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Drs (Leiden) LLM (Cape Town)

Nicola graduated from Leiden University with a law degree majoring in International Law and completed an LLM in African Customary Law at the University of Cape Town. She commenced her academic career in the Faculty of Law at the University of Cape Town where she taught Roman Law, Private law and European Union Law. She immigrated to New Zealand in 1986. After a year of study at the University of Otago she took up a lectureship in the Law Faculty in 1987, where she taught Property Law, Wills and Trusts and Advanced Family Property Law and did some teaching in medical law to medical students. She retired in December 2020, but continues to do some teaching in Property Law and remains active in research.

Research Interests

Family Property Law, Trusts and Succession Law

Contact

Room 10C14
10th Floor, Richardson Building
Tel +64 3 479 7154
Email nicola.peart@otago.ac.nz

Publications

Peart, N. (2024). Family property entitlements on death in New Zealand. In M. Briggs & A. Hayward (Eds.), Research handbook on family property and the law. (pp. 231-248). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar. Chapter in Book - Research

Cull, H., & Peart, N. (2022). The challenge of family property ownership. In J. Burrows & J. Finn (Eds.), Challenge and change: Judging in Aotearoa New Zealand. (pp. 247-268). Wellington, New Zealand: LexisNexis NZ. Chapter in Book - Research

Peart, N. (2022, May). Enter a relationship at your own risk! The vulnerability of trusts to claims on separation, dissolution and death. Verbal presentation at the Cradle to Grave Conference: The Interface between Trust, Property and Family Law, [Hybrid]. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Peart, N. (2022). Trustee information obligations under the Trusts Act 2019. New Zealand Law Review, (1), 9-40. Journal - Research Article

Moses, J., & Peart, N. (2021, June, October). Reforming succession law. Verbal presentation at the Trusts Conference: A Trust Odyssey, Auckland, Wellington, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

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