Making a will is vital, but can cost from $150 to thousands of dollars, if you use professional channels. Here are some tips on how to do it yourself, with intense attention to detail…

Family lawyers have reported a sharp increase in demand for prenups, or binding financial agreements, which state how assets, liabilities and financial resources will be divided in the event of a relationship breakdown…

The Judge rejected the claimant’s claim for family provision from his late father’s Will because of his “comfortable” financial position of more than $5 million , where as his siblings had “real and oppressing financial concerns”…

We review five smart phone apps that allow you to legally keep track of your friends and family, providing details of precisely where they are and how long they have been there…

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!..

Psychiatrists are handing their patients’ confidential records to the courts amid threats of jail, under a flourishing practice by solicitors of issuing “dirt digging” subpoenas…

Family lawyer Jacqueline Dawson says recent spikes in the market have contributed to more people deciding to continue living in the same house post-break-up…

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

An emerging trend is that of female lawyers leaving large law firms to commence their own practices. While capitalizing on the high demand for clients unavailable during typical business hours and find legal services unaffordable, they are finding more time to look after their kids while closing the growing legal aid gap. ..

The Department of Human Services has spent more than half a million dollars of taxpayers’ money in legal fees fighting a child support dispute over $6000…