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Success Story: Standing up against MPI

Writer's picture: Ian RobertsonIan Robertson

Legal problems can be stressful, frustrating and understandably worrying enough, but they're even worse when you're going up against a Government Ministry that has significant resources and deep financial pockets funded by the taxpayer.


When one of our clients—a dedicated farmer—faced MPI prosecution for an alleged breach of animal welfare standards, it put enormous stress not only on him, but also his family.


"Animal law" is a specialty area where - like any other subject - the outcomes often reflect the skill, knowledge and expertise of those involved. The defence we put together for this farmer resulted in the Judge's opening remarks to our client being "You're the kind of farmer New Zealand needs more of". It all went very well for our client from there on, and he left the court without paying a dollar as a penalty.

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