Legal Proceedings
Can a marriage be legal if your new wife or husband refuses to have sex with you – not just on the wedding night, but ever? The short answer is “No!”..
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…
With husband, former NRL player David Fifita looking on, a relieved Jade Robinson bowed her head as a magistrate told her she would not be jailed for fraudulently pocketing almost $50,000 from Centrelink when claiming to be a struggling single mum…
In family law disputes it is a common misconception that an inheritance or other large sum received after separation will be excluded from the property pool to be divided between the parties. ..
A Family Court judge has delivered a blistering judgment on the “culture of bitter, adversarial and highly aggressive family law litigation” in Sydney and blasted two law firms for charging “outrageous” fees…
The wife of former NRL player David Fifita has been sentenced to eight months in jail for rorting Centrelink of almost $50,000 in single-parent Centrelink payments…
A surrogate mother has been stripped of her parental rights after the baby boy’s biological parents won a court battle to erase her from the child’s life…
Voluntary euthanasia is a step closer to reality in Victoria after bid to derail proposed state laws last night failed…
The bill known as Zoe’s Law would amend the Crimes Act to make it a crime to harm or destroy a child in utero…
With the Victorian Parliament on the cusp of debating the country’s first state government-sponsored assisted dying bill (euthanasia), advocates for reform hope the laws will result in fewer people choosing to die in such harrowing circumstances…