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Amanda’s clients value that she’s astute, commercially savvy and easy to relate to. With a background in psychology, she helps make difficult situations comfortable and drives dialogue when the going gets tough.
A strategic thinker with incredible spirit and vitality, Amanda has practised for over 25-years, working primarily in the highly specialised areas of relationship property and claims against trusts.
As a keen listener and insightful reader of people, Amanda is an expert negotiator. She is a mediator and member of the Arbitrators’ and Mediators’ Institute of New Zealand Inc (AIMNZ) acting as a private mediator with a compassionate yet robust approach to helping parties resolve relationship property and care of children matters, disputed Wills and contested estate matters.
Amanda is a Certified Fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers. She has been ranked by Doyle’s Guide (Australasia’s independent legal directory of leading lawyers) as one of three Pre-Eminent New Zealand lawyers in relationship property and family law since 2019. Her team at Haigh Lyon is ranked by Doyle’s as a Top Tier Law Firm for family and relationship property.
In addition to her directorship at Haigh Lyon Lawyers, Amanda sits on the board as a non-executive director of New Zealand-owned international tech company, Shuttlerock.
