David Liu
Director
David is the litigation partner and the problem-solver of the firm.
Immigrated to New Zealand in 1995, David has spent more than half of his life in New Zealand. He graduated from the University of Auckland in 2004 and he has a deep and fundamental understanding of the kiwi way of thinking as well as the Chinese way of life, which enables him to provide his clients with cultural insights on how to achieve the best outcomes.
David has a strong focus on civil and commercial litigation. His notable/reported cases include:
- Zhou v Grasshopper Farms Ltd (2010) 12 NZCPR 573
- Brownsons Holdings Ltd v Das (2011) 8 NZCPR 608
- Hangzhou Shengzhe Trade Co Ltd v He [2012] NZHC 3536
- Zhang v Zhai [2014] 3 NZLR 69
- Wang v Vent Group Ltd [2014] NZERA Auckland 119
- Zhou v Qian [2014] NZHC 1662
- Lykov v Wei (2015) 7 NZ ConvC 96-011, [2016] NZAR 28, (2015) 17 NZCPR 166
- Huang v Chung (2015) 30 FRNZ 188
- Qu v Property Partners Ltd (2015) 16 NZCPR 404
- Lau v Li [2016] NZCA 52
- Estate of Chen v Liu [2017] NZHC 911
- Mitchell v Zhang (2017) 7 NZ ConvC 96-021
- Johns v Wu [2019] NZHC 12
- Gao v Zespri Group Ltd [2021] NZCA 442
- Huang v Huang [2021] NZHC 2902
- Maryland Bassett Company Ltd v Taihe Innovation Management Ltd (In Rec) [2023] NZHC 801