In 2011, following the devastating Canterbury earthquakes, Winkelmann worked with Justice Miller to set up the Earthquake List in Christchurch. The objective of that List was to enable proceedings flowing out of the Christchurch earthquake to be dealt with promptly and in a time frame that met the needs of the community. (For a discussion of the High Court response to the earthquake see Nina Khouri, “Civil Justice Response to Natural Disaster: New Zealand’s Christchurch High Court Earthquake List”, Civil Justice Quarterly 36(3)).