Grant joined the Faculty of Law in 2002. His research and teaching specialty areas include New Zealand legal history, negotiation and mediation, and law and literature. Grant is the recipient of a Victoria University of Wellington ‘Excellence in Teaching’ Award.
Areas of supervision
Legal History
Negotiation and Mediation
Law and Literature.
Current research
History of the NZ legal profession
Styles of mediation and negotiation in the NZ legal system
The NZ commercial mediation market.
Selection of publications
Prendergast: Legal Villain? (Victoria University Press, Wellington, 2014).
Law Alive: The New Zealand Legal System in Context (3rd ed, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 2015).
“Devils Down Under: Perceptions of Lawyers’ Ethics in New Zealand Fiction” (2013) 44 (3/4) Victoria University of Wellington Law Review pp 609-630 SSRN.
“Towards a history of mediation in New Zealand’s legal system” (2013) 24 Australasian Dispute Resolution Journal pp 86-101 SSRN.