Description
Attend and earn 1 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
Chair
Helen Tyree, Director, McWilliamsTyree Lawyers
Learning Objectives:
- Learn how to effectively manage the initial client interview and prepare for the first Family Court appearance
- Understand key evidence, application options, and early case strategy to set up strong outcomes
The Initial Conference through to your First Appearance before the Family Court…
- The initial interview:
- Understanding how best to run your case for the best results
- What are you looking for
- Information required to run the best case
- Preparing for your first appearance in the Family Court and what should orders/applications might you consider seeking
- Getting the evidence in
Presented by Jo Naidoo, Partner, Norris Ward McKinnon
Presenters
Jo Naidoo, Partner, Norris Ward McKinnon
Jo is a Partner in the firm’s Family Law team and has a focus on providing practical advice to clients in matters relating to parenting and relationship property. Jo’s expertise allows her to work across a range of family law areas, such as providing advice about care arrangements for clients, considering clients’ needs to protect their assets while in a relationship and advising about the division of assets on separation. Jo is on the Lawyer for Child list and is appointed by the Family Court to act for children in the Family Court.
Helen Tyree, Director, McWilliams Tyree Lawyers
Helen is a Director of McWilliam Tyree Lawyers, having been an Associate and then Senior Associate at McWilliam Rennie (predecessor of McWilliam Tyree) since 2014. Helen has practiced all areas of family law since 2003. As well as acting for clients in all areas of family law, Helen has undertaken regular appointments as lawyer for child and as lawyer for subject persons under the Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act since 2008. Helen is also a contributing author for the legal publication “Brookers Family Law on Family Property”, writing about relationship property agreements (separation agreements, contracting-out agreements, and setting aside those agreements). She also contributed significantly to McWilliam Rennie’s submissions to the Law Commission in relation to their review of relationship property and then succession law. She has presented seminars for Legalwise on a range of relationship property matters, relationship property law developments and on the Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act.
