Profile

Bethany is a senior associate in Kennedy’s Wellington office. She has a broad civil litigation practice and acts primarily in professional indemnity, general liability, and health / medico-legal claims.

She has experience in defamation, professional disciplinary investigations and prosecutions, coronial inquests, and building and construction disputes including earthquake claims. She has appeared in the Courts at all levels, as well as in specialist Tribunals.  Bethany has a particular interest in health and medical law and regularly acts for health practitioners facing regulatory and disciplinary investigations and civil claims. 

Bethany graduated from Otago University with an LLB(Hons) in 2016 and was admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand in 2017.

Bethany started her career at a large national law firm where she assisted clients with a wide range of commercial, regulatory, and public law disputes.