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James Shaerf
Associate

 

London Office
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7653 2000
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7653 2100
jamesshaerf@quinnemanuel.com

Education

 

University of Cambridge, Gonville & Caius College (Master of Law, First Class Honours, 2009)
     Sir Emlyn Wade Prize in Law, 2009
     WM Tapp Studentship in Law, 2008

 

University of Canterbury (NZ) (LLB, First Class Honours, B.A., History, 2005)
     Canterbury District Law Society Gold Medal in Law (top undergraduate), 2005
     Russell McVeagh Award for Excellence in Intellectual Property Law, 2005
     Minter Ellison Rudd Watts Prize in Law (best results in 300-level courses), 2004
     Russell McVeagh Law Scholarship   


Publications and Lectures

 

“Is Guantanamo Bay a “legal black hole?”, in (August 2008) 95 New Zealand Lawyer

 

“Limiting fundamental rights: How on earth is section 5 supposed to work in practice?” in Using the Bill of Rights in Civil and Criminal Litigation (with Dr Andrew Butler) (New Zealand Law Society Intensive, July 2008)

 

Statutory Clarification of the Law of Contract (with Adrian Olney) (Paper delivered to LexisNexis Contract Law Intensive, April 2008)

 

“Groping in the Dark: Contractual Compensation for Uncertainties at the Breach Date” (2007) 13 NZ Business Law Quarterly 195


Prior Associations

 

Russell McVeagh, Wellington (Litigation):
     Solicitor, 2008

 

Law Clerk to the Hon. Justice Mark O’Regan,
     Court of Appeal of New Zealand, 2006-2008


Professional Activities

 

New Zealand representative, Jessup Cup Competition at Washington, D.C., 2006


Admissions
Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand; Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales