School of Law

Lecturer in Animal Law

I originally trained as a veterinarian and ran a successful chain of veterinary practices in New Zealand.  Alongside this I developed a media career as a presenter on a range of television programmes; a columnist for national magazines; writer of three books and talkback host on the radio dealing with a host of owners questions from skin problems to behavioural issues.

Subsequently I completed a law degree with the specific intention of getting involved in the field of animal welfare law.  I subsequently became an enrolled Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand and while working as a solicitor in general law I wrote a course on animals and the law which has since been taught in law schools and veterinary schools in both New Zealand and England.

Currently, as well as being a law lecturer and conference speaker, I am also the Director of International Animal-Law, a member of the International Advisory Board of CIWF, an external associate of the OIE (World Animal Health Organisation) and a prosecutor for the New Zealand government (Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry).