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RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
Areas of practice include
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Opinions on litigation related issues, including conflict of laws/jurisdiction issues;
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Conduct of litigation and arbitration from initial taking of instructions, strategy advice, drafting pleadings, conduct of interlocutory stages, briefing of evidence and conduct of trials;
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Representation of clients in Family Court, High Court and Court of Appeal, both as lead counsel and to assist Senior/Queens’ Counsel;
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Managing junior team members in provision of assistance to Senior/Queens’ Counsel
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Conduct of mediations and negotiating and drafting out-of-court settlement agreements;
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Trust, estate and relationship property disputes; commercial/company disputes; applications to validate/rectify wills; family protection and testamentary promises disputes; real and personal property disputes;
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Child contact and maintenance disputes, particularly those involving international and Hague Convention issues;
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Applications under the Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act 1988 concerning exercise of powers of attorney / appointment of welfare guardians / property managers for incapacitated persons.
RECENT PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS
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Presenter of STEP seminar - Appointment and Role of Welfare Guardians/ Property Managers under Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act 1988 – 2010;
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Presenter of Auckland District Law Society Seminar – Winding Up an Insolvent Trading Trust – 2010;
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Chairperson of Auckland District Law Society Seminars – Cases in the Family Court 2010;
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University of Auckland Guest Lecturer on Relationship Property and Trust Issues - 2010/2011;
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Presenter at New Zealand Law Society Trusts Conference – 2011 – Trustee Litigation in the Family Context: Tools in the Family Court, and Tools in the High Court;
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Presenter at Auckland District Law Society Conference May 2012 – Disputed Estates;
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Presenter at New Zealand Law Society Property Law Conference June 2012 – Trusts under Attack – Will your Fortress Hold?
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