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…

Cancer Council Victoria has launched a Supreme Court bid to get its hands on a dead woman’s medical records, to establish whether it has a claim to $12 million left to the organisation in her previous will…

Parents locked in child custody disputes and couples going through acrimonious divorces will wait up to three years to have their cases finalised as “drastic underfunding” of the Federal Circuit Court and a mass exodus of retiring judges exacerbate already long waits…

In a speech titled ”Everything I’ve Always Wanted To Say”, recently retired Family Court judge Linda Dessau says overly combative family lawyers can give parents misguided advice and put families through unnecessary, drawn-out legal battles…

An Egyptian national has evaded Australian authorities for weeks as his Australian wife and toddler remain stranded in Egypt amid a dramatic international custody dispute. A warrant was issued for the arrest of Mazen Hassan Baioumy, 36, earlier this month …..