NEW ZEALAND – FAMILY LAW
ANITA CHAN QC
Barrister and Solicitor, New Zealand, 1984; appointed as Queen’s Counsel, June 2014. Anita Chan’s areas of practice are family law, family law arbitration and mediation. Her recent work comprises: international family law cases (specialist) including multijurisdictional contracting out agreements; property cases including high net value assets, family trusts, complex business structures, cross-border assets or parties; child law cases (including cases involving difficult parties, complex psychological factors, national or international relocation or child abduction, surrogacy and international adoption); and representation of children (Lawyer for Child, a Court-appointed role). Her professional associations/memberships include: New Zealand Law Society; New Zealand Law Society Family Law Section (former Chair); New Zealand Bar Association; International Academy of Family Lawyers (former Vice-President, Counsel, Parliamentarian and Governor).
Anita Chan QC anita@princeschambers.net 3rd Floor, 155 Princes Street, Dunedin New Zealand Tel: +64 3 477 8781 Fax: +64 3 477 8382 www.anitachan-qc.nz
Publications • Family Law - Jurisdictional Comparisons 1st and 2nd editions (All editions). • Author of the New Zealand chapter of Family Law: a Global Guide (All editions). • Co-author of International Relocation of Children: A Global Guide from Practical Law (All editions) • Co-author of IAML article on Trans-Tasman Proceedings Act 2010 (2013). Papers/presentations at national and international conferences include: • September 2019 – (AMINZ) Webinar: “The benefit of Family Law Arbitration” • June 2019 – Family Law Retreat (Noosa, Australia) “New Zealand Family Law – what Australian practitioners need to know” • September 2018 – The Future of Family Law - Conference with Baroness Hale • May 2018 – (IAFL) Tokyo “Cross-border Assets – Show me the Money” co-presented by Ian Kennedy (Australia) and Anita Chan QC • 2016 – Otago University Colloquium to review the Property (Relationships) Act 1976 • (IAML) 2014 Budapest: Same-sex relationships; • (IAML) 2013 Buenos Aires (2 papers); International forum shopping in family law and The Hague Convention; • (IAML) 2012 Singapore (2 papers); Shared Parenting and The Hague Convention; • (NZLS) 2011 Auckland; Section 21 and 21A agreements and international forum shopping; • (IAML) 2009 Vancouver; International child relocation, abduction/Hague Convention; • (IAML) 2008 Cape Town; Partner maintenance; • (IAML) 2006 Shanghai; Compensating for relationship generated financial disparity; • (NZLS) 2005 Wellington; Separate property under the PRA; • (LAWASIA) 2003 Brisbane; The role of Counsel for the Child in New Zealand.
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