Tuesday, 24 March 2026
Early Bird Discount ends 19 Dec 2025
Chair
Genevieve Haszard, Barrister, Kate Sheppard Chambers
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
Effective Will Drafting for the Modern Client: Key Considerations in Response to Modern Realities
- Adapting to increasingly complex client circumstances: identify and navigate intricate personal situations using tailored strategies to elevate the quality and clarity of your drafting
- Will Drafting in the Post–Trusts Act 2019 Landscape
- Understand and respond to the implications of the Trusts Act 2019, including how it influences fiduciary duties, trust disclosure, and the integration of trust structures within estate planning
- Wills in Context: A Holistic Estate Planning Approach
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- Position the will as one component of a broader estate planning toolkit, alongside trusts, enduring powers of attorney, companies, and other structures that support long-term asset protection and succession goals
Presented by Hannah Whyte, Associate, Tavendale & Partners
Learning Objectives:
- Apply advanced will-drafting strategies to complex modern client scenarios
- Understand how the Trusts Act 2019 impacts will drafting and holistic estate planning
Presenters
Genevieve Haszard, Barrister, Kate Sheppard ChambersGenevieve is a barrister based in Tauranga and Member of Kate Sheppard Chambers. She is one of the elected area representatives on the New Zealand Bar Association | Ngā Ahorangi Motuhake o te Ture Council and one of the Association’s four Vice-Presidents. Genevieve is an experienced criminal and civil barrister and undertakes Family, Trust and Estate litigation, including appeals. She is part way through her LLM studies researching the role of Lawyer for Child. Genevieve is also a contributor to the New Zealand Bar Association | Ngā Ahorangi Motuhake o te Ture publication At the Bar.
