We can’t agree about our child’s reli­gion. What will the Court do?

Jan 11, 2019

In deter­min­ing par­ent­ing arrange­ments for chil­dren, the Court’s para­mount con­sid­er­a­tion is to make Orders which are in the best inter­est…
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A Real Deal: An Unfair Dis­missal Set­tle­ment Goes Wrong

Dec 20, 2018

We had a deal! An employ­er asserts an unfair dis­missal case has been set­tled. The Appli­cant con­tends no such set­tle­ment has…
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A Review of Women at Work in 2018

Dec 20, 2018

With 2018 com­ing to a close, an oppor­tu­ni­ty exists to reflect on the social, legal and polit­i­cal issues that defined the…
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‘Tis the sea­son: a word about gifts in your fam­i­ly law prop­er­ty settlement

Dec 20, 2018

It’s the time of year where most of us are busi­ly engaged in buy­ing last-minute gifts for our friends and…
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Infor­mal Prop­er­ty Set­tle­ments: When will the Court decline to make Prop­er­ty Set­tle­ment Orders?

Dec 18, 2018

The recent appeals deci­sion in the mat­ter of Hor­ri­g­an & Jen­nings [2018] FAMCAFC206 has high­light­ed the will­ing­ness of the Court to…
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Mod­ern Award changes 2018 / 2019- Impli­ca­tions for employers

Dec 14, 2018

Employ­ers face the con­stant chal­lenge of try­ing to keep up with the pace of change to the indus­tri­al rela­tions land­scape…
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The Role of Expert Evi­dence in Fam­i­ly Law

Dec 14, 2018

If you are sep­a­rat­ed and look­ing to obtain a final prop­er­ty set­tle­ment, the very first step you will be required to…
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But What Does It Mean? Inter­pret­ing Bind­ing Finan­cial Agreements

Dec 12, 2018

Par­ties gen­er­al­ly enter into Bind­ing Finan­cial Agree­ments at the begin­ning of a rela­tion­ship, to pro­tect the assets they bring into the…
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You say toma­to, I say tom­ah­to: The bat­tle of the forms and build­ing contracts

Dec 10, 2018

Intro­duc­tion In the recent deci­sion of Stepanos­ki v Aslan [2018] NSWSC 1160, the New South Wales Court of Appeal had to…
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Death and fam­i­ly law prop­er­ty proceedings

Dec 7, 2018

If you and your for­mer part­ner are unable to agree to the terms of a prop­er­ty set­tle­ment, one of you will…
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