McGechan on Procedure Consulting Editors & Authors
McGechan on Procedure
McGechan on Procedure first published in 1985, is New Zealand's leading and most-cited text on civil procedure. Focusing on the High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court, it takes a practical approach, placing the technical rules of superior Court procedure in their practical and jurisdictional context.
Continued consolidation of legislation and replacement of outdated commentary ensures it is an up-to-date resource of New Zealand procedural law.
Andrew Beck
Andrew Beck's interests are wide-ranging, specialising in tax, commercial, and public law litigation. He has a particular interest in appellate work, and has conducted many appeals in the High Court, Court of Appeal and Privy Council. He has a Masters degree in tax and company law. Andrew has written extensively in the areas of contract, company law, tax and general litigation. He is a co-author of McGechan on Procedure, Introduction to Advocacy, Civil Remedies in New Zealand, and Relationship Property on Death. He is currently a Society representative on the High Court Rules Committee, and convenor of the Society's Civil Litigation and Tribunals Committee.
Jessica Gorman
Jessica is a Senior Crown Counsel (Public Law) in the Crown Legal Risk Group at the Crown Law Office, where she practices predominately in public law litigation and advice, with a particular interest in judicial review. Prior to joining Crown Law, Jessica worked at several medium to large private firms in Wellington in the areas of Treaty of Waitangi settlement negotiations and general civil litigation, with a public law focus. Jessica was the assistant author to Graham Taylor on the second edition of Judicial Review: a New Zealand Perspective (LexisNexis, 2010) and is a reporter for the Procedure Reports of New Zealand and regularly presents seminars on public law and judicial review. Jessica has a BA/LLB(Hons)(1st class) from Victoria University of Wellington and a LLM from Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Jason McHerron
Jason McHerron is a Wellington barrister, specialising in commercial, regulatory and public law litigation. He was admitted in 1996 and has appeared in all of New Zealand's general courts, as well as in specialist tribunals in New Zealand and overseas. Before moving to the independent bar in 2006, Jason was a solicitor at Russell McVeagh, and then Crown Counsel at the Crown Law Office. He became an author of McGechan on Procedure in 2007 and has also contributed to publications and seminars on administrative law and statutory interpretation. Jason is a member of the New Zealand Law Society's Public and Administrative Law Committee and a faculty member of its Litigation Skills Programme.
The Honourable Justice Osborne
Justice Rob Osborne graduated from the University of Canterbury in 1976 and subsequently obtained (part-time) an LLM. He initially worked in litigation roles in Christchurch before a five-year period in the Attorney-General’s Chambers in Hong Kong where he both prosecuted and conducted civil litigation for the Government. On return to New Zealand, he became a partner in Duncan Cotterill. After a brief period at the independent Bar, he served as an Associate Judge of the High Court from January 2009 to December 2018, when he was appointed a Judge of the Court.
Nicholas Wood
Nicholas Wood is a senior associate in the litigation team at Chapman Tripp's Wellington office. He graduated from Victoria University of Wellington in 2001 and holds the degrees of LLB (Hons) and BA (Hons). Nicholas acts for and advises clients on a wide range of issues including complex contractual and commercial disputes, tort law, intellectual property and administrative law. He has been a co-author of McGechan on Procedure since 2008 and is also the author of Sale of Goods in New Zealand (Thomson Reuters, Wellington, 2018).