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”…



property-settlement
14: 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…



video-will
15: A video Will raises serious questions after lengthy NSW Supreme Court hearing | August 10, 2015

An elderly Chinese woman made a digital video recording of an oral statement of testamentary intentions, deliberately recorded as a “video will”, with an intention that it take effect as a will, but she did not alter her formal written Will. The Supreme Court was asked to determine the validity of this video Will. ..



family-court-of-australia
16: 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…



erasing-the-scales-of-justice
17: Imprisoned for false accusation of rape | March 31, 2015

Stephen Black, 46, imprisoned for nearly a year a sexual assault that never happened. Lawyer Greg Walsh argues that public opinion “has swung too far” in favour of professed victims.
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legal start-ups
18: 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. ..



just-divorced
19: The Struggle for Self Represented Divorcees | February 10, 2015

Self representation in a divorce case is fraught with unexpected challenges. Often, the best strategy is to avoid court altogether. ..



Chief Judge John Pascoe
20: Long Court Delays as Family Law Judges Retire but not Replaced | November 30, 2014

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…