Welcome to the website of SUE BARKER CHARITIES LAW, a boutique law firm in Wellington providing specialist legal advice in:

• Charities law
• Public tax law, including tax disputes and litigation
• Advocacy
• Legal writing, drafting and editing
• Commercial law

We pride ourselves in providing legal excellence through timely, practical and cost-effective advice to all of our clients.

We also welcome instructions from other practitioners to assist their clients in our areas of expertise, and particularly in charities law and public tax law work.

Director, Sue Barker, Barrister and Solicitor, is an experienced presenter, litigator, author and legal adviser. Sue is co-author of The Law and Practice of Charities in New Zealand (LexisNexis, 2013) and a recipient of the New Zealand Law Foundation International Research Fellowship Te Karahipi Rangahau ā Taiao, New Zealand's premier legal research award. Find out more about Sue here.

For more information, or to inquire about how we can help you, contact us today 
on +64 (0) 21 790 953 or [email protected]  

For information about the Charities Amendment Act 2023, please click here

Sue Barker Charities Law is honoured to have been voted 

                          New Zealand's Boutique Law Firm of the Year 
                   and first runner-up for the Tax Law Firm of the Year award 
                           at the 2013 New Zealand Law Awards.

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