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Privacy Policy
How chambers collects, uses, stores and discloses your personal information — and your rights under the New Zealand Privacy Act 2020.
About this policy
This policy describes how Wakatipu Chambers and its barristers handle personal information collected through this website and through any consultation or engagement that follows. It is written to comply with the Privacy Act 2020 and with our professional obligations under the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 and the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2008.
Each barrister at chambers practises independently. Enquiries made through this website are received by chambers and passed to the barrister whose practice fits your matter; once you engage a barrister, your file is held by him under his own professional obligations.
What information we collect
When you contact chambers through this website — including through the chat assistant — or by email or phone, we collect your name, your contact details, the substance of your enquiry, and any documents or information you choose to share.
If you engage a barrister, he will collect the further information needed to advise you and run the file — which can include financial information, identification documents, correspondence with other parties, and court documents.
Why we collect it
Personal information is collected for the following purposes:
- To respond to your enquiry, direct it to the right barrister, and assess whether we can help
- To provide legal advice and representation, where you engage a barrister
- To meet professional obligations — including conflict-of-interest checks and anti-money-laundering verification
- To keep the records the New Zealand Law Society and Inland Revenue require
How your information is stored and protected
Information is held on the systems used to run chambers and each barrister's practice, with password-protected access and services assessed as appropriate for legal work. Access is limited to the barrister acting on your matter and anyone assisting him on it — all of whom are bound by the same confidentiality obligations he is.
Service providers
Third-party providers are used to operate this website and handle enquiries — including web hosting, email, and processing of messages sent through the site. They process information on our instructions and are bound by their own confidentiality and security obligations.
Some providers process information outside New Zealand. Where they do, we take reasonable steps to ensure comparable safeguards apply, consistent with Information Privacy Principle 12 (cross-border disclosure) under the Privacy Act 2020.
When information may be disclosed
Your information is not shared with third parties without your consent, except where:
- Disclosure is required by law — for example a court order, search warrant or subpoena
- Disclosure is required by the New Zealand Law Society or another regulator acting under proper authority
- A barrister must respond to a genuine claim made against him
- You have consented — for example briefing an expert, involving an instructing solicitor, or a referral to another practitioner
How long information is kept
Client files are kept for as long as the matter needs, and after it closes for a period consistent with professional obligations under the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 and New Zealand Law Society guidance — typically at least seven years, and longer where the law specifically requires. Enquiries that do not lead to an engagement are kept only as long as reasonably needed to follow up, then deleted.
Your rights
Under Part 4 of the Privacy Act 2020 you may ask what personal information we hold about you, request a copy, and ask for anything inaccurate to be corrected. Requests can be made using the contact details below and will be answered as soon as reasonably practicable — at the latest within 20 working days.
Complaints
If you believe your personal information has not been handled appropriately, please raise it with us first using the details below. If you are not satisfied with the response, you can complain to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner at privacy.org.nz.
Contact
Wakatipu Chambers, Unit 1, Level 2, 36 Shotover Street, Queenstown 9300.
Email: pd@blomfieldlegal.co.nz
Changes to this policy
This policy may be updated from time to time. The current version is always available on this page, with the date it was last updated noted below.
Last updated: 29 July 2026.
Make an Enquiry
Tell us briefly about your matter and we'll direct your enquiry to the right barrister at Wakatipu Chambers.