by Jacky Campbell | Nov 3, 2018 | Articles, Overview of changes in the law, Topic
“Don’t it always seem to go That you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone They paved paradise And put up a parking lot” “Big Yellow Taxi” by Joni Mitchell The Family Court of Australia (FCofA) was established in...
by Jacky Campbell | Feb 21, 2019 | Articles, Property, Topic
The Australian Taxation Office recently appealed to the High Court of Australia on the question of whether there was power under the Family Law Act 1975 (FLA) for the husband to be substituted for the wife in relation to a tax debt owed by the wife of over $250,000...
by Jacky Campbell | Jun 27, 2019 | Articles, Overview of changes in the law, Topic
Family law never stagnates. Legislative reforms since the introduction of the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth) have often either followed societal developments or, more frequently, led or accompanied them. However, the next 12 months has the potential for even greater...
by Jacky Campbell | Jul 27, 2020 | Articles
We do arbitrations Jacky Campbell of Forte Family Lawyers is an accredited arbitrator and a family lawyer of over 35 years’ experience. Jacky is an Accredited Specialist in Family Law and a Fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers. Jacky is well known...
by Jacky Campbell | Nov 1, 2020 | Property, Articles
The High Court rarely grants special leave to appeal and does so even more infrequently in family law matters. When it does hear a family law appeal family lawyers expect that the outcome will either provide clarity as to an aspect of the law or change their...
by Jacky Campbell | Feb 17, 2021 | Property, Articles, International family law disputes
The High Court of Australia considered the impact of an overseas court order on Australia property settlement and maintenance proceedings in Clayton v Bant (2020) FLC 93-994; [2020] HCA 44. The issue arose because the language of the overseas order was not the same as...
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