Join an experienced panel of family law advocates and gain the knowledge and skills to represent your client effectively in the Family Court. In this masterclass focus on practical skills for effective advocacy in the courtroom, the role of evidence in practice and Section 38 Orders, how to cross examine an expert and their use. Navigate informative panel discussion on representing the child, in light of recent changes to the Care of Children Act.

Presenters

Minka Boddé, Special Counsel, Aspiring Law
Minka is an experienced Family Law Specialist, who has recently taken up the helm leading the Family Law team at Aspiring Law. She began her career as a general litigation solicitor, returning to specialise in family law in 2009 after spending 8 years raising her children. Minka represents both parents and children in the Family Court, providing mediation privately or through FDR. She specialises in conflict coaching for families going through separation. Minka is committed to helping families navigate the separation process to avoid as much trauma and damage as possible, while achieving a safe outcome for the children. She is passionate about the work towards a Family Court system that not only assists families to maintain a level of relatedness and co-operation, but supports and educates them to deal with the challenges to their family in a holistic and empowering way.


Dr Deb Inder, Barrister, Mediator and Lawyer for the Child
Admitted to the Bar in 1998, Dr Deb Inder is a Barrister and Accredited Mediator. Deb conducts both FDR and private mediations as well as regularly appearing in the Family Court as Court Appointed Lawyer for the Child and on behalf of Private and Legal Aid clients. Deb has a Post Graduate Diploma in Child Centred Practice (with Distinction) and a PhD in Law, her Thesis topic being: Children’s Participation Rights within the Context of the New Zealand Family Justice System.


Jackie Dale, Senior Associate, McVeagh Fleming
Jackie is a Senior Associate in McVeagh Fleming's Family Law Litigation Team and has been in practice specialising in this area of law since 2003. Jackie works on a full and diverse range of family law matters, with a focus on providing clients practical advice for resolution of complex parenting, relocation and family violence matters through negotiation, mediation and litigation options. Jackie appears regularly in the Family Court in Auckland central, Manukau and Waitakere, on relationship property, maintenance, family violence, contested parenting and guardianship disputes.


Grant Tyrrell, Barrister, Plymouth Chambers
Grant has significant litigation experience across jurisdictions in the District and High Courts through to the Court of Appeal. He has been appearing as lead counsel in criminal trials, including those heard before a Judge and Jury and in the Family Court jurisdiction for nearly two decades. Grant has successfully argued high profile cases to the Court of Appeal including Surrey v Surrey the first, and leading case, argued before the Court of Appeal under the (then) Domestic Violence Act. Grant has been appointed to the Lawyer for Child Panel and is regularly asked to assist the Court as Lawyer to Assist or Amicus Curiae. He is known for his clear, honest and pragmatic advice and clients appreciate his straight forward and thorough advice often at the most stressful times of their lives. Grant has served on Law Society committees and as President of the Canterbury-Westland Branch of the New Zealand Law Society.


Jo Hosking, Barrister, Lakes Chambers
Jo was admitted to the bar in 1998 and has practiced mainly in Family Law since then. In recent years Jo's interest has become focused on relationship and trust property and spousal maintenance cases. She has appeared in the Family Court, High Court, Court of Appeal and (as instructing solicitor) in the Supreme Court. Jo enjoys the strategic and commercial aspects of relationship property dispute resolution and working collaboratively to find solutions to relationship property problems. Jo has recently been appointed to update Fisher on Relationship Property (Chapter 11 Relationship Property And Trusts). Jo also undertakes lawyer for child work in the Rotorua Court. Since September 2015 Jo has been practising as a barrister in based in Rotorua where she was previously a partner in a specialist family law firm.