In a recent case, Counsel indicated that the applicant mother would seek to tender voice recordings and transcripts of conversations between the parties. The recordings and transcript were only provided to the other parties legal reps less than a week prior to the commencement of the hearing. This did not comply with the pre-trial directions for the filing of evidence. This article provides 8 tips on how to properly admit audio recordings in family law hearings…

Two prominent Australian lawyers have submitted covertly recorded phone recordings as evidence in their respective cases, which they claim to be legal despite being secretly recorded without the knowledge of those being recorded, because the intention of the recordings was to protect a “legitimate lawful interest”. And it seems they are correct!..

Private investigators, secret tapes, the hacking of social media pages and the manipulation of children – nothing is above litigants in the highly charged atmosphere of divorce and custody proceedings in the Family Court…