by Jacky Campbell | Apr 22, 2018 | Property, Topic
Recently, the Family Court declined to make interim property orders about a dog, leaving the parties to wait for a final hearing to determine the issue. This article looks at whether that was the right decision and what other options are available for parties to...
by Jacky Campbell | Jul 24, 2018 | De facto relationships, Topic
Introduction Since 1 March 2009 the Family Court and the Federal Circuit Court have been able to deal with property and maintenance disputes under the Family Law Act 1975 between de facto couples in all states and territories except Western Australia (and South...
by Jacky Campbell | Aug 22, 2018 | Property, Topic
There has been much hype around the setting aside of financial agreements, particularly following Thorne v Kennedy (2017) FLC 93-807. Additional uncertainty arises as to whether financial agreements are binding or can be “saved”. Consent orders are the fall-back and...
by Jacky Campbell | Oct 27, 2018 | Articles, Financial agreements, Overview of changes in the law, Property, Topic
The most important cases in 2018 have been diverse. This paper looks at some of these. Financial agreements continue to raise new legal issues, and defining a de facto relationship continues to be far more problematic than one would expect. An unusual case involved...
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 | Nov 13, 2018 | Financial agreements, Topic
There is probably no other aspect of family law which has been subject to such a barrage of legislative changes, prospective legislative changes and contradictory judgments, than financial agreements. The High Court delivered its judgment in Thorne v Kennedy [2017]...
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