Solicitor - Auckland

Hugo Wagner-Hiliau

Hugo Wagner-Hiliau

About

Hugo assists in a wide range of commercial and civil proceedings, acting for both government and private clients. He also acts for the Crown in criminal proceedings.

Before joining MC, Hugo was a Judges’ Clerk at the Auckland High Court for two years.

He is a former Editor-in-Chief of the Auckland University Law Review, and co-authored an article featured in the journal’s special issue in 2021.

Hugo also contributed to Litia Tuiburelevu’s seminal research report Pacific Peoples and the Criminal Justice System in Aotearoa New Zealand, funded by the Borrin Foundation and published in October 2023.

Credentials

LLB(Hons), University of Auckland

Authorship:

Samantha Noakes and Hugo Wagner-Hiliau “From 1967 to 2021: The Importance of Student Legal Research” (2021) 27(2) Auckland U L Rev 12.

Litia Tuiburelevu and others Pacific Peoples and the Criminal Justice System in Aotearoa New Zealand (Michael & Suzanne Borrin Foundation, October 2023).