John Hannan is a highly experienced lawyer specialising in employment law, and in commercial, property, and estate law litigation and advice. He has been involved in major property law cases such as Cornwall Park Trust Board Inc v Chen [2016] 2 NZLR 637. He is currently involved in a right-of-way matter in the Court of Appeal. John was a Senior Lecturer in the Auckland University Law Faculty prior to becoming a senior partner at DLA Piper New Zealand. He joined the independent bar in 2019. He also acts as an investigator and is a qualified mediator.