Chair
Rob Latton, Barrister, FortyEight Shortland Barristers
Navigating the New ADR Provisions in the Trusts Act 2019: A Practical Perspective
- How is the Court responding to the new ADR provisions under the Trusts Act 2019 (ss 142 to 148)?
- When and why should you advise clients to apply to the Court for orders referring a trust dispute to ADR?
- What ADR processes are available? What are their pros and cons? Which process is likely to be best suited to your client’s dispute?
Presented by Kate Wiseman, Mediator, Arbitrator, Collaborative Barrister, Bankside Chambers Associate
Description
Attend and earn 0.5 CPD hour
* This interactive online recording includes questions and quizzes requiring critical thinking about the topics, so you have no annual limits to the number of points/hours you can claim with this format of learning. Please verify with your CPD rules
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the scope and court treatment of ADR provisions under ss 142–148 of the Trusts Act 2019
- Evaluate when and how to use ADR options in succession and business-related trust disputes
Presenters
Rob Latton, Barrister, FortyEight Shortland Barristers
Rob Latton is a barrister practicing from 48 Shortland Barristers, Auckland. He is a practitioner with over 30 years’ experience in New Zealand and the United Kingdom. Commenced practice as a barrister sole in 2016, Rob specializes in civil and commercial advice and litigation, and has been involved in extensive estates and trusts work in recent years. In particular, he has acted for many executors and trustees in claims alleging breaches of duty, as well as challenges to wills and general estate disputes, including Burgess & Another v Monk & Others (No. 6).
Kate Wiseman, Mediator, Arbitrator, Collaborative Barrister, Bankside Chambers Associate
Kate is a dispute resolver active in mediation, arbitration and collaborative resolution. Her work encompasses a broad range of commercial, property and family disputes. She has particular expertise in resolving family disputes concerning trusts, estates, companies and relationship property. She has a special interest in governance disputes, especially those concerning shareholders, incorporated societies, charitable trusts and body corporates. Before coming to the law, she had a 20-year career in business. She has held governance roles continuously since 2004, currently as an elected member of the governing bodies of the Arbitrators’ and Mediators’ Institute of New Zealand (AMINZ) and the Collaborative Law Association of New Zealand.
