Malcolm Couling

Malcolm is Special Counsel in our Litigation team. He specialises in employment law and health and safety, and has particular expertise resolving disputes through mediation and negotiation, which often require a more lateral and creative approach.

Malcolm’s professional career started in the specialist field of employment law, where timely, practical, and cost-effective advice is essential. He then broadened his horizons, spending three years in London, as in-house counsel, focusing on employment law before concentrating on commercial procurement projects for local authorities.

Returning to his home town of Dunedin, Malcolm embraced another challenge – working in Anderson Lloyd’s litigation team and resolving commercial disputes for a wide variety of clients specialising in professional indemnity, health and safety and alcohol licensing. His grounding and exposure to a range of legal work means Malcolm approaches problems collaboratively and strategically to find the right solution for his clients.

Malcolm is currently a trustee on the Dunedin Kindergarten Board and is also a member of the Kaikorai Primary School Board of Trustees.

Publications

• Holidays – all I want for Christmas is a new Act!
• More delays for Holidays Act overhaul
• Holidays Act Reform
• Holidays and annual closedowns – A new Government, but uncertainty remains
• Holidays and annual close downs – in a year of uncertainty
• Holidays and annual closedowns – In a year of uncertainty
• Selling your business? When to tell your employee – the art of consultation
• Holidays and annual closedowns – what you need to know
• Holidays and annual closedowns – What you need to know
• Flexible working – working from the Hoffice
• Employment Obligations during Alert Levels 2 and 3
• Holidays Act and discretionary bonuses
• Triangular Employment – Amendment Act
• Sick leave: Essential Workers’ Leave Scheme
• COVID-19 – Wage Subsidy Q & A
• Lockdown – public holidays and annual leave obligations
• Coronavirus: Key Employment Law questions