Today, 29 July 2015, Greece becomes the 16th EU country to incorporate European legislation known as the Rome III Regulation into its own domestic law. The purpose is to decide and determine which law should be used in cross- border…
Today, 29 July 2015, Greece becomes the 16th EU country to incorporate European legislation known as the Rome III Regulation into its own domestic law. The purpose is to decide and determine which law should be used in cross- border…
The ABC reports that a South Australian man has been compelled to give evidence in Norway under the Hague Convention treaty. The Sunnhordland District Court in Norway also applied to get a DNA sample from the man, however the Supreme Court…
Cuts of $16.7 million over five years to legal aid would equate to 6680 fewer grants of aid for court representation or 15,180 fewer family dispute resolution conferences in NSW according to Legal Aid NSW chief executive Bill Grant. While the Baird Government…
Someone did actually have a more expensive divorce than Rupert Murdoch, well one person anyway, if this article from BillionaireAustralia.com is to be believed. We supsect it is not a scientific sample! http://www.billionairesaustralia.com/expensive-divorces-history/
Augusto Zimmermann, Chair in Legal Theory and Constitutional Law, Murdoch University School of Law & Law Reform Commissioner discusses abuses of domestic violence orders. He outlines some cases in which the orders can be misused. False accusations can be made…
From Muslimvillage.com. Sheikh Haisam Farache comments on new procedures to incorporate cultural sensitivity into consent orders by the Family Court. He is a family lawyer and university lecturer who has been doing mediations under Sharia law informally. He is excited about…
New rights are designed to preserve the continuity of relationship with their grandchildren even though the parents are getting divorced. The rules allow grandparents the right to mediation, even when parents are being hostile, in recognition of the value of grandparent…
An article about the helpful trend towords preservating mutual interest in parenting through divorce. A new pragmatism has accepted the inevitability of divorce. “Treat each other as business partners” is the advice of the founder of a new family transition clinic….
The productivity commission has said the Abbott Government should add $200 million a year to legal assistance services around Australia and reverse cuts to indigenous legal services to meet widespread legal need. Jane Lee, writing in the Sydney Morning Herald reports that “Its…
Storage and retrieval of Family Court documents will become less costly and faster, if Deputy Chief Justice John Faulks has his way. He said the cost of storing such documents is about $1 million a year. He and his chief information…