Ian is a barrister practising at Left Bank Chambers, in Christchurch.
Ian has a wide range of experience in civil and commercial litigation areas and practices, primarily in the areas of insurance litigation, health law, trust law, professional ethics and discipline, and sports law, and has practised at all levels of the New Zealand Court system, and in the United Kingdom. He also has extensive experience in mediation and arbitration in the sporting context, and in appearing before tribunals including the Sports Tribunal of New Zealand and the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
Ian is a member of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), the World Athletics Disciplinary Tribunal, the Sport Resolutions International Panel of Arbitrators and Mediators, the FIA Anti-Doping Disciplinary Committee, the FIS (International Ski and Snowboard Federation) Ethics Committee and the World Aquatics ad hoc Legal Committee.
Ian’s recent appointments as chair/member of various international disciplinary and dispute hearing panels have included the 2024 World Sailing Independent Elections ad hoc Disciplinary Panel, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Independent Tribunal – Standing Panel for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Davis Cup and Billie Jean King Cup Finals Independent Tribunal, Chair of the Independent Panel, Commonwealth Games Federation Court for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, the 2022 Rugby League World Cup ad hoc Panel, and within New Zealand for numerous sports.
Ian is a former director and President of ANZSLA, was a director of High Performance Sport New Zealand (HPSNZ) for 6 ½ years until December 2021, and was until his appointment to the FIS Ethics Committee a director of Snow Sports New Zealand. Since 2019 Ian has been a member of the New Zealand Lawyers and Conveyancers Disciplinary Tribunal.
