Trying to define and prove controlling and coercive behaviours both before and after Re H v N 2020 [2021] EWCA Civ 448 has been difficult and occasionally contradictory. This Article looks at ways in which companion animal abuse or threats to them,…
Trying to define and prove controlling and coercive behaviours both before and after Re H v N 2020 [2021] EWCA Civ 448 has been difficult and occasionally contradictory. This Article looks at ways in which companion animal abuse or threats to them,…
The federal Labor government made delivering on its promises a core platform of the 2022 election campaign. On Monday, one key national policy was delivered – with the official launch of the next ten-year National Plan to End Violence Against Women…
A review of Australia’s National Mediator Accreditation System has highlighted the positive role that the NMAS has played in the mediator community, adding credibility and integrity to its practice across the country. Independent research firm Resolution Resources has delivered its…
Monette Dias, 53, had been married 11 times and engaged 28, before she met her current partner. Monette met her first boyfriend in “elementary school”, and ever since, she’s been in pursuit of a marriage that will last a lifetime….
We need a well-structured system to manage timely intervention when unmanaged parental disputes threaten the safety and wellbeing of children. Parenting coordination is necessary to help improve the co-parenting relationship, writes Anne-Marie Cade. Family lawyers and mental health professionals recognise…
Division 7A of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 (Cth) (ITAA36) aims to deal with payment of profit from private companies, to ensure that tax is… Full article: https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=c706d309-4c1f-47d0-8604-b1f95bbc9533
Divorce. Motherhood. Care. The gender pay gap. A woman’s super balance can tell the story of her life. Usually it tells the story of inequality. Can it be fixed? Sandra is 76, doesn’t own a property, is a transient house-sitter,…
Parents – more often mothers – are losing access to their children on the advice of unregulated experts, an Observer investigation reveals. Mothers are having their children taken away by court-appointed “psychological experts” who are unregulated and do not have…
In this edition of ‘It depends’, associate Sacha Robinson talks about appointing or removing beneficiaries of your family trust. VIDEO TRANSCRIPT Hi. Welcome to today’s edition of It Depends. Today we will be talking about appointing or removing beneficiaries of…
This article is in partnership with Smith’s Lawyers. Without realising it, we have all heard an advertisement for a law firm on the radio or seen one on TV, meaning we have probably also heard the phrase, ‘no win, no…