Friday, 27 February 2026
Description
Attend and earn 0.5 CPD hour
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Identifying the Relationship Property Pool
- What disclosure is required?
- Identifying property as either relationship or separate property
- Dealing with the ‘tricky’ items such as gifts, inheritances and pre-relationship assets
Presented by Sarah Bush, Barrister, Wyndham Chambers
Chair
Helen Tyree, Director, McWilliam Tyree
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the key principles for identifying and categorising relationship and separate property in family law matters
- Examine disclosure obligations and common challenges involving gifts, inheritances and pre-relationship assets
Presenters
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Helen Tyree, Director, McWilliam Tyree
Helen became a Director of the McWilliam Tyree in Wellington in 2021, having previously been an Associate and then Senior Associate at McWilliam Rennie (predecessor of McWilliam Tyree) since 2014. She has been practicing all areas of family law since 2003, initially in Taranaki before moving to Wellington. Helen often acts in complex relationship property matters, including matters involving trusts, companies and economic disparity and maintenance claims. She also takes appointments from the Family Court to represent children in the Family Court, and also people who lack capacity in applications for welfare guardians and property managers pursuant to the Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act. Helen is a contributing author for the legal publication Westlaw, writing about relationship property agreements (separation agreements, contracting-out agreements, and setting aside those agreements). She also contributed significantly to McWilliam Rennie and McWilliam Tyree’s submissions to the Law Commission in relation to their reviews of relationship property, succession law and adult capacity law. She presents seminars for NZCLE and Legalwise on a range of family law matters, particularly relationship property and the Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act. Helen graduated from Otago University in 2000 with a Bachelor of Laws and from Brunel University of London in 2003 with a Master of Law in Child Law and Policy (with distinction).
Sarah Bush, Barrister, Wyndham Chambers
Sarah has been practising in family law for over 20 years. She is committed to working with clients to find solutions to their legal problems, whether by negotiation or court proceedings. She is experienced in all areas of family law including; relationship property, spousal maintenance, care of children and domestic violence. Sarah was the first lawyer in New Zealand to successfully argue an economic disparity case for her client. She is a trained mediator and has conducted a large number of family mediations.
