Sam Maling - Arbitration, adjudication & mediation
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barrister & arbitrator

Sam Maling

Curriculum Vitae

Samuel Richard Maling

LLB Canterbury University 1969:
Barrister & Solicitor High Court of New Zealand 1969-98;
Barrister (sole) since January 1999.
Fellow NZ Institute of Directors, (Retd).
Arbitrators and Mediators Institute of New Zealand (AMINZ)- Mediation, Adjudication and Arbitration Panelist; accredited Dispute Resolution; Building Disputes Tribunal with NZ Dispute Resolution Centre. (NZDRC); Family Dispute Resolution Centre ( FDR Centre) & NZ International Arbitration Centre (NZIAC) as a Principal Panelist Arbitration and Mediation.

 

Services Provided

1. Law Professional

  • Barrister services

  • Mentor and litigation assistance for advocates

  • Opinion work

3. Mediation and Facilitation

  • Experienced Mediator and Facilitator

  • Experienced Independent Chair

 

2. Arbitration Appointments:

  • Experienced Arbitrator

  • Full service provided


4. Adjudication Appointments:

  • Experienced Adjudicator

 

Summary of Experience

Law Professional includes over 40 years litigation including advocate roles with a special interest in:

  • Local Authority work (Hospital/Health Board and Port Company)

  • Professional Indemnity Insurance claims for Lawyers, Accountants and Engineers

  • Property and Succession work including Family property disputes

  • Trustee and Trust Company work

  • Corporate and Commercial work including Companies ( Special Investigation) work

  • Tort and contract cases

  • Resource Management Prosecution defence work

  • Public Works including High Country Tenure Review

  • Judicial Review

  • Professional Disciplinary (Accountants, Lawyers and Motor Vehicle Dealers)

Arbitration: Advocate and Award Experience includes:

  • Landlord , tenant and Lease work (renewals; options; rent and valuation disputes , cancellation, termination and reinstatement of premises)

  • A wide range of contract work including Franchise disputes, interpretation and declaration work, claims for specific performance, damages and injunctions

  • Land and property work including licenses and restrictive covenants;

  • Legal practice and Accounting practice dissolutions, valuation and goodwill issues

  • Family Property disputes

  • Building and Construction disputes including liens and Contractors Warranty

  • Rural Business and farm partnership work including share valuation; taking of accounts; dissolution; share-milking joint ventures

  • Company Governance disputes including share valuations; director differences; pre-emptive rights; minority oppression.

Adjudication: Experience includes:

  • a wide range of residential building disputes including delays, shoddy work, breach of contract, variation claims, cancellation and termination.

  • a wide range of commercial building disputes including contractor and sub-contractor disputes, breach of contract, variation, repair and reinstatement.

Mediation: Experience includes:

  • 25 years Advocate and Mediator roles across a wide range of commercial issues

  • 40+ years case settlement work (all courts)

Facilitation: Experience includes:

  • Independent Chair work on both private and public issues

  • New Zealand Broadcasting Standards – Facilitating and negotiating Codes for Free to Air and pay television; TV and Radio complaints work generally.

Previous appointments include :

  • Partner Lane Neave Lawyers, Christchurch, from 1972 to 1998, Executive Chairman 1994 to 1997

  • Broadcasting Standards Authority Chair 1997 to 2000. A quasi judicial authority determining complaints and code compliance.

  • President Canterbury District Law Society 1994,  Council 1985 to 1994

  • Vice-President New Zealand Law Society 1995 – 1998 (New Zealand Council and New Zealand Law Society Board Member 1993 – 1998)

  • Member – NZ Council of Legal Education 2010 –2018

  • Member-Lawyers and Conveyancers Disciplinary Tribunal 2011-2019

  • 14 years (1996-2010) NZX Listed companies Pyne  Gould Corporation Limited  PGG Wrightson (PGW) and NZ Farming Systems ( Uruguay) Ltd ( NZFSU). Board governance and committee work; listing compliance; Bond and capital issues, prospectus work and investor relations

  • Chair PGC Group 1999-2010.

  • Financial Services (MARAC director and board Chair) Trustee Services ( Perpetual Trust director and Chair)  1996-2010

  • NZ IOD Presenter and Facilitator 2010-2018

  • Chair Foundation Corporate Trust  until 2015- a statutory licensed Supervisor