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Dexter Fry

Senior Associate

Dexter is a Senior Associate in Lander & Rogers' Insurance Law & Litigation group. Dexter specialises in building and construction disputes.

Experience

Dexter advises insurer clients on coverage issues and serves as defence counsel in construction-related litigation.

Dexter has experience representing a diverse clientele in the building and construction sector, including construction companies, engineers, project managers, and other professionals.

Prior to joining Lander & Rogers, Dexter practised at a specialist construction litigation firm in New Zealand for more than five years.

Dexter's areas of expertise include:

  • construction and engineering disputes
  • professional indemnity.

Career highlights

Dexter's career highlights include:

  • advising insurers on various construction matters, including claims relating to defective cladding, and design and construction issues
  • acting in various multi-party proceedings relating to building and construction matters, including gaining experience at trial and appellate level
  • providing counsel on a major building product class action in New Zealand, involving claims alleging negligent design, manufacturing and supply of a cladding product and misleading/deceptive conduct in trade
  • acting on behalf for commercial contractors in relation to disputes arising from large-scale building developments.