Gillian advises and represents both commercial clients and regulatory bodies in cases involving heavily regulated business environments, including, for example:
- regional airport companies. Gillian has recently advised on landing charges consultations, and a dispute regarding airport security designations.
- regulation of international air carriage under Part 9 of the Civil Aviation Act 1990. This has included advice on the authorisation of a strategic alliance between two international airlines;
- casinos. Gillian advised on discrete regulatory issues relating to casino gambling in the context of the recent New Zealand International Convention Centre Agreement between SkyCity and the Government.Read more
- postal network access. Gillian has recently advised on pricing (including the application of ECPR), and consultation;
- the New Zealand electricity markets;
- telecommunications, including recently the roll-out of Ultra-Fast Broadband.
- the Public Works Act surplus lands offer-back regime. This has sometimes involved significant research into the history of the land ownership;
More recently Gillian has also acted in litigation involving alleged tax avoidance.
In these contexts Gillian frequently provides advice on complex issues of statutory and contract interpretation.
This work overlaps with some of Gillian’s other listed practice areas such as public law, competition law, contract law, casino regulation, and trustee law.