The 2026 listing of leading New Zealand Workplace Health & Safety Lawyers details solicitors practising within the areas of workplace and occupational health and safety matters in the New Zealand legal market who have been identified by the country’s employment law barristers and solicitors for their expertise and abilities in these areas.
Preeminent
Grant Nicholson, Anthony Harper – Auckland
Leading
Greg Cain, Dentons – Wellington
Olivia Lund, Duncan Cotterill – Wellington
Andrew Shaw, Lane Neave – Christchurch
Recommended
Edwin Boschier, Duncan Cotterill
Kylie Dunn, Smith Dunn – Auckland
Jim Roberts, Hesketh Heny – Auckland
Stacey Shortall, MinterEllisonRuddWatts – Wellington
Previous editions
2025 edition published March 2025
Preeminent
Garth Gallaway, Chapman Tripp - Christchurch
Grant Nicholson, Anthony Harper - Auckland
Leading
Greg Cain, Dentons - Wellington
Stacey Shortall, MinterEllisonRuddWatts - Wellington
Recommended
Erin Davies, Meredith Connell - Auckland
Kylie Dunn, Smith Dunn - Auckland
Olivia Lund, Duncan Cotterill - Wellington
Jim Roberts, Hesketh Heny - Auckland
Andrew Shaw, Lane Neave - Christchurch
2024 edition published May 2024
Preeminent
Garth Gallaway, Chapman Tripp - Christchurch
Grant Nicholson, Anthony Harper - Auckland
Leading
Greg Cain, Dentons - Wellington
Stacey Shortall, MinterEllisonRuddWatts - Wellington
Recommended
Erin Davies, Meredith Connell - Auckland
Kylie Dunn, Smith Dunn - Auckland
Olivia Lund, Duncan Cotterill - Wellington
Jim Roberts, Hesketh Heny - Auckland
Andrew Shaw, Lane Neave - Christchurch
2023 edition published May 2023
Preeminent
Garth Galloway, Chapman Tripp - Christchurch
Grant Nicholson, Anthony Harper - Auckland
Leading
Greg Cain, Dentons - Wellington
Tim Clarke, Bell Gully - Auckland
Stacey Shortall, MinterEllisonRuddWatts - Wellington
Recommended
Erin Davies, Meredith Connell - Auckland
Kylie Dunn, Russell McVeagh - Auckland
Daniel Erickson, Tompkins Wake - Auckland
Hamish Kynaston, Buddle Findlay - Wellington
Olivia Lund, Duncan Cotterill - Wellington
Phillipa Muir, Simpson Grierson - Auckland
Jim Roberts, Hesketh Heny - Auckland
Andrew Shaw, Lane Neave - Christchurch
2022 edition published April 2022
Preeminent
Garth Galloway, Chapman Tripp - Christchurch
Grant Nicholson, Anthony Harper - Auckland
Leading
Tim Clarke, Bell Gully - Auckland
Hamish Kynaston, Buddle Findlay - Wellington
Phillipa Muir, Simpson Grierson - Auckland
Stacey Shortall, MinterEllisonRuddWatts - Wellington
Recommended
Greg Cain, Dentons - Wellington
Peter Chemis, Buddle Findlay - Wellington
Liz Coats, Bell Gully - Auckland
Daniel Erickson, Tompkins Wake - Auckland
Jim Roberts, Hesketh Heny - Auckland
Andrew Shaw, Lane Neave - Christchurch
Bridget Smith, SBM Legal - Auckland
2021 edition published June 2021
Preeminent
Garth Galloway, Chapman Tripp - Christchurch
Grant Nicholson, Anthony Harper - Auckland
Leading
Stacey Shortall, MinterEllisonRuddWatts
Recommended
Greg Cain, Dentons - Wellington
Tim Clarke, Bell Gully - Auckland
Liz Coats, Bell Gully - Auckland
Sherridan Cook, Buddle Findlay - Auckland
Hamish Kynaston, Buddle Findlay - Wellington
Megan Richards, MinterEllisonRuddWatts - Wellington
John Rooney, Simpson Gierson - Auckland
Susan Rowe, Buddle Findlay - Christchurch
Andrew Shaw, Lane Neave - Christchurch
Bridget Smith, SBM Legal - Auckland
Penny Swarbrick, SBM Legal - Auckland
2020 edition published February 2020
Preeminent
Garth Galloway, Chapman Tripp - Christchurch
Grant Nicholson, Anthony Harper - Auckland
Leading
Tim Clarke, Bell Gully - Auckland
Andrew Shaw, Lane Neave - Christchurch
Stacey Shortall, MinterEllisonRuddWatts
Recommended
Kathryn Beck, SBM Legal - Auckland
Emma Butcher, Langton Hudson Butcher - Auckland
Greg Cain, Kensington Swan - Wellington
Sherridan Cook, Buddle Findlay - Auckland
Fiona McMillan, Lane Neave - Auckland
Sean O'Sullivan, Wotton + Kearney - Wellington
Megan Richards, MinterEllisonRuddWatts - Wellington
Jim Roberts, Hesketh Henry - Auckland
Bridget Smith, SBM Legal - Auckland
Penny Swarbrick, SBM Legal - Auckland
2019 edition published April 2019
Preeminent
Garth Galloway, Chapman Tripp - Christchurch
Grant Nicholson, Anthony Harper - Auckland
Leading
Tim Clarke, Bell Gully - Auckland
Andrew Shaw, Lane Neave - Christchurch
Penny Swarbrick,, SBM Legal - Auckland
Recommended
Kathryn Beck, SBM Legal - Auckland
Rachael Brown, Bell Gully - Wellington
Emma Butcher, Langton Hudson Butcher - Auckland
Greg Cain, Kensington Swan - Wellington
Sherridan Cook, Buddle Findlay - Auckland
Anthony Drake, Wynn Williams - Auckland
Aaron Lloyd, MinterEllisonRuddWatts - Auckland
Sean O'Sullivan, Wotton + Kearney - Wellington
Jim Roberts, Hesketh Henry - Auckland
Bridget Smith, SBM Legal - Auckland