Binding Financial Agreements (BFA) are entered into with the clear intention of giving parties certainty and security in their financial arrangements before, during or after a relationship ends. … [Read more...]
Family law mediation has failed. What next?
While there are limited exceptions, Mediation in family law disputes is compulsory prior to seeking relief from the Court. In many cases Mediation does assist parties to resolve dispute, but what … [Read more...]
Short relationship results in no property adjustment for wife Husband regrets not getting that Pre-Nup
In 2012 the High Court of Australia published the much-lauded case of Stanford v Stanford. The issues arising therefrom changed the landscape for property adjustment in Australia. Fundamentally it … [Read more...]
Obtaining early legal advice – Why seeing a family lawyer does not spell the end of the possibility for amicable and timely resolution
Have you recently separated from your partner? Do you have unresolved matters which are preventing you from being able to completely move on with your life? Are you financially tied to your … [Read more...]
Mega money divorce does not mean pay day for lawyers
In a week that has seen the Courier Mail (on Sunday 30 June 2019) publish an article entitled ‘Til debt do us part’, criticising the adversarial family law system and what they coined “routine” legal … [Read more...]
Room for improvement in police handling of withheld children
A New South Wales coronial inquest into the death of a father and daughter yesterday recommended a change in police procedures when they receive reports of a child not being returned pursuant to a … [Read more...]
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