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Dr Toni Leah Collins

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Department: School of Law ; QuakeCore

Email: toni.collins@canterbury.ac.nz

Direct Dial: +64 3 3694029

Office: Meremere 308

Language: English

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Fields of Research

  • Land law
  • Landlord and tenant
  • Leases
  • Doctrine of frustration
  • Earthquakes
  • Disaster law
  • Environmental law

Researcher Summary

Toni's research interests include land law and disaster law. She has recently completed her PhD which looked at the effect the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011 had on commercial landlords and tenants. Her current research project is to look at this issue in relation to those affected by the 2016 earthquake in Kaikoura and Wellington.

Toni teaches land law at the School of Law.

Subject Area: Disciplines

  • Law: Environmental and Planning Law; Property and Intellectual Property Law; Business and Commercial Law

Research/Scholarly/Creative Works

Theses / Dissertations
  • Collins TL. (2016) The Doctrine of Frustration, Commercial Leases and the Canterbury Earthquakes. Christchurch. University of Canterbury.
Journal Articles
  • Collins T. (2019) Kelsey v Taniora. Butterworths Conveyancing Bulletin 18(10): 139-140.
  • Collins T. (2019) Kumar v Patel. Butterworths Conveyancing Bulletin 18(10): 138-139.
  • Collins T. (2019) Putt v Putt. Butterworths Conveyancing Bulletin 18(9): 130-132.
  • Esterling S. and Collins T. (2019) Fluid Personality: Indigenous Rights and the Te Awa Tupua (Whanganui River Claims Settlement) Act 2017 in Aotearoa New Zealand. Melbourne Journal of International Law 20(1): 197-220.
  • Collins T. (2018) Lin v Jia. Butterworths Conveyancing Bulletin 18(8): 102-103.
  • Collins T. (2018) Macfarlane v Perpetual Trust Ltd. Butterworths Conveyancing Bulletin 18(8): 103-104.
  • Collins TL. (2018) Ismail v Saheb. Butterworths Conveyancing Bulletin 18(4): 51-52.
  • Collins TL. (2018) Landlord and Tenant Relationships on Shaky Ground after the Canterbury Earthquakes. Journal of the Australasian Law Teachers Association 11: 26-34.
  • Collins TL. (2018) McLennan v Livaja. Butterworths Conveyancing Bulletin 18(2): 23-25.
  • Collins TL. (2018) Movement of land, demolition, fire, silt, waste, pests, population shift: Canterbury coping with its damaged land. Australian Property Law Journal 26(3): 315-332.
  • Collins TL. (2018) Te Kauwhata Developments Ltd v Trustees Executors Ltd. Butterworths Conveyancing Bulletin 18(4): 52-53.
  • Collins TL. (2018) The Canterbury earthquakes and the effect on landlords and tenants with commercial leases. Australian Journal of Emergency Management 33(1): 61-65.
  • Collins TL. (2017) Emmott v Michael Wilson & Partners Ltd. Butterworths Conveyancing Bulletin 17(11): 397-399.
  • Collins TL. (2017) Guo v Bourke. Butterworths Conveyancing Bulletin 2017(11): 391-393.
  • Collins TL. (2017) Jin v Knox Property Investment Ltd. Butterworths Conveyancing Bulletin 17(11): 396-397.
  • Collins TL. (2017) Mortre Holdings Limited v ANCL Investments Ltd. Butterworths Conveyancing Bulletin 17: 367-368.
  • Collins TL. (2017) Vallance v Vallance Nos 1, 2 and 3. Butterworths Conveyancing Bulletin 17(10): 376-377.
  • Collins T., Finn J., Holderness H., Hopkins W. and Toomey E. (2016) The Canterbury earthquakes 2010-11 - selected legal issues. Australian Environment Review 31(9) 3: 324-328.
Chapters
  • Collins TL. (2015) The Problems Encountered by Commercial Landlords and Tenants after the Canterbury Earthquakes. In Finn J; Toomey E (Ed.), Legal Response to Natural Disasters: 301-321. Wellington: Thomson Reuters.
Conference Contributions - Other
  • Collins TL. (2018) Earthquakes shake up relationships too! Curtin Law School, Perth: Australasian Law Teachers Association Conference, 5-6 Jul 2018.
  • Collins TL. (2017) Demolition, silt, waste, pests, population shift: Canterbury coping with its damaged land. Perth, Australia: Australasian Property Law Teachers Conference 2017, 27-28 Sep 2017.
  • Collins TL. (2017) The Canterbury earthquakes and their effect on commercial landlords and tenants. Gold Coast, Australia: Australian & New Zealand Disaster and Emergency Management Conference, 22-23 May 2017.
  • Collins TL. and Esterling S. (2017) Indigenous People, Natural Resources and Legal Personality; Recognition and Protection At Last? Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne: Obligations Group Annual Conference, 7-8 Dec 2017.
  • Collins TL. (2016) Registered Leases and the In Personam Claim. University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand: 13th Australasian Property Law Teachers Conference: Protecting Property through Legislative and Technological Change, 14-15 Apr 2016.
  • Collins TL. (2014) The Interplay between Commercial Leases and the Property Law Acts in the aftermath of the Canterbury Earthquakes. Bond University, Gold Coast, Australia: 12th Australasian Property Law Teachers Conference: Pushing the Boundaries in Property Law, 17-19 Jul 2014.
Oral Presentations
  • Collins TL. (2016) The Doctrine of Frustration, Commercial Leases and the Canterbury Earthquakes. Massey University, Wellington: Disastrous Doctorates 2016.
  • Collins TL. (2014) The Canterbury Earthquakes and Commercial Leases. Massey University, Wellington: Disastrous Doctorates 2014.

Future Research

  • Disaster Law
  • Commercial landlords and tenants
  • Commercial Leases
  • Land law

Key Methodologies

  • Empirical research (questionnaires; interviewing)
  • Nvivo
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