Erynn Tompkins - Solicitor
When she's not under the water searching for seafood or finding a new hobby to take her out of her comfort zone, Erynn Tompkins takes on the much more sensible role of specialising in general (insurance) and civil litigation at Jones Fee. She has a particular interest in statutory and public liability, health and safety and professional indemnity claims.
Erynn graduated from the University of Otago in 2004 with an LLB and was admitted as a barrister and solicitor the following May. She joined the Jones Fee team soon afterwards.
Erynn's work for Jones Fee's clients includes defending and advising on resource management and health and safety prosecutions, public liability including leaky building claims, recovery actions and insurance disputes, as well as general insurance and civil litigation.
Erynn has quickly established a solid track record on behalf of clients she represents at Jones Fee. Among her recent achievements she notes:
- Preventing some significant and high profile actions from being initiated against clients
- Negotiating good settlement results for clients without the need to issue proceedings - saving them time, expense and stress
- Assisting partner Philippa Fee in updating the New Zealand chapter of the International Product Liability text, issued by the Centre for International Legal Studies in 2006
- Being invited to give annual lectures at AUT's food legislation class.