Appellate Work in the Family Court

Appellate work in the Family Court can be extremely challenging, and even the experienced trial lawyer can find operating in this environment a formidable task and hard to navigate. This webinar will refresh your knowledge and skills, whether you are experienced or new to appeals in the Family Court.

Topics covered will include:

• An overview of procedural issues, cost and case management filing
• Direction on the preparation of written submissions and how you should present them.

Learning objectives

By attending this webinar you will:

• Gain practical guidance on the questions, procedures and submissions required for an appeal in the Family Court.
• Better understand how to advocate effectively for your client.

Who should attend

All family law practitioners.

Presenter

Lisa Soljan
Trinity Chambers, Auckland

Lisa has practised since 1995 and has extensive experience in family law. She works exclusively in relationship property, child support, maintenance, parenting and guardianship matters, care and protection of children, international family law, and child abduction. Lisa has experience with cases involving the protection of personal and property rights as well as estate litigation under the Family Protection Act. She appears regularly in the Family Court and High Court and has appeared in the Court of Appeal and gained considerable experience in child abduction cases involving the Hague Convention.

Book

A PDF book is included in the webinar fee and will be emailed to you along with your ticket, one week before the webinar.

Format

Held online, you will be emailed a link to join the webinar one week before. For information on what is required to participate in the webinar, click here. PowerPoint slides will be emailed out after 3pm the day before the webinar.

Fee (Incl GST)

Law Society Members benefit from up to 30% off
Webinar

• $130 – Law Society members & associate members
• $185 – Non-members
• View group pricing options

Do you want to register more than one person for this course? Use the 'register others' button below or Click here

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Webinar	14 August
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CPD

Attendance at the live webinar

• If you attended the live webinar, you will receive an electronic certificate of attendance as verification for your CPD records.
• You can view and hear the presentation again, as many times as you wish in your own time for no additional cost.

Registration but non-attendance on the day

• Under the CPD Scheme only those who attend a live webinar are eligible to claim CPD hours.
• If you registered but were unable to attend on the day, you can view and hear the archived recording of the presentation.

Cancellation and Refund Policy

You may cancel your registration eight working days in advance of an event, and you will receive a refund less a 25% administration fee. If you cancel less than eight working days in advance of the event, no refund is payable. If you are unable to attend, you may transfer your registration to another person. If you wish to do so you must advise CLE New Zealand Law Society in writing of the change. CLE reserves the right to close registrations, and cancel or reschedule an event as necessary. Where an event is cancelled by CLE, a full refund is payable.