Relationship Property
& Family

- Acted for a family member in regard to a dispute over a significant and complex family estate. Wynn Williams successfully sought leave of the Court to bring a reverse relationship property claim to enlarge the size of the deceased's estate for the purposes of enlarging the client's potential entitlement. The claim also involved an application to remove the executor husband as executor of the deceased's estate.

- Acted for a wife on a complex relationship property and trust property claim involving a significant asset pool. Proceedings were issued  to set aside a longstanding Section 21 contracting out agreement and to challenge the validity of a family trust from which the wife was excluded; Issues involved the quantification of potential resulting claims under Section 9A(1) and/or 9A(2) of the Property (Relationships) Act, Section 182 of the Family Proceedings Act and constructive trust claims. Additional interim and final spousal maintenance applications were made to the Family Court which resulted in an appeal to the High Court. All matters successfully resolved to the client's satisfaction shortly before the commencement of a 10 day scheduled hearing.

- Acted for a client in the defence of an application for an order preventing the removal of a child from New Zealand in circumstances where the client originates from a country that is not a signatory to the Hague Convention.