Carl works with a number of large organisations on a variety of strategic employment issues.  His clients include Fletcher Steel, the Auckland City Council, DB Breweries and Telecom.

Carl provides strategic advice on all aspects of employment law, including:

• Corporate restructures
• Employment agreements and policies
• Personal grievances
• Sales and purchases of businesses
• Health and safety
• Collective bargaining
• Human rights and privacy
• Accident compensation

He regularly attends mediations on behalf of employers, and has been involved as lead counsel in a variety of litigation before the Employment Relations Authority and Employment Court.

Having previously worked within the ACC and the Human Rights Commission, Carl has a great deal of expertise in ACC issues affecting employers, and compliance issues with legislation such as the Human Rights Act and the Privacy Act.

• Lead counsel for Fletcher Steel Limited in defending personal grievance proceedings involving stress, disadvantage and unjustified dismissal issues
• Lead counsel for North Shore City Council in defending proceedings involving aiding and abetting breaches of an employment agreement
• Lead counsel for CanTeen in successfully defending interim reinstatement proceedings
• Junior counsel for Colmar Brunton in successfully defending injunction proceedings in the Employment Court over restraint of trade, breach of contract/confidentiality and fidelity issues
• Junior counsel for the Auckland City Council in a major case before the full Court of the Employment Court on good faith/consultation issues under the Employment Relations Act

• Articles published in Employment Today, New Zealand Herald and National Business Review - Author
• Regular speaker at national employment law conferences