Trish O'Sullivan

Senior lecturer, School of Accountancy, Massey University

Dr Trish O'Sullivan LLB(Hons), MComLaw, PhD
Senior Lecturer, School of Accountancy, Massey University

After working as a solicitor in commercial litigation for seven years, Trish joined Massey University as a lecturer. She completed a Master of Commercial Law with Honours at the University of Auckland in 1999 and completed a PhD at the University of Auckland in 2017. Trish teaches in the areas of commercial and company law.

Trish’s areas of research include consumer law, intellectual property, employment law and corporate distress. She has been admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand.

Publications

2023

Unsubstantiated Representations under the Fair Trading Act 1986 - Commerce Commission Enforcement Bites [2023] NZLJ 233, NZ Law Journal
2022

Protecting the Consumer by Fighting Fake and Manipulated Online Reviews (2022) 29 CCLJ 65. Competition and Consumer Law Journal. 29, 65-77, Competition and Consumer Law Journal
2019

A Review of Consumer Law Policy Principles and Online Shopping Vulnerabilities – do the OECD guidelines help?. New Zealand Business Law Quarterly. 25(1), 3-16, NZ Business Law Quarterly
2018

O'Sullivan, T., & Tokeley, K. (2018). Consumer Product Failure Causing Personal Injury Under the No-Fault Accident Compensation Scheme in New Zealand - a Let-off for Manufacturers? Journal of Consumer Policy 41(3), 211-277 , Journal of Consumer Policy