A West Australian couple with $1.8 million in assets racked up more than $1.1m in lawyers’ fees during a bitter separation, after which a Supreme Court ruled the husband’s lawyer had lost objectivity and overcharged him, including for up to 24.8 hours of work in a single day…

Federal court-filing fees are set to rise on 1 July with increases expected to raise more than $87 million…

Self representation in a divorce case is fraught with unexpected challenges. Often, the best strategy is to avoid court altogether. ..

There are some legal firms today that are offering what is now commonly called a fixed-price divorce…

Victoria Legal Aid says it will review cuts to its family services – which the Family Court’s Chief Justice has criticised as compromising children’s best interests – later this year…

If you successfully represent yourself, the costs you can recover from the other party are strictly limited…

The parents of a severely disabled NSW boy have lost their $10 million damages case against an IVF specialist who failed to properly warn them of the likelihood their son would inherit a rare blood clotting condition…

FAMILY Relationship Centres have called for the revenue from court fee increases of 20 per cent intended to deter vexatious litigants to be redirected to mediation services to help at-risk children…

IT’S A sad reality of modern life that marriages that have taken decades to build can be thrown away in under a year. These days a marriage can be dissolved literally with the click of a mouse with the online …..

A MARRIAGE break-up has cost a couple 11 years, more than $1 million in legal fees, a judicial “marshal” and now the “emotional collapse” of the ex-wife – still without a result…