Business School
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Department of Commercial Law programme advisers, key contacts and a listing of all academic staff.
The Business Student Centre is your first point of contact for all of our undergraduate and postgraduate degree programme enquiries. We're a comprehensive course planning advisory service for prospective and returning students.
Student advisers are available to answer your enquiries on a drop-in or appointment basis. If we can't help you straight off, then we can refer you to the person who can help you the best.
Our services include:
- An information centre.
- Course planning assistance and enrolment advice.
- Computer work stations and a printer.
We are located on Level 1 of the Owen G Glenn Building on the City Campus.
The Business School Bookshop and the assignment drop-off and collection point are located on Level 0. For more information about the bookshop please visit the section on Facilities and resources.
Opening hours
The Business Student Centre is open from Monday to Friday (excluding University holidays). Opening hours are as follows:
- Undergraduate enquiries: 8.30am to 5pm.
- Postgraduate enquiries: 9am to 4pm.
Call Centre
Phone: 0800 61 62 63 (within NZ or +64 9 373 7599 ext 82066 if overseas)
Email: studentinfo@auckland.ac.nz
Professor Craig Elliffe
Director, Postgraduate Studies
Associate Professor Alex Sims
Director, Undergraduate Teaching and Learning
Dr John Ren
PhD Advisor Chair
Philip Cook
Pastoral Care and Counseling Service, Undergraduate Students
Chris Spells
Student-Staff Consultative Committee
Cheryl Yang
Undergraduate programme enquiries
Pam Kam
Postgraduate programme enquiries
Associate Professor Chris Nicoll
Head of Department
Janet D’ Souza
Departmental Manager
A media directory has been compiled listing academic staff and their areas of expertise.
Contact details for staff can be found on the Business School Staff Directory.
| Special interest | Staff Member |
|---|---|
| Arbitration | Michael Josling (SL) |
| Carriage of goods by sea | Chris Nicoll (AP) |
| Capital gains tax | Professor Craig Elliffe |
| Charities and taxation | Audrey Sharp |
| Company law | Professor Susan Watson, Professor John Farrar |
| Consumer protection | Alex Sims (AP) |
| Contract law | Michael Josling (SL) |
| Copyright and trade marks | Owen Morgan (AP), Alex Sims (AP), Rob Batty (SL) |
| Corporate governance | Professor John Farrar, Professor Susan Watson, Professor Craig Eliffe |
| Corporate tax | Professor Craig Eliffe |
| Employees and intellectual property | Owen Morgan (AP) |
| Environmental taxation issues | Audrey Sharp |
| Finance law | Professor Mike Gedye |
| Franchise law | Gehan Gunasekara (SL) |
| Fiscal framework, sustainability, stability | Chye-Ching Huang (SL) |
| Goods and Services tax | Mark Keating (SL), Audrey Sharp |
| Indigenous peoples and taxation issues | Audrey Sharp |
| Innovation | Owen Morgan (AP) |
| Insolvency law | Michael Josling (SL), Professor Mike Gedye |
| Insurance law | Chris Nicoll (AP) |
| Intellectual property law | Alex Sims (AP), Rob Batty (SL) |
| Intellectual property law and policy | Owen Morgan |
| International taxation | Professor Craig Elliffe |
| International trade law | Chris Nicoll (AP) |
| Investment law | Professor Mike Gedye, Professor Susan Watson |
| Maori and intellectual property | Owen Morgan (AP) |
| Maritime and shipping law | Chris Nicoll (AP) |
| Official Information Act | Chye-Ching Huang (SL) |
| Personal property securities law | Professor Mike Gedye |
| Privacy law | Gehan Gunasekara (SL) |
| Professional liability law | Professor Susan Watson |
| Property rights | Chye-Ching Huang |
| Regulatory quality/regulation framework | Chye-Ching Huang |
| Securities regulation | Professor John Farrar, Professor Susan Watson |
| Tax avoidance | Professor Craig Elliffe |
| Tax disputes and administration | Mark Keating (SL) |
| Tax expenditures | Chye-Ching Huang (SL) |
| Taxation law and policy | Professor Craig Elliffe |
| Taxation Policy | Mark Keating (SL) |
| Whistle-blower protection | Gehan Gunasekara (SL) |
Note:
SL = Senior lecturer
AP = Associate professor
