Debbie Dunbar, Partner and Maretta Twentyman, Senior Solicitor at Morrison Kent joined Khyathi Khirbath of Legalwise Seminars to discuss the challenges and trends in the family law practice with a focus on spousal claims. Debbie has specialised in family law throughout her career, having developed extensive knowledge in the area with a focus on separation and relationship property matters. Maretta Twentyman has been doing comprehensive work in family law and specialises in relationship property, contested estates, child care and guardianship matters.

Claudia Elliott has been in the practice for 30 years now, including Youth Court and employment areas of law in both Rotorua in partnership and sole practice in Auckland for the last 11 years. She is a part of the United Nations Development Programme, which is responsible for setting up Family Violence Courts in Afghanistan. She has also been a decision maker on the Film and Literature Board, the Mental Health Review Tribunal, and the Retirement Villages Disputes Panel, reading evidence and submissions and making and writing decisions.

Selina-Jane Trigg is the Director at Family Law Results. She has been practicing almost exclusively in family law for over 16 years. She is a trained Mediator and member of the New Zealand Law Society Panel of Mediators. She is also a trained Collaborative Law Practitioner and the current Chair of the Collaborative Law Association of New Zealand.

This paper was presented by Kristina Antoniades, Senior Associate, Nicholas Family Lawyers; Accredited Family Law Specialist at our Family Law: Shared Parenting in 2011 seminar in Melbourne in August 2011.

This paper was presented by Kristina Antoniades, Senior Associate, Nicholas Family Lawyers; Accredited Family Law Specialist at our Family Law seminar in Melbourne in March 2012.