complex commercial disputes. Examples of John's successful management of large scale complex litigation include the major franchising litigation for Dymocks Booksellers in the High Court, Court of Appeal and Privy Council in which Dymocks was entirely successful, and major patent litigation for Eli Lilly resulting in the successful revocation of a competitor’s patent for the use of chemical compounds for medical purposes. For further detail see here.
John has a leading profile in the field of competition law. He has been senior counsel in a number of major competition law cases including:
John is a prolific writer and presenter on competition law issues. For detail see here.
In 2012 John was a presenter of the New Zealand Law Society roadshow seminar on competition law, ‘Competition Law- The Must Knows”.
John has particular expertise and experience in working with and briefing competition economists.
In 2015 John was appointed a Visiting Fellow in the Law School at Auckland University and has taught the Law School's company law course in both 2016 (semester 1) and 2017-2019 (semesters 1 and 2).
He was formerly with national law firm Kensington Swan for 26 years, including 20 years as a partner.
John Land has a particular reputation for leading and managing high value, complex commercial disputes. Examples of John's successful management of large scale complex litigation include the major franchising litigation for Dymocks Booksellers in the High Court, Court of Appeal and Privy Council in which Dymocks was entirely successful, and major patent litigation for Eli Lilly resulting in the successful revocation of a competitor’s patent for the use of chemical compounds for medical purposes. For further detail see here.
John has a leading profile in the field of competition law. He has been senior counsel in a number of major competition law cases including:
- For the plaintiff retailers (including Foodstuffs, Woolworths (Countdown), Farmers, Noel Leeming, Dick Smith Electronics and Whitcoulls) in the major credit card interchange fees case against Visa, MasterCard and the major trading banks
- For Gullivers Pacific in the High Court opposing the application by Qantas and Air New Zealand for authorisation of their airline alliance
- For the New Zealand Rugby Union in the High Court proceedings relating to authorisation of their player transfer regulations
- For a major airline in defending the air cargo cartel case brought by the Commerce Commission.
John is a prolific writer and presenter on competition law issues. For detail see here.
In 2012 John was a presenter of the New Zealand Law Society roadshow seminar on competition law, ‘Competition Law- The Must Knows”.
John has particular expertise and experience in working with and briefing competition economists.
In 2015 John was appointed a Visiting Fellow in the Law School at Auckland University and has taught the Law School's company law course in both 2016 (semester 1) and 2017-2019 (semesters 1 and 2).
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09 379 1513
john.land@bankside.co.nz
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