Charlotte Brook
BARRISTER
Charlotte has more than 20 years’ experience in criminal and regulatory litigation. After her admission in 2003 she worked as a Crown Prosecutor in both Palmerston North and Wellington conducting criminal trials in the District and High Courts. She then worked for a major European law firm specialising in professional disciplinary work. In 2010 she joined the Crown Law Office where she was Senior Crown Counsel in the Criminal Group, predominantly conducting appeals on behalf of the Crown in the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court. She joined Kate Sheppard Chambers in 2025. Charlotte is on the faculty for a number of New Zealand Law Society Continuing Legal Education courses and is a lecturer in Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure at Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington.
Qualifications
LLB, Victoria University of Wellington, 2003
BSc (Psychology), Victoria University of Wellington, 2003
Admitted as Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand, 2003
Admitted as Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England & Wales, 2009
Awards and memberships
Winner, Victoria University of Wellington Negotiation Competition, 2002
Winner, New Zealand Law Students’ Association Conference (Negotiation), 2002
NZ Representative, Australasian Law Students Association Conference (Negotiation), 2002
Runner up, International Negotiation Competition, 2003
Member, Criminal Rules Subcommittee, 2012-2015
Fellow, National Association of Attorneys-General International Fellows Programme, 2019
Faculty member, NZBA Mastering Appellate Advocacy, 2019
Member, New Zealand Bar Association | Ngā Ahorangi Motuhake o te Ture
Member, Wellington Women Lawyers’ Association
Faculty member, NZLS CLE Litigation Skills, Advanced Litigation Skills and Expert Witness programmes
Teaching Fellow, Te Herenga Waka | Victoria University of Wellington
Notable cases
Supreme Court
- W & Hoggart v R [decision pending]
- S v Vector Ltd [2020] NZSC 97, [2021] 1 NZLR 1
- Uhrle v R [2020] NZSC 62, [2020] 1 NZLR 286
- Winter v R [2019] NZSC 98, [2019] 1 NZLR 710
- H v R [2019] NZSC 69, [2019] 1 NZLR 675, (2019) 29 CRNZ 221
- Holland v Chief Executive of the Department of Corrections [2017] NZSC 161, [2018] 1 NZLR 771
Court of Appeal
- Kriel & Others v R [2024] NZCA 45
- Waitokia v R [2023] NZCA 224
- W & Hoggart v R [2023] NZCA 155
- Brown, Dickey & Epiha v R [2023] NZCA 2
- Holmes v R [2022] NZCA 340
- Tamiefuna v R [2023] NZCA 163
- Cavallo & Ors v R [2022] NZCA 276
- Solicitor-General v Muraahi [2021] NZCA 214, (2021) 29 CRNZ 938
- Commissioner of Police v R [2021] NZHC 1022, [2021] 2 NZLR 529
- Re Solicitor-General’s Reference (No 1 of 2020) [2020] NZCA 563
