Deborah Clapshaw
Service: Mediation
Area of Expertise: Administrative/Public Sector, Building and Construction, Commercial, Consumer, Employment, Environmental, Franchising, Health and Safety, Information Technology, Insurance, Intellectual Property, Medical and Life Sciences, Property and Property Planning, Real Estate, RMA (Resource Management Act), Trusts, Wills and Estates, Other
BA (Hons) | LLB (Hons) | LLM | FAMINZ
Deborah Clapshaw is a barrister working exclusively as a private mediator in commercial and interpersonal disputes since 1994.
She is on a number of statutory mediation panels including the Weathertight Homes Resolution Service (which she has been on since its inception in 2003), the Domain Names Commission and is an accredited FDR provider. She has been a contract mediator mediating employment disputes for MBIE since 2016.
She taught Mediation and Dispute Resolution at Auckland University Law School for 10 years and was a member of the Human Rights Review Tribunal from 2003 until 2010, Chairperson of the State Housing Appeal Authority and a Real Estate Agents Authority Complaints Assessment Committee Panel member.
She has recently been appointed to the GCCRS panel to mediate Christchurch earthquake related claims. She is an Invited Fellow of the International Academy of Mediators, a Fellow, Disciplinary Tribunal and
Mediation Panel member of AMINZ, and an Advanced Panel member and past member of the Resolution Institute Board. She regularly coaches and assesses mediators for accreditation and offers professional supervision to mediators.