recognised leaders in the development of the law of negligence
Ko Tainui te waka,
Ko Pirongia te maunga,
Ko Waipaa te awa,
Ko Ngāti Māhanga o Waikato te iwi,
Ko Ngāti Kūkū te hapū,
Ko Pourewa te tupuna,
Ko Shyrelle Mitchell tōku ingoa.
Shyrelle graduated from Auckland University in 2004 and was admitted to the bar in 2005. She commenced work with Heaney’s in 2004.
Shyrelle receives instructions from New Zealand based insurers on a wide range of issues, typically with an emphasis on professional negligence and public liability claims, statutory liability matters and policy interpretation. Instructions include claims against solicitors, real estate agents, design and build professionals and territorial authorities. She also assists insureds with Worksafe inspections and investigations and Commerce Commission investigations as well as complaints about breaches of privacy and human rights.
Shyrelle has appeared before all courts in New Zealand and on a number of occasions as junior counsel in the Supreme Court.
Shyrelle was appointed an associate in 2010 and became a partner in 2014.
We succeeded in having 14 defects, not part of the original WHRS assessor’s report, struck out.
We successfully resisted an application by Stuff for access to the documents on the court file.
A case recently before the High Court demonstrates the issues at play with restraint of trade when purchasing a business.
We successfully defended a complaint made against real estate agents. The Complaints Assessment Committee determined to take no further action on the complaint.
We successfully defended real estate clients from allegations that they had forged initials on a sale and purchase agreement.
We successfully argued in the Tribunal that the claimant’s assignment was invalid, its own claim should be reduced by 50% for contributory negligence and the quantum of the claim should be reduced. The net result was the claim was reduced by nearly 60%.
We successfully defended an application by a ventilation contractor who sought leave after close of pleadings to file a cross claim against the council.
We successfully applied on the council's behalf to adjourn a 12 week trial when the claimants tabled nearly 1,000 pages of reply evidence 5 weeks before the trial was due to commence.