Wednesday, 11 March 2026
Learning Objectives:
- Identify common and complex challenges that arise when determining and separating the asset pool in relationship property disputes
- Apply practical strategies drawn from real-life scenarios to address asset identification, classification, valuation, and division issues effectively
Chair
Amy Malone, Senior Associate, MacDonald Lewis Law
Other Challenges in Separating the Asset Pool in Relationship Property Matters: A Panel Discussion
Using real life examples unpack key issues in separating the asset pool in relationship property disputes, with practical strategies and solutions from leading experts.
Panellists:
Amy Malone, Senior Associate, MacDonald Lewis Law
Helen Tyree, Director, McWilliam Tyree
Ben Snedden, Barrister, Hobson Chambers
Description
Attend and earn 0.5 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
Presenters
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Ben Snedden, Barrister, Hobson Chambers
Ben is a practising family law barrister. He has 23 years’ experience as an advocate. Ben has also qualified as a solicitor advocate in England.
Amy Malone, Senior Associate, MacDonald Lewis Law
Amy graduated from Victoria University with a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws in 2001. Amy is an experienced advocate in all areas of litigation and has spent the past 9 years working exclusively in family law. Amy has particular expertise in relationship property, trust and estate litigation and is committed to achieving positive outcomes for her clients. Amy regularly presents papers for Legalwise Seminars.
Helen Tyree, Director, McWilliam Tyree
Helen is a Director of McWilliam Tyree Lawyers, having been an Associate and then Senior Associate at McWilliam Rennie (predecessor of McWilliam Tyree) since 2014. Helen has practiced all areas of family law since 2003. As well as acting for clients in all areas of family law, Helen has undertaken regular appointments as lawyer for child and as lawyer for subject persons under the Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act since 2008. Helen is also a contributing author for the legal publication “Brookers Family Law on Family Property”, writing about relationship property agreements (separation agreements, contracting-out agreements, and setting aside those agreements). She also contributed significantly to McWilliam Rennie’s submissions to the Law Commission in relation to their review of relationship property and then succession law. She has presented seminars for Legalwise on a range of relationship property matters, relationship property law developments and on the Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act.
