About Us

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Our Constitution

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Support Members
Support members to be healthy, productive, and effective employment law practitioners, creating better outcomes for the people they assist.

Improve Quality
Support members to be healthy, productive, and effective employment law practitioners, creating better outcomes for the people they assist.

Promote access to justice
Support members to be healthy, productive, and effective employment law practitioners, creating better outcomes for the people they assist.

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Our History

The Institute began as the Employment Law Institute and was incorporated as the Employment Law Institute Incorporated. In 2010, it became the Employment Law Institute of New Zealand Incorporated. Known first as “ELI”, it is now commonly known as “ELINZ”.
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  1.  22 November 1995

     the Employment Law Institute held its inaugural meeting in Auckland and passed a resolution that the society be incorporated.

  2.  23 November 1995

    Keith Leigh Peterson of Auckland, Employment Law Consultant, and member of the Institute, made an application for incorporation to the Registrar of Incorporated Societies.

  3. The Support

    Keith was supported in his application by 15 other members of the Institute. You might see some now well-known names and signatures here, including J Horn (then “retired judge”), W C Hodge (then “Law Lecturer”), and the late R Monaghan (then “Solicitor”).

Friends of ELINZ

Established in 2018, Friends of ELINZ fosters collegiality between member and non-member practitioners, creates mutual benefits, and supports better access to justice. Friends are generally senior practitioners who can provide ELINZ with expert, friendly assistance.

Kathryn Dalziel

Kia ora!

My name is Kathryn Dalziel and I am a barrister at Walker Street Chambers in Christchurch specialising in employment and privacy law as well as civil litigation.

I teach in employment law and privacy and have published material in both those areas.  I regularly provide papers and seminar sessions at employment and privacy conferences.  I am also a legal ethicist and believe strongly in the benefits of professional organisation for the members of the profession as well as the public.

That is why I support ELINZ in setting and maintaining standards for the profession of employment advocates as well as helping members with practical advice.  I am available to provide support and advice, particularly in privacy law which often has a part to play in employment disputes.

Please visit my website if you want more information or my contact details:  kathryn@kathryndalzielbarrister.co.nz

Jenni-Maree Trotman

Jenni-Maree is a graduate of the University of Auckland, graduating in 1999 with a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Arts majoring in Japanese.

For over 20 years, Jenni-Maree has represented businesses and individuals on a wide range of civil and commercial matters, employment, property disputes, estate litigation, insolvency and bankruptcy, and construction disputes including leaky building disputes.

Jenni-Maree was a Member of the Employment Relations Authority from March 2017 until her resignation and return to the bar in September 2020.  During her tenure she investigated employment disputes, issued determinations, and assisted parties to resolve their issues through the use of facilitation.

Following Jenni-Maree’s return to private practice, she has continued to provide civil, commercial and employment advocacy, as well as undertaking workplace investigations, mediations and arbitrations.  She has also been providing weekly training to the lawyers at the Auckland Community Law Centre to enable greater access to justice.

Jenni-Maree’s extensive experience has equipped her with the skills necessary to assist parties to identify, address, negotiate and to resolve issues in dispute as a lawyer, mediator, facilitator and arbitrator.

Jenni-Maree is accredited as an Associate Member of the Arbitrators and Mediators Institute of New Zealand and is an Authorised Farm Debt Mediator under s 46 of the Farm Debt Mediation Act 2019

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