James ['Jim'] Farmer practises as a barrister from Chambers in Auckland, New Zealand.
He is a Queen’s Counsel, admitted to practise as such in New Zealand, New South Wales, Victoria and the Australian Capital Territory. In addition, he has been admitted to appear on a case by case basis as a non-resident Queen’s Counsel in Hong Kong. He has University degrees from the University of Auckland – Bachelor of Laws and Master of Laws with First Class Honours – and from the University of Cambridge – Ph.D, for which he was awarded the Yorke Prize. He has held academic positions at Auckland, including an appointment as a part-time Professor of Law, and Cambridge, where he was a Fellow of Gonville and Caius College. His field of practice covers all areas of commercial law and public law. He is particularly known for the many appearances that he has made as counsel in competition (antitrust) law cases. More...

Latest Legal Commentary

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

"Criticism of Supreme Court needs to be put in context" as published in the New Zealand Herald 11 May 2012

There is a very long tradition of analysis and criticism of Court Judgments by lawyers, particularly academic lawyers.  In all the common law countries, including the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia and New Zealand, there are many legal journals in which articles are written either praising, but more often probably, lamenting some recent court Judgment.   More...

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