Alex Ashmore

BARRISTER
CURRICULUM VITAE
Academic Qualifications:
  • B Com LLB (graduate 1988)
  • Admitted barrister and solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand in 1990
  • LLM (First Class Hons) 2006
    Thesis dissertation only
    Dissertation subject: Normativity and writing on the subject of Lawyer for Child

Professional:
  • Staff solicitor, Chapman Tripp 1990
  • Staff solicitor in Smith & Partners in Waitakere City, 1990-1994
  • Partner in Smith & Partners in Waitakere City, 1994-2007
  • Barrister Sole, 2007 – present day
​Major Areas of Practice:
  • Relationship property, Care of Children Act matters,  and  family protection.
  • Appeals from the Family to higher jurisdictions; and
  • Cases involving the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction.

Summary of some of the reported decisions Alex has been counsel on in the last three years:
  • Thorpe v Barrett [2015] NZHC 3344, Successfully overturned Family Court decision and allowing relocation out of Auckland. 
  • Public Trust v H [2016] NZHC 1578, Successfully overturned Family Court decision granting leave to bring Property (Relationship) Act proceedings out of time. 
  • H v R [2017] NZHC 2617, Counsel to assist the Court on an amicus in relation to Hague Convention on Child Abduction. 
  • S v P [2018] NZHC 2645, Successfully upheld judgment of lower court directing return of children pursuant to the Hague Convention to Australia. 
  • G v R [2018] NZHC 2587, Successfully opposed application for Habeas Corpus requiring ?? child from New Zealand
  • K v P [2018] NZHC, Successful upholding Family Court decision regarding schooling and variation of shared care.