Relationship Property, Trust Disputes & Family Law
Tompkins Wake has a specialist team of lawyers who can assist in all aspects of family law. Our expertise in relationship property, family law and trust and estate disputes ensures our clients can navigate these complex and often stressful matters with solutions focused advice and support.
We work with our clients to understand their concerns and objectives. We assess each client’s prospects and provide pragmatic and strategic advice for resolving matters. Our litigators work closely with our specialist teams across Tompkins Wake to ensure our clients receive strategic advice, tailored to their specific issues. Where matters cannot be resolved through alternate dispute resolution, we advocate for our clients and protect their interests in Court.
Examples of our work:
Our team has recently been involved in three leading matters in the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal:
Family Advocate articles
- Misleading the court ... when is it perjury?
- On the horns of a dilemma by Helen Radinovich
- Trustees' indemnity for costs by Kate Sullivan
- Court of Appeal: $1 million sufficient provision for daughter by Helen Radinovich
- The "armchair principle" and the interpretation of wills by Kate Sullivan
- Constructive trust estate claims by Kate Sullivan
- Interim maintenance orders - how many can the Family Court make? by Helen Radinovich
- Disclosure to beneficiaries and privilege by Kate Sullivan
- Parents demand repayment of loan on breakdown of daughter's relationship by Helen Radinovich
- Constructive trusts - another "trust busting" tool by Kate Sullivan
- Cross-examination in an interlocutory application in the Family Court by Helen Radinovich
Areas of expertise:
- Adoption
- Capacity Issues (Claims under PPPR Act)
- Care of Children
- Child Support
- Court Applications
- Dissolution (Divorce)
- Estate Claims
- Family Law
- International Family Law
- Lawyer for Child
- Relationship Property Disputes
- Spousal Maintenance
- Trust Litigation and Dispute Resolution
- Relationship Property Agreements
- Contracting Out/Pre-Nuptial Agreements
- PPPR Act applications (capacity issues)
Relationship Property, Trust Disputes & Family Law team
Knowledge and insights
What does the bubble mean for trans-Tasman parenting arrangements?
Thursday 15 April, 2021
What happens on separation when relationship debts are greater than relationship assets?
Monday 29 June, 2020
Can trust powers be relationship property and when debts can be divided?
Tuesday 16 June, 2020
