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HarrisonStone is a well established Auckland based
employment and commercial law partnership. The firm
has three experienced partners - Richard Harrison, Gretchen
Stone and Mark Aspden - who offer pragmatic advice on:
- Employment law
- Education Law
- Civil Litigation
- Commercial Law
- IT, Internet and Telecommunications Law
Richard Harrison and Gretchen Stone are employment
law and education law specialists. In the employment
field they represent employer and employee clients at
all levels of the New Zealand employment courts and
at mediations. They also provide advice on all aspects
of employment law including collective and individual
employment agreements, health and safety and other compliance
issues, restructuring and redundancy, and personal grievance
claims.
Richard and Gretchen also provide advice to schools
throughout New Zealand on compliance, Board issues,
student discipline and employment issues.
The civil litigation that is undertaken by the firm
ranges from business, shareholder and contractor disputes
through to prosecuting and defending enforcement proceedings.
Richard has appeared in the District and High Courts
on a range of business related disputes ranging from
confidentiality and restraint cases through to shareholder
disagreements, contract interpretation, director duties/responsibilities
and issues relating to suppliers, contractors along
with legislative compliance.
Mark Aspden provides business and commercial law advice.
Mark's areas of expertise include business sales and
acquisitions, negotiating and drafting commercial agreements,
advising on shareholding arrangements and other business
structuring issues, and advice on all aspects of IT,
ISP and Telecommunications law.
Mark has significant in-house legal experience, and
as a result is able to look at issues from a client's
perspective.
Our firm's philosophy is to ensure that, while we understand
the legal theory, we will always look for the most pragmatic
approach, so that we can resolve our client's issue
in the most efficient manner possible.
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