Dawn Legal: Boutique Health & Employment Law Practice | Wellington

Dawn Legal (NZ) is a boutique legal practice specialising in health law, employment law, privacy law, and human rights law. The firm is led by Holly Hedley, an experienced Barrister and Solicitor with over a decade of experience at one of New Zealand's largest firms before establishing her own practice.

The firm has particular expertise in handling sensitive and traumatic situations, including health sector adverse events, coronial matters, ACC cases, and PPPR jurisdictions. As an experienced employment lawyer, the practice conducts investigations in areas involving sexual harm and discrimination, bringing a trauma-informed approach to legal services.

Dawn Legal combines practical legal services with academic expertise and reform interests. The firm's principal holds a Masters of Global Health Law from Georgetown University (USA) and leads the New Zealand Law Society's Health and Disability Law Committee. The practice emphasises restorative justice approaches and delivers legal services underpinned by compassion and pragmatism.