Paul Brown – Lexington Legal

Well educated “in the school of life” meant that my time at school was largely wasted. From there a wide variety of jobs followed, such as diary farming in the Waikato, forestry worker in the far north, tyre fitter in both NZ and Oz, fleet tyre service man, tyre company manager, construction worker, factory worker , – and perhaps the best education of all – at least in the school of life – a taxi driver.

Having been ‘ a jack of all trades’ and a master of none, I commenced my LLB in Auckland – saw the light – and finished it at Canterbury University. I was admitted to the Bar in 1999.

Having initially practiced as a commercial solicitor, I soon specialised in employment law, which remains my area of expertise today. I have also worked in civil litigation, dispute resolution and some areas of commercial, estates and family law.

For the last 8 years I have also been a Disputes Tribunal referee for the Ministry of Justice, and have developed a wide knowledge of commercial law and consumer legislation.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, if you want really clear advice, without any ‘organic fertiliser’ , you will get on well with me.

Lexington Legal is a Christchurch based law firm, who specialise in employment and immigration law.

Our immigration team works mainly in the areas of work and resident visas, but we do all types of visas including study and business investment category visas. We also do a lot of section 61 appeals, for people who have done their own application, and had it rejected by Immigration NZ. If you need help with any type of visa, please give us a call.

We also do recruitment of both local and foreign workers, who want to work in New Zealand. We can arrange the entire process, from providing a short list of workers for you to interview, to picking them up at the airport and arranging accommodation. How much or little we do is over to the client, which often depends on how much experience the client has had employing workers from overseas.

Our employment law team is headed by the partner of Lexington Legal, Paul Brown, who has worked in employment law for many years. We can offer advice to employers on all employment law matters, from disciplinary proceedings and dismissals, to representation at mediation and beyond. We also can assist with Individual Employment Agreements and Independent Contractor Agreements.

We believe in social justice and have a small team headed by our lawyer, Ruth Burgess, who work pro-bono to represent workers who have been exploited both here in NZ and overseas. See our ‘givealittle’ page for more information.

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