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National laws needed for Living Wills

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Some leading doctors and ethicists are calling for uniform national laws to guarantee a dying person’s wishes, as expressed in a living will, are respected by doctors and hospitals. They say new medical technology is sometimes prolonging life unnecessarily…

Divorce Model Reveals The Costs of Divorce Settlement Delay

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Divorce proceedings can be financially devastating for the parties involved but a new financial-advice modelling tool claims it is possible to cut months off the length of a typical settlement process…

Divorce via spreadsheet

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IT is hard to see the fruits of a marriage detailed on a spreadsheet, but it is the only way to separate fact from emotion during a divorce, financial experts and family court lawyers say…

New Electronic Recording Laws Could Impact Family Law Disputes

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PARENTS involved in family law disputes would be prevented from recording their confrontations if new surveillance laws are passed…

Gleaning facts of emotional case

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The Family Court judge dismissed an application from the mother and Orders were made for the children to return to Italy.

We address five commonly held misconceptions surrounding the case and address them via the reasoning of Family Court Justice Colin Forrest’s judgment…

Free Legal Support in NSW: The Law Society Pro Bono Scheme

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The Law Society’s Pro Bono Scheme can put you in contact with law firms willing to provide their legal services for free or for reduced fees…

Booming surrogacy demand sparks exploitation fears

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Australians paying women in India to have their babies are being overcharged by clinics taking advantage of the booming demand for commercial surrogacy, advocacy groups warn…

11 years, $1m on and one couple’s divorce is still not settled

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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…