Auckland 'Bring a Friend Get-together'

Come and share our vision! Bring together our community of dispute resolvers, mediators, restorative justice practitioners, lawyers and anyone interested in making peace. Join us for a monthly evening of sharing stories, ideas and knowledge.

Our August event features Ross Knight, Auckland Barrister and Certified Divorce Coach

Ross began specialising in family law almost immediately he was admitted to the bar in February 1980 – the year that the Family Courts and Family Proceedings Acts, respectively, were passed into law, to become operative on 1 October 1981.

In the period since, there has been a raft of new legislation, administered by the Family Court. This has been coupled with a burgeoning of various forms of Alternative Dispute Resolution, driven in no small way by a growing dissatisfaction, both in the legal profession and the community it serves, with inordinate delays and cost of litigation, balanced against the need to offer clients a more speedy, dignified, and cost-effective option to achieving best outcomes.

Divorce coaching is a relatively new but dynamic addition to the Alternative Dispute Resolution toolbox, where trained and certified coaches support their clients with decision making and conflict management.

Ross is trained both as a mediator and certified Divorce Coach and will share his experiences and thoughts on walking the dual but quite separate paths of lawyering and coaching.


Who is this event for?

  • Our community of dispute resolvers, mediators, restorative justice practitioners, lawyers and anyone interested in peace-making. Members and Non-members welcome. 

About our trainer

 

Ross Knight

In his law practice, Ross specialises in estate, trust, and relationship property litigation, both domestic and cross-border. He appears regularly in the Family Court, High Court, and Court of Appeal.

Ross holds Bachelor and Master of Laws degrees from the University of Auckland and is a member of STEP (Society for Trust and Estate Practitioners). In 1999, he trained as a mediator through LEADR (Lawyers Engaged in Alternative Dispute Resolution) which became part of the Resolution Institute on 1 January 2015.

Throughout his professional career Ross has sat on various New Zealand Law Society and Law Association (formerly the Auckland District Law Society) committees. He is a member of the Friends Panels for both the New Zealand Law Society and the Law Association and is also a College of Law mentor.

Ross contributes editorial to industry and commercial publications and is frequently invited to speak at Legal Seminars and Conferences.

 

 

When
15/08/2024 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
New Zealand Standard Time
Where
AUT Law Faculty Building (WY) Corner of Wakefield Street and Mayoral Drive AUCKLAND NEW ZEALAND

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