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Family law judgments

Robert Glade-Wright and Craig Nicol 01 May 2019

Wife’s SMS held admissible against her case that $145,000 advance from father-in-law was husband’s debt...

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Family Law Section Newsletter

Family Law Section 30 Apr 2019

The April edition of the Family Law Section Newsletter is now available...

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Inquiry into the Family Law Courts

Family Law Section 23 Nov 2018

The LIV has prepared a submission to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee concerning proposed reforms to the Australian family law court system...

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Court must support vulnerable families

Karin Derkley 15 Nov 2018

A proposed restructure of the family law courts will add complexity and undermine the world-leading features of the Australian family law system, the LIV argues...

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Collaborate don't litigate

Stephen Winspear 01 Oct 2018

The ALRC Review of the Family Law System should recommend ADR in and litigation out...

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Call for extension to consult on proposed federal court merger

LIV 29 Aug 2018

Family Lawyers are encouraged to participate in the biggest change to Australia’s legal system since 1975...

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Family Law judgments

Robert Glade-Wright and Craig Nicol 02 Jul 2018

Property: De facto thresholds – evidence that parties “presented as a couple” meaningless – bald denial without contrary evidence also inadequate...

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Proposed restructure of federal Family Law Court system

LIV Media 05 Jun 2018

The federal government is proposing a major restructure of the federal Family Law Court system which was announced by the Attorney General Christian Porter last week.

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LIV responds to article about the Family Court in The Australian

LIV Media 05 Jun 2018

An article titled 'Courts fail families, minister tells bench' was published in the Weekend Australian on 26 May 2018 and no comment was sought from the Law Institute of Victoria concerning the content of the article before publication.

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Family Law judgments

Robert Glade-Wright and Craig Nicol 03 Apr 2018

Property: Wife’s application filed electronically after 4.30pm accepted (despite FLR 24.05(2)) as filed before husband’s death hours later...

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Preferred wording for change of name orders

LIV Family Law Section 12 Dec 2017

Births, Deaths and Marriages, in consultation with the Family Court and Federal Circuit Court request that if a change of name of a child has been ordered by the Court the following wording is preferred...

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Why the hysteria around Thorne and Kennedy? Are ‘pre-nups’ still an option?

Therese Borger 12 Dec 2017

After a busy month of schooling our federal politicians on their eligibility criteria, the High Court handed down Thorne v Kennedy. Many said the case signaled the ‘death knell of financial agreements’ - and they say lawyers have a flair for the dramatic!...

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Case Summary [Sha & Cham [2017] FamCAFC 161]

LIV Family Law Section 14 Nov 2017

In Sha & Cham, Mr Sha appealed against Orders made by Johnston J declaring that the Family Court had jurisdiction to determine Ms Cham’s application...

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