The Full Court has allowed a wife’s appeal against property settlement orders following a 22-year marriage, while dismissing her appeal against parenting orders that changed the residence of the parties’ two younger children to the
The Full Court has granted a husband leave to appeal aspects of property settlement orders made after more than a decade of litigation and three final hearings, where he was subject to a harmful proceedings
The Court has declined to enforce a financial agreement negotiated directly between parties following a marriage of more than 40 years, despite the agreement having been signed and partly performed. The husband had provided the
The Family Court of Western Australia dismissed a mother’s application to have parenting proceedings determined in a non-Convention country, finding the children remained habitually resident in Australia and that jurisdiction under the Family Law Act
By majority, the Court of Appeal of Western Australia held that provisions of the Surrogacy Act 2008 (WA) excluding same-sex couples from eligibility for a parentage order were inconsistent with the Sex Discrimination Act 1984
Parenting proceedings listed for a 7-day trial before Justice O’Brien in the Family Court of Western Australia. Between them, the parties sought to call evidence from 25 witnesses.
Everyone experiences anxiety from time to time. It is a normal response to stress and can be helpful in some situations. However, anxiety can also be debilitating and interfere with daily life.
Meditation and mindfulness are two practices that have been shown to have a number of benefits for both physical and mental health. Meditation is the practice of focusing your attention on a single point, such
We spend a great deal of time at work with our colleagues, so we’re in a good position to spot changes in their mood or behavior. If you notice that a colleague seems to be
Family law is emotional work. Most of us came into it to help people, not because we love timesheets. Yet the way we price our work often undermines access to justice, practitioner wellbeing, and thoughtful representation. “Profit with purpose” is not a slogan. It is a choice to design pricing models that are fair to clients, sustainable for firms, and aligned with the real value we create.
When Mia started her first job as a family lawyer, she thought the firm’s precedent and automation system was magic. With a few clicks she could produce parenting orders, property orders and affidavits that looked polished, compliant and complete.
We are now in a new age of Family Dispute Resolution (FDR), where practitioners can draw on a spectrum of processes – mediation, child-inclusive practice, collaborative law, parenting coordination, arbitration, hybrid models and more , to design pathways that match risk, complexity, culture, and client capacity.
