by Jacky Campbell | Nov 22, 2012 | Overview of changes in the law
Introduction During the past 12 months there have been two major changes to the Family Law Act 1975 (“the Act”), two sets of changes to the Family Law Rules 2004 and to the Family Law Regulations 1984 and one set of changes to the Federal Magistrates Court Rules 2001....
by Jacky Campbell | Nov 30, 2013 | Overview of changes in the law
Introduction The most sweeping change to the legislation in this book since the publication of the last edition was the renaming of the Federal Magistrates Court of Australia as the Federal Circuit Court of Australia. This received widespread publicity. Less...
by Jacky Campbell | Nov 30, 2015 | Overview of changes in the law
Introduction Legislative change in family law has been unusually slow in the past 18 months which has allowed time for the Family Law Courts to consider and consolidate their approach to recent legislative and judicial changes. Since the last edition of this book,...
by Jacky Campbell | Nov 1, 2016 | Overview of changes in the law
Every year there are obvious amendments to family law legislation, but also many other pieces of legislation which do not, by reference to their name, alert family lawyers to their relevance. These amendments are, of course, incorporated into the online version of the...
by Jacky Campbell | Nov 1, 2016 | Overview of changes in the law
In the last 12 months or so there have been some significant cases under the Family Law Act 1975. Those dealt with in this article cover: Spousal maintenance – Hall The definition of “financial resource” Life expectancy – Fontana A lottery win early in the...
by Jacky Campbell | Oct 27, 2018 | Overview of changes in the law
The two Bills restructuring the Family Law Courts have been delayed by Parliament for further consideration in 2019. This gave family lawyers hope that 2018 would be a quiet legislative year. But, we were mistaken. Instead, the floodgates have opened. First we had the...
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