Writing & research

Publications

Writing on international law, dispute settlement and the law of the sea.

Selected writing

2027

‘The Development of International Law Through Climate Change Advisory Opinions: The “Hardening” of Due Diligence’ in Benoit Mayer and Massimo Lando (eds), The Advisory Opinions on Climate Change (Cambridge University Press 2027) (forthcoming).

2025

‘Women in WTO Dispute Settlement: The Role of Individuals as Catalysts for Gender Inclusion’ in N. Lamp (ed), Reckoning and Renewal: The World Trade Organization and Its Dispute Settlement System at 30. Essays in Honour of Valerie Hughes (2025).

2025

“Women and the International Law Commission: Knocking at the Door of Gender Diversity” in Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law, Vol 27 (2023): Issue 1 (Jan 2025) 390–421.

2024

“The 1995 UN Fish Stocks Agreement – A Framework for the Future” in Nilüfer Oral and Tara Davenport (eds) UNCLOS at 40: Essays in Honour of Ambassador Tommy Koh (National University of Singapore Press, 2024) 41–49.

2023

“The Influence of Scholarship on the Shaping and Making of the Law of the Sea” The International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law 38 (2023) 1–27.

2021

“Labour Standards on Fishing Vessels: A Problem in Search of a Home?” Melbourne Journal of International Law 22(2) (2021) 308. 

2021

“New Zealand and International Dispute Resolution: Drivers and Influence” in An Hertogen and Anna Hood (eds), International Law in Aotearoa/New Zealand (Thomson Reuters, 2021).

2019

“Arbitrating International Trade Disputes: What does the Future Hold?” presentation to the Arbitrators’ and Mediators’ Institute of New Zealand Conference, August 3, 2019. Available at SSRN.

2018

“Redefining environmental stewardship to deliver governance frameworks for marine biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction” ICES Journal of Marine Science 75(1) (2018) 435–443. 

2015

“International Arbitrations” in P Green, B Hunt and T Kennedy-Grant, Green and Hunt on Arbitration Law and Practice (Thomson Reuters) editions 2015–present.

2015

“Investment Negotiations: Walking the Tightrope between Offensive and Defensive Interests” New Zealand Business Law Quarterly 21(4) (2015) 277–296. 

2014

“The Intervention Procedure in Whaling in the Antarctic: A Threat to Bilateralism?” Australian Year Book of International Law, 32 (2014) 97–112.

2013

“Whaling in the Antarctic: Some Reflections by Counsel” (with Elana Geddis), New Zealand Yearbook of International Law, 11 (2013) 143–158. READ

2010

“Liberal Economics: New Zealand Free Trade Agreements” Research Papers of Wrocław University of Economics No. 134 (2010) 115–130.

2006

D Evans & P Ridings, “A Decade of WTO Dispute Settlement: New Zealand’s Experience” New Zealand Yearbook of International Law 3 (2006) 1–15. 

Speaking & presentations