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Trevor Daya-Winterbottom - Senior Lecturer
BA (Hons) in Law (Liverpool John Moores University)
MA in Environmental Law DMU BA (Hons) in Law (LJMU) FRSA,
Fellow of the Royal Society for Arts
Legal Assocoiate RTPI,
Barrister, Lincoln's Inn and New Zealand
Research Areas
- Administrative Law
- Corporate Governance
- Environmental Law
Trevor Daya-Winterbottom is a Senior Lecturer at Te Piringa - Faculty of Law, University of Waikato. His teaching, research, and consultancy focus on environmental law (resource management), administrative law (judicial review and specialist courts), and corporate governance (criminal liability and sentencing). Before joining the Faculty in 2003 he practiced law with Chapman Tripp in Auckland.
He has published 31 refereed journal articles in New Zealand and internationally, and has contributed chapters to 5 published books. His most recent publication is "Climate change, harmonisation, and public policy" in W Gumley and T Daya-Winterbottom (Editors) Climate Change Law: Comparative, Contractual & Regulatory Considerations (2009) Thomson Reuters Lawbook Co.
A current focus of his research is the harmonisation of environmental laws across the Australian and New Zealand jurisdictions.
Trevor has also presented papers at conferences in New Zealand and overseas:
- NZCEL Conference 2009, Property Rights and Sustainability: The Evolution of Property Rights to Meet Ecological Challenges, 16-18 April 2009, University of Auckland
- Australian Sustainability Laws and Water Management: The Future, 17-18 October 2008, Centre for Comparative Water Policies and Laws, University of South Australia
- National Environmental Law Association, 2008 National Conference
- Sentencing 2008 Conference, National Judicial College of Australia
- National Environmental Law Association, 2005 National Conference
- New Zealand Planning Institute Conference 2005
He is Chairperson of the RMLA Editorial Committee, and Founding General Editor of Resource Management Theory & Practice.
Trevor is a scholar-practitioner, and in addition to his academic responsibilities he practices law as a Barrister sole acting for leading commercial clients. Recent work has included hearings and appeals on Environment Waikato Variation 6 - Water Allocation, and appearing before the Court of Appeal in Auckland Regional Council - v - Living Earth Ltd [2009] NZRMA 22. He is also a LEADR accredited mediator.
He has also written and presented submissions to Parliamentary Select Committees on the implications of draft environmental and resource management legislation.
Memberships
- National Committee Member, Resource Management Law Association of New Zealand Inc
- Associate, New Zealand Planning Institute
- Director, Environmental Defence Society Inc
- Director, Ecologic Foundation
- Associate, Environmental Law Roundtable of Australia and New Zealand
- Convener, Environmental Law Special Interest Group, Australasian Law Teachers Association
- Member, New Zealand Centre for Environmental Law
Recent Publications (2004-2009):
Book chapters
T Daya-Winterbottom, "New Zealand Sustainability Laws and Freshwater Management" in V Waye and J McKay (Editors) Australian Sustainability Laws and Water Management: The Future (Forthcoming) The Federation Press
T Daya-Winterbottom, "Climate change, harmonisation, and public policy" in W Gumley and T Daya-Winterbottom (Editors) Climate Change Law: Comparative, Contractual & Regulatory Considerations (2009) Thomson Reuters Lawbook Co pp73-87
T Daya-Winterbottom, "Justice and the Environment" in T Daya-Winterbottom (Editor) The Salmon Lectures - Justice and the Environment (2007) Resource Management Law Association of New Zealand Inc pp7-18
Refereed journal articles
T Daya-Winterbottom, "Right of reply or rebuttal?" August 2008 RMJ pp29-31
T Daya-Winterbottom, "Climate Change Litigation - the Xtrata Case" [2008] 2 Env Liability pp62-64
T Daya-Winterbottom, "Witness Caucusing under the RMA" August 2007 RMJ pp26-29
T Daya-Winterbottom, "Evolving practice - the Environment Court of New Zealand" [2005] 5 Env Liability pp119-127
T Daya-Winterbottom, "RMA Déjà Vu: Reviewing the Resource Management Act" (2004) 8 NZJEL pp209-242
T Daya-Winterbottom, "Specialist Courts and Tribunals" (2004) 12 Waikato Law Review pp21-45
T Daya-Winterbottom, "Green guardian: Resource Management Act Ombudsman?" (2004) 5 BRMB pp182-186
T Daya-Winterbottom, "Primus inter pares: major infrastructure projects under the RMA" [2004] NZLJ pp416-419 & 424
T Daya-Winterbottom, "The law's delay" (2004) 5 BRMB pp158-162
T Daya-Winterbottom, "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder" (2004) 5 BRMB pp146-150
Contributions to reports
M Baird, T Daya-Winterbottom, R Martin, L Perry, & A Skoien "Report on Penalty Infringement Notices (PINS) for Environmental Offences: a step towards consensus on the law across Australia & New Zealand" (January 2008) ELRANZ
M Baird, T Daya-Winterbottom, R Martin, L Perry, & A Skoien "Discussion Paper on Penalty Infringement Notices (PIN) for Environmental Offences" (June 2006) ELRANZ
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