Specialisations
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Administrative / Public Law
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Advocacy Training
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Arbitration
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Banking Law
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Civil Appeals
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Civil Litigation
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Commercial Litigation
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Company Law
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Construction Disputes
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Contract
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Coronial Inquests
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Corporate Compliance
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Creditors Remedies
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Criminal & Fraud Trials
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Criminal Law & Procedure
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Employment Law
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Expert Determination
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Family Law
XFamily Law includes a wide area of practice including relationship property (see Relationship Property); separation; protection from domestic violence; estate planning; estate litigation -property claims on death including Family Protection Claims and Testamentary Promises claims; Protection of Personal and Property Rights (applications on behalf of physically or mentally incapacitated people), guardianship, Care of Children Act (arrangements for children on separation), Children Young Persons and their Families Act proceedings; spousal maintenance; adoptions and child support.
Who specialises in this area? Stephanie Marsden -
Fisheries
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Health & Safety
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Health Law
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Inquiry Work
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Insolvency
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Insurance
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International Law & Extradition
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Joint Ventures
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Mediation
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Professional Disciplinary Issues
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Professional Negligence
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Regulatory Prosecutions
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Relationship Property
XRelationship property law relates to the property rights of married, de facto and civil union couples on separation, dissolution of marriage (divorce) or death. This area also covers arrangements to protect assets by asset structuring and contracting out (pre-nuptial) agreements. Cases sometimes include applications to set aside contracting out agreements or dispositions to trusts.
There is often an overlap with trust law (Trustee Act 1956) and related claims under section 182 Family Proceedings Act 1980 in respect of trusts. Sometimes it is necessary secure arrangements pending final settlement of property matters by interim applications to the Court for occupation of a home or for interim distribution of relationship property or for provision from a trust.
A separated person will often also require advice on other matters arising from the separation such as day-to-day care arrangements, spousal maintenance, child support, protection from domestic violence and other claims (see Family Law).
Who specialises in this area? Peter Whiteside QCStephanie MarsdenDavid Jackson -
Resource Management & Environmental Law
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Rural Issues
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Securities Law
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Structuring & Governance
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Tort
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Tribunals
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Trusts, Wills & Estates
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Weathertight Buildings