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Dayna joined Lewis Lawyers’ dispute resolution team in 2023. Her practice focuses primarily on relationship property and employment law, alongside broader civil dispute resolution matters.

Dayna regularly assists clients with relationship property matters, including negotiating, advising on, and drafting relationship property agreements. She also provides advice on Family Protection Act 1955 claims, including claims involving challenges to wills and Deeds of Family Arrangement.

In her employment law work, Dayna supports both employers and employees through workplace issues, including disciplinary processes, investigations, mediations, and personal grievance claims. She assists with raising and responding to personal grievances, preparing for mediation, and applications before the Employment Relations Authority. Dayna also advises on workplace changes, including staff onboarding, workplace policies, and employment agreements.

Dayna’s wider dispute resolution experience includes general contract disputes, building-related disputes, and applications for the appointment of property managers and welfare guardians (PPPR applications).

Dayna enjoys the negotiation aspect of disputes and is focused on helping clients resolve matters efficiently and pragmatically, where possible outside the courtroom. When court involvement is required, she is ready to advocate for her clients and take on the challenge.

Before joining Lewis Lawyers, Dayna worked within the litigation team at a Te Awamutu-based firm and at Community Law Waikato, where she continues to volunteer.

Dayna brings a pragmatic, client-focused approach to her work, supporting clients through what are often personal, sensitive, or high-pressure legal issues.