Complex Relationship Property Disputes Intensive
Legalwise Seminars New Zealand
About this session
An intensive seminar on complex relationship property disputes covering s 15 economic disparity claims, cross-border assets, offshore trusts, intermingled separate property, blended family estate disputes, and digital wealth tracing. Participants will work through current legal tests, evidential hurdles, remedy options and negotiation strategies with leading practitioners.
Learning Objectives
Assess economic disparity claims under s 15; Evaluate cross-border relationship property claims and remedies under ss 44 and 44C; Apply tracing principles to separate, inherited and trust property; Analyse competing estate and relationship property claims in blended families; Identify strategies for tracing and recovering cryptocurrency and digital assets.
Agenda
9:00-9:50am: Are We Close to Predictability? Measuring Disparity in s15 Payments (Nic Lawrence, Shrina Kaya); 9:50-10:40am: When Separate Becomes Shared (Kate Bradley, Georgia Johnston); 10:40-11:30am: Beyond New Zealand: Relationship Property Claims Involving Foreign Trusts and Foreign Assets (Harriet Quinlan); 11:30-11:45am: Break; 11:45am-12:30pm: Dealing with Competing Claims Against the Estate in the Era of Blended Families (David Abricossow, Jacqueline Bell); 12:30-1:15pm: Digital Assets and Tracing Modern Wealth (Jae Lee).