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VERIFIED WRITER · CRIMINAL LAW & EVIDENCE DESK

Dr Simon Chalmers — Criminal Law & Evidence Specialist

PhD, LLB · Criminal Law & Evidence · Dunedin

★★★★★ rated 4.9 across 227 briefs

PhD, LLB 15 years Elements & defences Admissibility

Simon works on criminal and evidence papers, and insists every element is addressed separately rather than the offence being discussed as a whole.

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Currently taking briefs — 2 slots open this week
  • PhD, LLB, degree-qualified in the subject he takes
  • Full working shown, then the number interpreted
  • Turnitin and AI reports attached, never sold as extras
  • One free revision against the original brief

DR'S BRIEFS START FROM

NZ$69

A 2,000-word brief booked ahead. Every figure fixed in NZD before you pay.

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227

Student briefs completed on this desk

4.9/5

Average rating students leave Dr

15 yrs

Practice and tutoring experience

99%

Returned before the submission deadline

82%

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QUALIFICATIONS

Every Credential Sighted and On File Before Dr Took a Brief

Degree-qualified in the subject he takes.

PhD

University of Auckland · 2011

Testamur and full transcript sighted against photo ID in the same name.

PhD, LLB

Confirmed and re-checked annually

Qualified while working professionally in the field before moving into academic support.

Timed subject test

Passed on entry · 2013

A past task sheet from a NZ paper, criteria sheet attached, clock running. First three orders second-read line by line.

Referencing sign-offs

APA 7th · Harvard

APA 7th tested on its own as the house standard, with Harvard signed off separately for papers that ask for it.

Technical areas he is signed off on

  • Te Tiriti-related jurisprudence
  • Legislation.govt.nz cross-referencing
  • Court of Appeal and Supreme Court authority
  • NZBORA 1990 and statutory interpretation
  • Footnoting and pinpoint referencing
  • NZ case law and NZLR citation

What we do not claim

There is no accreditation body for academic writing, so nobody can hold one — including us. What can be checked is a degree, a professional membership and a test result, and those are the only things published here. How the whole panel is vetted sits on the our experts page.

EXPERIENCE

Fifteen Years: Practice First, Then the Marking Sheet

Time in the field before he ever tutored a NZ student. It shows in how the working is laid out.

  1. 2009 – 2019

    Early practice, Dunedin

    Building the professional grounding this desk now draws on — direct, hands-on work in the field before any teaching or academic support role.

  2. 2019 – 2021

    Professional practice continues

    Deepening specialisation in criminal law & evidence, the same area most of his briefs now sit in.

  3. 2019 – 2022

    Tutoring and academic support begins

    Where the pattern he now works to came from. Students were getting the right answer and still losing marks, because the method was never visible on the page.

  4. 2020 – now

    Criminal Law & Evidence desk, AssignmentHelpNZ

    227 student briefs across every NZ university and Level 5 to 7 diploma providers.

Experience in numbers

12 yrs

in professional practice

3 yrs

tutoring NZ papers

227

student briefs completed

7

NZ universities covered

Where most of his briefs come from

  • Case analysis33%
  • Problem questions27%
  • Legislative essays27%
  • Case notes18%
  • Moot and mock submissions6%

SERVICES

What Dr Takes On, and What Comes Back

6 services cover almost everything that reaches this desk. Every figure is fixed in NZD before you pay.

Case analysis

Facts, issue, rule, application and conclusion built around the actual NZ authority in point.

  • Ratio separated from obiter
  • Citations checked against NZLR format

FROM NZ$140

Problem questions

Statute and case law applied to a fact scenario, issue by issue, with no overseas substitutions.

  • Every issue addressed separately
  • Application shown, not just stated

FROM NZ$135

Legislative essays

Position taken early and argued through statute, case law and policy in NZ terms.

  • Counter-argument acknowledged and answered
  • Footnotes checked line by line

FROM NZ$130

Case notes

Ratio and obiter separated, with the holding stated precisely against the reported judgment.

  • Binding authority distinguished from persuasive
  • NZLR pinpoint citations throughout

FROM NZ$95

Moot and mock submissions

Submissions structured the way a bench expects to hear them, authority by authority.

