Insights

By Caitlin Elliott, Senior Associate Separated couples can usually come to an agreement about who stays in the family home and who moves out. Those…

By Penelope Charlesworth, Senior Associate First – congratulations. Family law separations, at the end of a marriage or a de facto relationship, can be really…

By Caroline Khoury, Senior Associate Negotiating arrangements for your children after the breakdown of your relationship can be a stressful and emotionally taxing experience. After…

By Michael Boal, Senior Associate There are a number of different reasons why people may want to undertake DNA testing. It could be that: Somebody…

By Danielle Sturgeon, Senior Associate. With busy lives and a lot to organise, we often delegate management of parts of our life where we can,…

By Daniel Piekarski, Senior Associate The facts Mr Masson had been friends with Ms Parsons for many years. In 2006 Ms Parsons conceived a child…

Most people know that conversations they have with their lawyer are confidential. That means the lawyer cannot discuss the information given to them by the…

By Kate Wild, Lawyer In the matter of Jabour[1], the Full Court of the Family Court considered, on appeal, a decision of the Federal Circuit…

By Penelope Charlesworth, Senior Associate In the midst of a family law separation, legal costs can be an added worry. But as with any professional…