The Second Annual HNW Divorce Next Gen Summit

Registration
9.00am

Co-Chairs' Opening Remarks
9.30am

Exploring the Risks and Complexities of Pre- and Post-Nuptial Agreements
9.40am

• Prenuptial agreement litigation
• Contesting international prenups
• Court’s willingness to uphold pre- and post-nuptial agreements

Analysing the Intersectionality Between Family Law and Criminal Law
10.20am

• Life cycle of a criminal case
• General crime offences arising in family cases
• What happens to the family case during a criminal investigation
• Admissibility of evidence
• Non Mols v Restraining Orders, Domestic Violence Protection Notices and Orders

Navigating Third Party Claims and Interveners
11.00am

• Circumstances where third parties join proceedings
• Defending and/challenging third parties and interveners
• Contested hearings involving interveners

Networking & Refreshment Break
11.40am

Breakout Sessions
12.00pm

During this interactive element of the agenda, delegates will be able to attend 1 of 4 sessions.

Cross-Jurisdictional Matters

• Commencing matrimonial proceedings – jurisdictional considerations for international families
• Moving proceedings to another jurisdiction
• Dealing with assets in different jurisdictions

Costs and Finances

• What can we learn from other divisions in the High Court
• What to do if a costs order is made
• Variations to costs

Conduct

• How to case manage conduct
• When can you actually run and win conduct arguments
• Can coercive control be conduct

Pensions 101

• How does a divorce impact a pension
• The impact of the LTA abolition on HNW divorce proceedings
• Recent case law

Networking & Lunch Break
1.00pm

Breakout Sessions (Repeated)
2.00pm

During this interactive element of the agenda, delegates will be able to attend 1 of 4 sessions.

Networking & Refreshment
3.00pm

Understanding How Trusts Factor into Divorce Proceedings
3.20pm

• What are the ways into a trust?
• Stress testing against divorce
• Steps that trustees can take to assist in settlement 
• Nuptial settlements and the Matrimonial Causes Act

Examining Cohabitation: Schedule 1 and TLATA Claims
4.00pm

• Modern relationships and overly traditional relationships  
• Is Schedule 1 law becoming too archaic
• Running concurrent proceedings
• Child maintenance a year on from James v Seymour

Enforcement: Core Concepts and Pitfalls
4.40pm

• What has the Barclay case show us
• Contesting enforcement
• Navigating various orders

Chair's Closing Remarks
5.15pm