Craig Langstone > Fee Langstone > Auckland, New Zealand > Lawyer Profile
Fee Langstone Offices
Level 18
51 Shortland Street
Auckland 1010
New Zealand
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Craig Langstone
Position
Partner
Career
Craig is considered one of New Zealand’s leading insurance lawyers. For decades, Craig has appeared in the High Court, Court of Appeal and New Zealand’s Supreme Court, generally as lead Counsel. Craig also has an extensive dispute resolution practice, with a particular emphasis on mediation work. Craig was named a Leading Individual in many Legal 500 editions and is now in the Hall of Fame.
Over the past 35 years or so Craig’s practice has encompassed all manners of insurance. Craig has been involved in the areas of professional indemnity, public liability, statutory liability, D&O, property, construction, motor, product liability, fidelity, crime, health and disability, travel, material damage, and business interruption. Craig heads up the firm’s cyber response team. As a result of his extensive knowledge and wide-ranging experience, Craig is often instructed to provide policy coverage advice, underwriting advice and to draft/redraft insurance policy wordings. He is counsel of choice for many of the larger claims in New Zealand.
Craig has a significant property insurance practice. He has provided extensive advice to insurers arising out of the Canterbury and Kaikoura earthquakes and acted for these insurers in resultant litigation.
Craig’s clients include insurance brokers, insurers, Lloyds’ Syndicates, managing agencies and start-ups. As a result of his years of experience and undoubted expertise, Craig is often called upon to present to insurance industry bodies and groups.
Memberships
- New Zealand Law Society
- Committee member of the New Zealand Insurance Law Association, having been the President previously for seven years
Education
LLB (Auckland University)
Leisure
Football, fishing and topiary
Lawyer Rankings
New Zealand > Dispute resolution
Noted for its ‘deep understanding of the insurance industry and insurance law’, Auckland-based Fee Langstone is variously praised for its ‘friendly, formidable, practical and reliable’ advice. The practice counts complaints, regulatory investigations, and class actions in its key caseload. The team is jointly led by the ‘truly outstanding’ Philippa Fee and Craig Langstone
. Fee regularly represents insurers and their clients in property damage claims, while Langstone is routinely engaged by insurance companies in dispute resolution matters. The ‘client-focused’ Russell Stewart is noted for his expertise in professional indemnity litigation, defending claims against solicitors and barristers, accountants, investment bankers, and engineers.
New Zealand > Insurance
(Hall of Fame)Based primarily in Auckland, insurance is the cornerstone of Fee Langstone‘s practice. Renowned for its expertise in policy advice and indemnity matters, its capabilities also extend to regulatory and compliance work and professional disciplinary complaints. Department co-heads Philippa Fee, who clients describe as a ‘true insurance expert‘ with ‘wide ranging experience across various insurance lines’, and Craig Langstone are leaders in the industry, with Langstone advising across the whole spectrum of insurance matters, including professional indemnity, public liability, business interruption and parametric insurance. Pauline Davies is highlighted as ‘extremely knowledgeable and approachable in the marine field’. Litigators Cecily Brick, Matthew Atkinson, Virginia Wethey and counsel Bradley Alcorn are key practitioners in Auckland.