Family lawyers could be hit with personal costs orders if they fail to help resolve disputes as “quickly, inexpensively and efficiently” as possible and if their fees become disproportionate to the issues in dispute, under laws to be introduced to parliament today…

A court has given the green light for a family lawyer to be sued for misleading and deceptive conduct over claims he failed to properly advise a woman about the consequences of signing a prenuptial agreement…

EMOTIONS can run high at Christmas as fractured families attempt to find common ground. Reminds me of something the late comic George Burns said: “Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.”..

AS children line up to place their present orders with Santa, mums and dads will be putting in orders of their own – court orders on which parent will get to spend Christmas Day with the children…

DE FACTO couples are being advised to draw up “domestic relationship agreements” or risk financial ruin if their partnership breaks down…