Wellington Barristers
Specialising in general civil, insurance, and public law advice and litigation
Our Barristers
Craig Stevens
Craig Stevens is an experienced Barrister who undertakes a wide range of general civil and commercial, insurance and public law advice and litigation. He frequently appears in all New Zealand civil courts, various Specialists Courts, Commissions, and Alternative Dispute Resolution fora.
Brad Cuff
Brad Cuff is an experienced barrister based in Wellington, New Zealand, with over 25 years of expertise in complex civil litigation, insurance disputes, and regulatory defence across common law jurisdictions (New Zealand and Australia).
Law Dog is a slang term for a lawyer. The phrase became more widely known after a Louisiana Supreme Court case, where police argued that a suspect asking for a “lawyer dog” could have meant an actual dog that was a lawyer, rather than a request for a lawyer. The judge held that the suspect’s request was “ambiguous and equivocal” so his interrogation could continue without the right to counsel.
State of Louisiana v. Warren Demesme, 228 So.3d 1206 (La. 2017)