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Sarah O'Brien

Associate
DDI: (+64 9) 915 2961
Email: sarah.obrien@fortunemanning.co.nz

Sarah first joined Fortune Manning’s litigation team in 1998. Sarah returned to Fortune Manning in 2006 after spending three years practising employment law and commercial litigation in the Scottish firm Murray Beith Murray.

PRACTICE AREAS

Employment 
  • Advising employers on Individual Employment Agreements, Collective Employment Agreements, development of policies, restructuring and redundancy, disciplining for misconduct, performance management, termination of employees
  • Advising employees on Individual Employment Agreements, personal grievances, rights during restructuring and redundancy
  • Representing employers, employees and insurers in negotiations, mediations and the Employment Relations Authority
  • Advising parties to mergers and acquisitions on employment ramifications of their transactions
  • Advising insurers and employers on workplace liabilities
Insurance
  • Employment disputes liability
  • Fire and general
  • Wide variety of subrogated recovery proceedings in District and High Courts
Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation of liabilities in District and High Courts
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Qualifications
BA/LLB, University of Auckland 1997
Barrister and Solicitor, New Zealand, 1997
Solicitor, England and Wales, 2001
Solicitor, Scotland, 2001
Postgraduate Certificate in Employment Law, Heriot-Watt University, Scotland, 2001
Memberships
Auckland Women Lawyers’ Association
Auckland District Law Society Inc
New Zealand Law Society
Legal Assistant
Benita Sen
DDI: (+64 9) 915 2973
Email: benita.sen@fortunemanning.co.nz
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