Thursday, 26 June 2025
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
Kesia Denhardt, Barrister, Kate Sheppard Chambers
Exceptions to The Presumption of Equal Sharing: s13 Extraordinary Circumstances and s15 Economic Disparity Claims
- What is needed to show that equal sharing is repugnant to justice
- How economic disparity claims are being dealt with by the Courts
- Review of recent case law
Presented by Tracy Chubb, Barrister
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the legal requirements for establishing extraordinary circumstances under s13 and making economic disparity claims under s15
- Analyse recent case law to gain insights into how courts are applying these provisions in practice
Presenters
Tracy Chubb, BarristerTracy is an Auckland Barrister who started out working primarily in civil litigation until she discovered her love of family law, which quickly became a large part of her practice, along with civil/commercial litigation. Her experience in both these areas of the law allows her to provide pragmatic advice and devise appropriate strategies to resolve complex legal issues for her clients, who come from both within and outside of New Zealand. Tracy has a strong focus on resolving matters out of Court where possible, or within the Court system when necessary. She is aware of the stresses and issues clients are presented with when faced with the breakup of their relationships and uses her experience and knowledge of the law to assist them to bring about a satisfactory outcome in as cost-efficient and practical manner as possible.
