Wednesday, 10 September 2025
Chair
Stuart Cummings SC, Surrey Chambers
Dealing with Inheritance Before and After Separation in Relationship Property Matters
- Legal principles and review of recent case law
- Practical examples and ways to avoid intermingling of inherited property with relationship property
Presented by Amy Malone, Staff Barrister, Surrey Chambers
*Original Content was created in June 2024
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
Learning Objectives:
- Understand legal principles and case law concerning inherited property in relationship property disputes
- Identify strategies to manage and preserve inherited property before and after separation
Presenters
Stuart Cummings SC, Surrey ChambersStuart 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.
Amy Malone, Barrister, Surrey Chambers
Amy has over 20 years’ experience as a litigation and dispute resolution lawyer. For the past 7 years, Amy has worked alongside Stuart Cummings at Surrey Chambers, specialising Family Law. Amy has particular expertise in relationship property and care of children matters, and regularly represents clients in proceedings before the Family and High Courts.
