by Jacky Campbell | May 25, 2012 | De facto relationships, Financial agreements
It might be assumed that financial agreements between de facto partners under the Family Law Act 1975 (“the Act”) have the same requirements and consequences as financial agreements between couples who are intending to marry, married or divorced. This is...
by Jacky Campbell | Nov 22, 2012 | Financial agreements
The Family Court’s decision in Parker & Parker has important implications for financial agreements and legal professional privilege. Parker & Parker, delivered by the Full Court of the Family Court on 7 March 2012, is arguably the most significant decision on...
by Jacky Campbell | Aug 25, 2013 | Financial agreements
In the last couple of years the earlier enthusiasm of legal practitioners for financial agreements has waned. A steady stream of reported cases has alerted legal practitioners to the technical difficulties of meeting the requirements of the Family Law Act 1975...
by Jacky Campbell | Mar 25, 2015 | Financial agreements
Changes are pending in Federal Parliament to the financial agreement provisions in the Family Law Act 1975 (“the Act”), particularly in relation to the following: Requirements to be binding; Grounds for setting them aside; and Spousal maintenance. The...
by Jacky Campbell | Nov 25, 2015 | Financial agreements
There have been few reported cases with respect to the enforcement of financial agreements. Recently, the Family Court had to decide whether having previously refused to set aside a financial agreement or make a declaration that it was not binding, it could exercise...
by Jacky Campbell | Nov 25, 2015 | Financial agreements
A husband is suing his lawyers because his cohabitation agreement was not validly executed[1]The Family Court ordered that his former de facto wife was entitled to retain the husband’s Porsche with a personalised number plate, his cemetery plot and $900,000...
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