Presenters

Zandra Wackenier, Partner, Tompkins Wake
Zandra is an experienced family lawyer with over 20 years in practice. Her expertise covers all aspects of family law with a particular interest and specialty in relationship property and trust claims as well as reproductive law. Zandra has been a member of several working groups for the New Zealand Law Society preparing submissions regarding legislative change and is a member of the New Zealand Law Society Family Law section.

Stuart Cummings SC, Surrey Chambers
Stuart Cummings commenced practising law in 1979 as an old-fashioned "law clerk" while completing his law degree. He was admitted in May 1982 and has practised, in the earlier days, in a number of jurisdictions before specialising in Family Law in the late 1980s. Over the past 30+ years that family law focus has further narrowed to a predominance of work in the relationship property area, including trusts, companies and complex disputes. Stuart has practiced as a Barrister sole since 1990, spent some years as a contributing author for Brookers Family Law on family property and is convenor of the Auckland District Law Society Family Law Committee and Chair of the Family Courts Association, Auckland.

Elizabeth Heaney, Senior Associate, Tompkins Wake
Elizabeth is a senior associate in the family law team at Tompkins Wake (Auckland). She specialises in family law with a particular focus on relationship property, trusts and estates. Elizabeth also has experience as a civil litigator and has acted on professional liability disputes with a particular focus on trustee and legal professional liability. She advises a wide range of clients representing them in the Family Court, High Court, the Court of Appeal, at arbitration and mediation.