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How To Stay Calm During Difficult Conversations

How To Stay Calm During Difficult Conversations

by Virginia Bonanni | Dec 17, 2021 | Counselling, Family Law, FDR Centre, FDR Mediation, Mediation, Relationship Property, Trusts and Estates, Voice of the Child

No-one really likes difficult conversations.  But they are everywhere.  They can be at work, the dentists’ office (it cost how much?!), the hairdressers (uh, yes, it looks great!) and of course, at home. The conversations are all floating out there, always waiting for...
Supreme Court Provides Valuable Guidance on Relationship Property Disputes

Supreme Court Provides Valuable Guidance on Relationship Property Disputes

by Virginia Bonanni | Nov 12, 2021 | Family Law, FDR Centre, Mediation, Relationship Property

By Melissa Perkin.  Case Overview The Supreme Court has recently released its decision in Preston v Preston[1], providing valuable guidance in relationship property disputes and the application of section 182 of the Family Proceedings Act 1980, which empowers a court...
The Trusts Act 2019: keeping it in the family

The Trusts Act 2019: keeping it in the family

by Virginia Bonanni | Jul 21, 2021 | Family Law, FDR Centre, Trusts and Estates

By Maria Cole. No-one likes to have their dirty laundry aired in public. Sadly, it has been all too common for parties in family trust and estate disputes, to find their private family affairs made public and become the topic of law journal articles and gossip at...
Preston v Preston “…this case is everything relationship property litigation should not be.”

Preston v Preston “…this case is everything relationship property litigation should not be.”

by Virginia Bonanni | Apr 9, 2021 | Family Law, FDR Centre, Mediation, Relationship Property, Trusts and Estates, Wills

By Melissa Perkin and Melt Strydom.   Overview Mr and Mrs Preston were married for five years. Sadly, the legal proceedings that followed their separation have lasted almost as long and might not be over yet, as an application for leave to appeal was recently filed in...
Ten years of litigation says private dispute resolution for relationship property disputes is a smart option

Ten years of litigation says private dispute resolution for relationship property disputes is a smart option

by Catherine Green | Jul 26, 2019 | Arb-Med, Arbitration, Family Law, Mediation, Relationship Property

In a judgment released yesterday the Supreme Court in Scott v Williams [2019] NZSC 80 [25 July 2019], dismissed an application by Ms Scott for an extension of time for applying for leave to appeal against two earlier costs judgments. There is nothing particularly...
Law Commission recommends out of court dispute resolution for relationship property disputes

Law Commission recommends out of court dispute resolution for relationship property disputes

by Catherine Green | Jul 26, 2019 | Arb-Med, Arbitration, Family Law, Mediation, Relationship Property

This week Justice Minister Andrew Little tabled the Law Commission’s final report on its review of the Property (Relationships) Act 1976 (the Act). The Act sets out how relationship property should be divided when a relationship ends by separation or death. The report...
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