Qualifications

LLB, Victoria University
Admitted as Barrister and Solicitor (1969)

Specialist practice areas

• Resource management
• Local government law
• Civil and commercial litigation
• Societies and charitable trusts (author of Law of Societies in New Zealand and Members' Meetings)
• Alternative dispute resolution (including appointment as a mediator and arbitrator)
• Competition and fair trading legislation
• Intellectual property

Mobile 0274 523 530

Mark has been a partner of BvonD since 1972, and has experience in most areas of legal practice.  In the last 10 years he has concentrated on the specialist areas mentioned above. Apart from working in Hawke's Bay, he regularly works out of the region, especially in the Manawatu and Horowhenua regions.  He enjoys the challenges involved in his specialties, and focuses especially on strategic and project work.

Mark has been active in Law Society affairs, including being a member of the New Zealand Law Society Environmental Law Committee (2001-2009 and Convenor 2006-2009) and Hawke's Bay District Law Practitioners Disciplinary Committee member (1995-2009 and Chairman 2007-2009). 

He has been and is also involved in community activities, such as the Havelock North Borough Council (1980-86), and being a Toastmaster, Spirit of Adventure Trust volunteer, choral singer and woodturner.