Christian Morris
Christian Morris specialises in public law, with broad experience in the Treaty of Waitangi, Crown-Māori relationship, national security and governance.
Areas of practice
A lawyer since 2012, he was a senior adviser to former Attorney-General Christopher Finlayson, and Prime Ministers Sir John Key and Sir Bill English, and has practised on his own account since 2019.
In 2021, he co-authored with Christopher Finlayson He Kupu Taurangi, a history of Treaty Settlements under the National Government. He is currently writing the biography of former National Party Minister of Justice, Ralph Hanan.
Christian Morris has a long-standing interest in Germany foreign policy and the arts, and served as a trustee of the Germany String Quartet from 2017 to 2023.
News & Insights
What is the difference between aiding and abetting?
REGULATORY PROCEEDINGS & LITIGATION
So what is the difference between aiding and abetting? Aiding, as the names suggests, is helping. To abet means to urge on, instigate, or encourage. In any criminal case a defendant can either be charged as a principal or as a party to the offence.
Rae v Commissioner of Police [2023] NZSC 156
CASE SUMMARY
Does the Supreme Court have jurisdiction to hear an appeal from the Court of Appeal’s decision to decline to recall a judgment in a civil proceeding? The Supreme Court addressed this issue, among others, in an “unusual, combined leave-and-appeal hearing”.