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
Practitioners and parties must carefully adhere to court-imposed filing deadlines and directions.
The appeal pathway from the FWCA is complex, and depends on the decision maker, the legislation, and whether the order is interlocutory
A conviction for breach of an interim family violence restraining order will constitute “an offence involving violence, or a threat of violence, to the other party” for the purpose of the mandatory cross examination ban
Emotional Toll and Vicarious Trauma: Family lawyers frequently deal with emotionally charged cases that can have a profound impact on their mental health. The exposure to intense emotions and traumatic experiences may lead to compassion
Burnout is a state of physical, emotional, and mental exhaustion caused by excessive and prolonged stress. It can occur in any occupation, but it is most common in high-stress jobs, such as healthcare, law, and
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.
