Family Law

Hannah Robins

Hannah is a solicitor in our Family Law team in Tauranga. Prior to commencing her Law degree Hannah worked in the Tauranga Family Court Registry and has joined the family team to utilise this background. Hannah was raised in Tauranga but has previously studied and worked abroad in Canada, Australia, England and India before returning …

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Waiata Groot

Waiata is a Senior Solicitor in our Family Law team, specialising in a broad range of family law matters. Waiata’s expertise includes: Separation & division of relationship property – advising on division of assets (including complex Family Trust and Company structure), negotiating settlements, and preparing Separation Agreements Asset protection – including advising on and preparing …

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Nicky Wise

Nicky has joined the Holland Beckett family law team as Special Counsel based in the Rotorua and Taupō offices. She has over 25 years’ experience in dispute resolution over a broad range of areas. In more recent years the focus of her practice has been in relationship property law. Prior to joining Holland Beckett Nicky …

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Danielle Weston

Danielle joined Holland Beckett in 2017 as an Administration Assistant in our Tauranga Office. She gained experience working as a legal secretary in the Family Law team in Tauranga before moving back to her hometown of Rotorua in 2020. Danielle has recently completed her Diploma in Legal Executive Studies whilst working full time at Holland …

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Jacqueline Bell

Jacqueline is a member of both the family and litigation team at Holland Beckett. Jacqueline specialises in relationship property, trusts, wills and estate litigation. She appears for clients both in Court and in Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) processes including mediations. She also supports the trust and estates team with complex asset and succession planning matters. …

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Lucy Vala-Blackmore

Lucy is a solicitor working in Holland Beckett’s family team. She is based in our Rotorua office. Lucy grew up in Rotorua before moving to Hamilton to complete her Bachelor of Laws at the University of Waikato. Lucy returned to Rotorua and gained experience with Holland Beckett Law as a summer clerk. Lucy specialises in …

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Katherine Dyer

Katherine is an Associate in Holland Beckett’s family law team. She joined the Holland Beckett team in 2016 and specialises in all areas of family law. Katherine has extensive experience in dealing with: Post-separation relationship property disputes, including negotiating, drafting and advising on Relationship Property Agreements, and acting in Court proceedings Contracting Out Agreements (“prenups”) …

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Sophie Law

Sophie is an Associate at Holland Beckett and advises clients on all aspects of employment and relationship property matters. Sophie acts on a broad range of employment law matters, both contentious and non-contentious. She has particular experience in providing assistance to clients who are undergoing employee investigations, Holidays Act compliance issues, personal grievance claims, disciplinary …

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Leesa Speed

Leesa is a partner at Holland Beckett, specialising in all aspects of Family Law. She can assist you to resolve matters in Court, or out. Leesa joined Holland Beckett in 2015 with a civil litigation background gained at major firms both in New Zealand and overseas. Her practice area includes resolving post-separation relationship property disputes, …

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Rebecca Savage

Rebecca is an experienced litigator who specialises in complex relationship property, trust and family protection matters. She works hard for her clients and prides herself in providing strategic and pragmatic representation. Rebecca considers it a privilege to assist clients through difficult relationship breakdowns and family problems. After graduating in 2008, Rebecca worked as a Judges’ …

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