James ['Jim'] Farmer practises as a barrister from Chambers in Auckland.
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...

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  1. Theory of the Case 19-May-2025 I was recently invited to address a group of young lawyers by a law firm on the subject of “The Theory of the Case”. I had to confess that writing down a theory of the case has not been a practice that I have followed throughout my litigation career. However, I found that there is a considerable volume of articles written on the subject which explain the advantages of doing so in a formal way. One that I found particularly helpful was by a Canadian lawyer, Martin Sclisizzi entitled “Theory of the Case How and Why Developed – an Overview”. Sclisizzi More...

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