stand in the Napier electorate for Labour, Fairbrother did not stand on Labour's list in the 2008 election. He was unable to win the electorate off Chris Tremain in the 2008 election and, since he was not successful in regaining his seat, he was not returned to parliament. After politics After leaving Parliament, Fairbrother returned to the law. Including acting for Chris Comesky. He successfully secured acquittals in the high-profile murder cases of Zion King, and Wilson Apatu, who had shot a man four times in front of his family, killing him, before carjacking a couple at knifepoint. He was the defence lawyer for ex-Dunedin dean Jonathan Kirkpatrick after his NZ$600,000 fraud at the Auckland University of Technology. References Living people New Zealand Labour Party MPs 20th-century New Zealand lawyers Victoria University of Wellington alumni People from Carterton, New Zealand People from Napier, New Zealand New Zealand list MPs New Zealand MPs for North Island electorates Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives New Zealand King's Counsel 21st-century New Zealand politicians Year of birth missing (living people)