must-make-a-will
11: You’d be wise to make a Will – and it’s cheap and relatively easy to draw one up yourself | September 19, 2017

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…


pre-nuptial agreement
12: Baby-boomer parents push prenups to keep property in the family | September 8, 2017

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…


John Barbanera dispute over father's Will
13: Eldest brother’s claim for slice of late father’s Will rejected by Court | August 5, 2017

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”…


spy on spouse apps
14: 5 Smart Phone Apps for Spying on your Spouse | December 29, 2016

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…


michael-lawler-phone-recordings
15: Secret Phone Recordings Justified to Protect a “Legitimate Lawful Interest” | October 22, 2015

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!..


psychiatric subpoenas in Court
16: Psychiatric records being aired in Family Court | August 22, 2015

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…


property-settlement
17: Why Housing Boom is causing Headaches for Divorcees | August 13, 2015

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…


family-court-of-australia
18: Divorce filing fees set for Significant Rise | June 20, 2015

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


legal start-ups
19: Why mums are ditching large law firms | March 7, 2015

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. ..


A "scandalous waste of taxpayers' money"
20: Government spends $500,000 fighting $6000 child support dispute | December 27, 2014

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…