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Privacy Law
The public and employment teams at Chen Palmer have particular expertise in the area of privacy law. Our lawyers are experienced in giving clients advice on complex privacy law issues and providing representation in Privacy Act complaints. We give advice to privacy officers on their obligations, draft privacy policies for organisations, and manage workplace disputes over privacy issues. We have extensive experience advising on issues such as:
- Compliance with the Privacy Act 1993 and industry specific Codes of Practice;
- Complaints to the Privacy Commissioner and claims to the Human Rights Review Tribunal;
- Civil claims for tortuous invasion of privacy; and
- Information sharing and matching regimes.
In addition we are able to provide advice on the Official Information Act and how this important public law tool can be used to help achieve outstanding results.
Human Rights
As a core area of both public and employment law, Chen Palmer is involved in the cutting edge of human rights law in New Zealand and internationally. Human rights law is an often overlooked legal area that we have expertise in; particularly in the public law sphere and how international human rights obligations impact on New Zealand’s domestic obligations. Understanding these obligations and how to apply them produces great results for our clients.
We provide both employers and employees advice and representation regarding their rights and obligations under human rights law, and we provide representation at the Human Rights Review Tribunal and the High Court.