Capabilities
Commercial Contracts and
Business
Employment Law
French Speaking Services
Leaky
Building Claims
Property,
Building and Construction Disputes
Trust and Estate
Litigation
Kiren is an Associate in the Litigation team. Her career began
here at Martelli McKegg where over a four year period she
progressed from law clerk through to staff solicitor with primary
responsibility for a number of construction law and commercial
disputes and trust and estate litigation as well as judicial
review.
In 2019, Kiren moved to London where she worked at Corbett &
Co, a firm specialising in International Construction Arbitration,
dealing predominantly with the FIDIC forms of contract and ICC
arbitration. While at Corbett & Co, she dealt with disputes
relating to large infrastructure projects in Europe and Africa with
contractors around the globe, acting for the employer in some
instances and the contractor in others.
In January 2022, she returned to Martelli McKegg.
Kiren has extensive experience in construction law, having been
involved in several construction disputes, in Court, under the
Construction Contracts Act adjudication regime and arbitration
under the Arbitration Act and in the ICC. Related to this, she is
also experienced in Property Law Act applications.
She is also passionate about trust and estate litigation and
enjoys finding solutions to clients' problems. She has been
involved with several cases relating to the Family Protection Act,
the Law Reform (Testamentary Promises) Act and the Wills Act.
Kiren has appeared several times in the District and High Courts
of New Zealand as well as the New Zealand Court of Appeal and is an
excellent advocate, having won the Auckland final of the New
Zealand Law Foundation Young Lawyers' Mooting Competition in
2018.
Kiren is fluent in Spanish, French and Catalan, having lived in
Spain, France, Mexico and Chile, and has Bachelor degrees in French
and Spanish. As a result, she has an interest in conflict of laws
and is experienced in enforcing foreign judgments in New
Zealand.
Recent articles
Enforcing foreign
judgments
I can't get any gib! What to do if you risk penalties for late
completion
I'm trying to sell but someone's lodge a caveat on my
property!
When can
you have more than one welfare guardian?
Employer
support during bullying investigations
Domestic Violence - Victims Protection Bill: variation of working
arrangements
Paid leave for
victims of domestic violence
What can you do about
nuisance trees?