Circuit Judge

1: Family Law judge accused of deleting his threats from decision | July 17, 2020

A Federal Circuit Court judge removed a threat to imprison parents who did not follow his family law orders when he released a written version of his oral decision, an appeal court has found…

2: Family Court Judge’s ruling overturned by Appeal Court as a ‘gross miscarriage of justice’ | July 21, 2019

A Brisbane judge who sentenced a father of two to jail for contempt of court in a family law case has been sharply criticised by Family Court appeal judges, who described his decision as an “affront to justice”…

3: Regional Areas Deprived of Permanent Family Law Judges | June 10, 2014

Judges who travel to regional areas to hear family law disputes are handling up to 70 matters a week and sitting until as late as 8pm to get through their caseloads…

4: False abuse claims are the new court weapon, retiring judge says | July 5, 2013

Allegations of child sexual abuse are being increasingly invented by mothers to stop fathers from seeing their children, says a retiring Family Court judge…