Professional Experience

• Trusts and Asset Protection
• Succession Planning
• Wills and Powers of Attorney
• Estates
• Buying and Selling Property

More than just a lawyer…

• Board Member New Zealand Law Society (2016-2020)
• Ministerial Appointment on Ministry of Justice Trusts Reference Group (May 2015-July 2017)
• Past Executive Committee Member of the Property Law Section of the NZ Law Society (2002-2015)
• Past Chair of the Property Law Section of the NZ Law Society (2013-2015)
• Trustee of Christchurch Heritage Trust (2020-present)
• Honorary Solicitor Christchurch Business Club
• Honorary Solicitor of mental health support group
• Director of Theatre Royal Charitable Foundation (2008-2017)
• Take any opportunity to socialise
• Keen swimmer

Articles

• Tax Considerations when Beneficiaries Live Overseas
• Brian Kinley
• Trust Account Authority
• The Bank of Mum & Dad
• The Price of Breaching Trustees’ Disclosure Obligations?
• Keeping Charity Charitable – might your objects or actions not receive charitable status?
• Trust Busting – Commercial/Business Risk (Brkic v White [2021] NZCA 670)
• Law Commission Review of Succession Law
• Trusts Act 2019 – it’s here!
• The Trusts Act 2019 – What it means for you