James Cowan
Associate, Ōtepoti | Dunedin
B.A, LL.B, University of Otago
James is an Associate in Anderson Lloyd’s Litigation team. He specialises in employment law as well as health and safety and general civil litigation.
Prior to joining Anderson Lloyd James spent six years working in Auckland, first for a large commercial law firm and then in a specialist forensic and employee investigations role in the professional services industry.
He advises on all aspects of employment law and dispute resolution. James has particular specialist expertise in employee investigations involving fraud, conflicts of interest, bullying, corruption, or other serious misconduct across all industries. He is available to conduct and advise on employee investigations. James also advises on privacy, information disclosure, and whistleblowing laws.
James studied at the University of Otago completing a Bachelor of Laws in 2011 and Bachelor of Arts (Majoring in Philosophy, Politics and Economics) in 2012. He was admitted to the bar in 2013.
Publications
- Mistaken payments and employment
- Vaccination exemptions—no easy out for unvaccinated employees
- Legal opinion: employers can require shot
- COVID-19 Contact Record Rules for Businesses
- Scanning or signing in to become mandatory – some privacy implications
- Restraints of trade—”not worth the paper they are written on”?
- NZ Uber drivers contractors not employees
- Employee vs. Contractor—can you really put a label on it?
- Privacy law: The top five changes affecting employers
- Employee investigations: choose your investigator wisely
- Employee vs. Contractor – can you really put a label on it?
- Anderson Lloyd represents Otago Polytechnic in New Zealand’s first judgment ordering a court-ordered enforceable undertaking