  • Strongest argument sequenced first
  • Authorities bundle cross-checked

FROM NZ$160

Review and citation check

Your own draft checked for authority, citation format and argument structure.

  • Every citation verified against source
  • What you submit stays your own work

FROM NZ$45

Included on every service

  • Full working shown line by line
  • Turnitin and AI reports attached
  • One free revision on the original brief
  • Fixed NZD price before you pay

What He will pass on

Business and management essays with only a light legal component go to the business desk. Criminology and pure policy briefs with no case law go to the essays desk. Dr does not take a brief outside his field, and you get that answer the same day rather than a late reallocation.

HOW THE WORK COMES BACK

4 Steps, in Order, on Every Brief He takes

The same sequence whether it is one question or a full assignment.

1

Criteria sheet read first

He reads the marking rubric before the question, because that is what says where the marks are weighted.

2

Setup shown before any answer

The approach is named and the standard or framework it sits under is stated, so the method is visible from line one.

3

Working laid out step by step

Reasoning, working and answer on separate lines. One slip costs a step, not the whole question.

4

The answer interpreted

What the result means in context, in the sentence the rubric is waiting for. Reports attached with delivery.

Ask for Dr by Name. Find Out Tonight If He is Free.

Send the task sheet and the criteria sheet. Inside thirty minutes you get a yes or a straight no, a fixed NZD figure, and his read of what the question is actually testing. If he is booked, you get another law writer and the reason.

WHAT THEY HAVE ALREADY WORKED ON

Law Papers Students Have Sent to This Desk

Paper codes students named themselves. Most briefs run 1,500–2,500 words or an equivalent problem set.

NZ papers Dr Simon Chalmers has handled, with the brief type and what the marker weights
Paper Typical brief Where the marks sit
LAWS204 Criminal Law, University of WaikatoElements and defences problem questionEach element proven separately, not assumed.
LLB201 Law of Torts, Victoria UniversityProblem question on negligenceEvery element of the test addressed separately.
LLM Dissertation module, various providersExtended legal essayArgument sustained across the full word count.
BSNS 105 Legal Environment of Business, University of OtagoCase note on a commercial disputeRatio and obiter kept clearly separate.
LAWS101 Legal System, University of AucklandCase analysis and statutory interpretationAuthority correctly distinguished, not just cited.
LAWS301 Public Law, AUTEssay on constitutional principlePosition argued through NZ authority, not textbook summary.

Paper not listed?

Send the code and the task sheet anyway. Dr covers law across every NZ university and Level 5 to 7 diploma provider, and the table above is only what students have named publicly. If the paper turns out to sit with another specialist, you are told which one and why — see the full panel of verified writers.

REVIEWS, INCLUDING THE ONES THAT STING

What Students Said After the Marker Replied

Collected once results land, attached to Dr rather than the site, and the low ones stay up.

4.9

★★★★★

Mean across all 227 completed briefs

Not a selection. Every finished brief is rated.

How the 227 ratings split

  • 5 star 195
  • 4 star 23
  • 3 star 5
  • 2 star 2
  • 1 star 2

Anything at three or below is read by a second person, and a slipping average stops new work reaching .

MK

M. K.

Bachelor

★★★★★

“The working was laid out step by step. I could follow it well enough to answer questions on it myself afterwards, which was the actual point.”

SR

S. R.

Master's

★★★★★

“Delivered ahead of the deadline with a clear explanation attached. I understood why the answer was right, not just what it was.”

TL

T. L.

Bachelor

★★★★☆

“Strong work and it was early. A couple of formatting details I had to fix myself, but the substance was solid throughout.”

AP

A. P.

Level 6 diploma

★★★★★

“I sent one question to see what it looked like. The approach was clear enough that I finished the rest of the set myself and got them right.”

JN

J. N.

Bachelor

★★★★★

“Caught an error in my own working that would have cost me real marks. That alone was worth it.”

HC

H. C.

Master's

★★★★☆

“Technically right and on time. One structural note I would have liked addressed sooner, but it was fixed on the revision without any fuss.”

More reviews

More student feedback sits on our reviews page.

Why they are collected late

A rating at checkout measures how the delivery felt. A rating after the marker replies measures whether the work held up. Dr's 4.9 is the second kind, which is also why it moves slowly.

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