Ursula Malone reports for ABC News: “Justice Diana Bryant said access to legal aid was already a problem in the Family Court, and she was worried about the impact of a further $15 million in Commonwealth funding cuts outlined in…
Ursula Malone reports for ABC News: “Justice Diana Bryant said access to legal aid was already a problem in the Family Court, and she was worried about the impact of a further $15 million in Commonwealth funding cuts outlined in…
Loretta Care writing in Mondaq discusses the decision in Kane ([2013] FamCAFC 205) where a party argued that his special contribution applied to an initial $1m+ investment, which increased it to a $3m+ value in 2 years entitled him to…
Bettina Arndt writing in the Age reports how recent research has challenged the notion, prevalent particularly in Australia for many years, that children under 3 should not stay overnight with more than one parent. This provides new hope for many…
In the article of ‘Dividing assets on separation: home and away”, International Family Law Specialist Carmel Brown gives detailed answers to the questions related to the financial issues dealt in UK and in Australia when couples facing separation. As increasing…
“Cases like that of the 12-year-old married to an adult male are all too common” A university student walked through the doors of a Sydney Centrelink office to make what he thought was a reasonable request. The 26-year-old, who was…
Written by David Hodson, International Family Law Specialist Posted on Australian Times. co.uk, 5 February 2014 Q: My wife and I were married in Sydney fifteen years ago and have been living and working in London since 2005. We both…
The Family Court of Australia has just decided a divorce case which could lead to 50/50 splits of assets, over-ruling the status quo which recognised and rewarded a ‘special contribution’ by one partner. In Kane v Kane the parties contributed…
1 December, 2013 Warring couples bent on revenge are resorting on increasingly “ludicrous” stunts, including claims of ghosts, in bloody-minded campaigns to bring down the value of the marital property pool. In perhaps one of the most bizarre claims this…
Brain Pickup and Marion Fraser, 26 November 2013 BACKGROUND In 2004 the ATO issued Interpretative Decision ATO ID 2004/462. This ATO ID explains that taxation law will prevent a payment by a private company being a deemed dividend where, amongst…
Lisa Cox, 26 November 2013 In defence of the ACT’s same-sex marriage law, Australian Marriage Equality is seeking to be heard by the High Court. In their submission, the ACT government’s legal team said that territory-based same-sex marriage laws could…