Bridget Parham > Tompkins Wake > Hamilton, New Zealand > Lawyer Profile
Tompkins Wake Offices
WESTPAC HOUSE, LEVEL 8
430 VICTORIA STREET, PO BOX 258
HAMILTON
New Zealand
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Bridget Parham
Work Department
Environment and Resource Management | Local Government
Position
Partner
Career
With more than 20 years’ experience practicing law, Bridget specialises in environmental and local government law. She advises local authorities and private sector clients on a wide range of matters including plan development, resource consent applications, rural issues and compliance.
Bridget joined Tompkins Wake in 1996 and became a partner in 2014. She is a trusted advisor to both senior executive and elected members of significant local authorities.
Bridget has acted for and advised:
- Acted as lead counsel for the Waikato District Council and Waikato Regional Council on an application for a municipal solid waste landfill at Huntly. This resource consent application is the leading Environment Court decision on the application of the Vision and Strategy for the Waikato River on resource consent applications. The Vision and Strategy is the primary direction setting document for the Waikato River and its catchment.
- Advised a large farming enterprise on the Board of Inquiry into the Tukituki Catchment Proposal. This project was recognised under the Resource Management Act as a project of national significance.
Memberships
Member of the Association for Resource Management Practitioners
Associate member of the New Zealand Society of Local Government Managers
Education
LLB (First Class Hons), University of Waikato
Lawyer Rankings
New Zealand > Projects and resources management (including environment)
The team at Tompkins Wake handles a range of mandates from rural infrastructure and development projects through to major city transport and wastewater projects and large-scale transactions. Based in the Waikato and Bay of Plenty regions, the practice routinely acts for local authorities, corporate clients and agri-tech companies. The practice is steered by Theresa Le Bas who is noted for her expertise in resource management and local government matters. Hamilton-based Bridget Parham is recommended for her experience in advising on resource management, environmental and local government law.