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. Guidelines for Courtroom Conduct for Counsel 01-Sep-2026 Over the years, I have been asked by a number of law firms to outline to their junior staff the “rules” as to how counsel should behave in Court. There was considerable enthusiasm by the recipients and it was plain that this was a gap in their legal and professional education.I say “rules” because there were none that could readily be ascertained. At most there was best practice which could be passed down by senior counsel by example. Judges have not generally been forthcoming in articulating their expectations. That is – until now. In July there was published by the More...

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