STEPHEN NICHOLAS van BOHEMEN CURRICULUM VITAE Nationality: New Zealand Languages: English and German Date of admission as a Barrister & Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand: March 1984 Street address: Atticus Chambers 47 Acacia Avenue Upper Riccarton Christchurch Postal address: P O Box 6230 Christchurch Telephone: 0064 3 365 9299 0064 275844557 Fax: 0064 3 365 9288 E-mail svanbohemen@atticuschambers 2 28 years post – admission experience as a Barrister & Solicitor Barrister sole since 1 April 2007 Experienced in commercial / property law, civil and criminal litigation Family Law Specialist since 1990 Member of Counsel for Child panels in Christchurch and Ashburton Legal advisor to New Zealand Association of Counsellors Speaker at national and international family law conferences PROFESSIONAL CAREER April 2007 – present Barrister sole. Co-founder of Atticus Chambers, Specialist Family Law Chambers in Christchurch. Current case load: Relationship property, and complex Child Law litigation (Care of Children / Adoption/ Children Young Persons & Their Families), general civil litigation. August 1995 – March 2007 Litigation solicitor initially in sole practice. From September 2005 – April 2006 in partnership in McNulty▲van Bohemen, a specialist litigation practice. . Principal areas of practice: Family and civil law. October 1990 – July 1995 Associate, and then partner, Maude & Miller, Barristers and Solicitors, Porirua, New Zealand. Litigation practice, predominantly family law. October 1989 – October 1990 Locum solicitor with Jill Moss, Solicitor, Porirua, New Zealand and then David Hurley, Solicitor, Wellington. Litigation practice, predominantly family law. September 1988 – September 1989 Assistant solicitor, Howard Kennedy, Solicitors, London. Commercial law.. June 1984 – June 1988 Solicitor and then partner, Smythe Le Gros Barnett, Barristers and Solicitors, Nelson. Commercial and property law. 3 November 1981 – June 1984 Clerk and then solicitor, Macalister Mazengarb Parkin & Rose, Barristers and Solicitors, Wellington. Property and commercial law. Significant achievements/cases include: Creation of a successful legal practice in Christchurch Establishment of Family Law Chambers Solicitor and counsel for G in G v B ((2001) 21 FRNZ, 1 (FC); GMG v MAB (2001) 21 FRNZ 650 (HC) and B v G (2002) 22 FRNZ 278 (CA). Issue: Adoption / revocation / rights of birth parents post consent Solicitor and counsel for White in W v N [child abduction] [2006] NZFLR 793 (HC), and White v Northumberland [2006] NZFLR 1105 (CA). Issue Hague Convention Application for Return of child – child’s objections. Appearance for parties in relationship property proceedings in Family and High Courts; Appearances as counsel for the party / child / counsel to assist in adoption, day to day care, relocation, care and protection domestic violence and mental health cases in Family and High Courts and Court of Appeal Solicitor / counsel to parties in inter-country adoptions: New Zealand / Thailand; New Zealand / Solomon Islands in the Family Court Successful settlement of most of my clients’ cases out of Court Other professional achievements Appointed amicus curiae to Complaints Review Tribunal Legal advisor to the Ethics Committee, New Zealand Association of Counsellors Former member of Panel of counsel retained by the Central Authority in Hague Convention cases Scriptwriter for the Legal Resource Trust video: Custody and Access 4 Advisor to Ministry of Justice on Publicity brochures and DVD’s on The Family Court and its processes Appointed member New Zealand Legal Aid Review Panel (Dec 2000 – June 2001) Volunteer Solicitor/ Barrister Community Law Canterbury (1995 – 2011); Member of Executive Committee 1997 – 1999 (Chair 1998 & 1999) National Law Society Roles Elected member National Executive Family Law Section of New Zealand Law Society April 2000 – February 2003 Faculty Member New Zealand Law Society Family Law Skills Course (2000) Faculty Member NZLS Litigation Skills Course (2000, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007 & 2008) Law Society Roles Member Canterbury District Law Society Family Law Committee 1996 – 2002 Member Canterbury District Law Society Complaints Committee 2006 – 2008 Member of Standards Committee of the New Zealand Law Society 2009 – 2011 Developed and conducted family law workshops for less experienced practitioners. Conferences Chair of the Organizing Committee 2001 New Zealand Family Law Conference (held in conjunction with LAWASIA & NZLS Conferences, Christchurch) Co – chair New Zealand Family Law Conference, Auckland 2003 Speaker at the National Seminar of Management of Child Abuse & Neglect, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, August 2002: Child Protection – the New Zealand Experience. Speaker NZLS Family Law Conference, Auckland, October 2003 Adoption – Certainty v Best interests. 5 Speaker NZLS Family Law Conference, Christchurch, November 2007: Hague Convention on Child Abduction & International Relocation Speaker NZLS Advanced Lawyer for Child Intensive 2008: The Evidence Act 2006 Speaker LexisNexis 2008 Family Law Advocacy Skills Course: Discovering the Evidence Speaker LexisNexis 2009 Child Law Conference The Evidence Act 2006 – its application in the Family Court Chair NZLS Family Law Conference 2011 Publications Conference presentations included in Conference Papers for National Seminar on Management of Child Abuse & Neglect , Malaysia, 2002; 2003 NZLS Family Law Conference, 2007 NZLS Family Law Conference; 2008 NZLS Advanced Lawyer for the Child Intensive; 2009 LexisNexis Child Law Conference Contributing author to Brookers’ Family Procedure and Family Property 2009 – to date) Evidence: When it’s an issue in the Family Court (2010) 6 NZFLJ 271 EDUCATION 1989 Qualified as a Solicitor of the High Court of England & Wales 1984 Enrolled as a Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand 1976 - 1983 Victoria University of Wellington MA (Hons) in German Language and Literature 1980 LLB 1983
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