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Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in family law proceedings
AI is changing the way in which lawyers work. It offers relief from tedious tasks such as indexing and reviewing disclosure, creating chronologies, summarising lengthy documents, tracking critical dates and writing simple letters and emails, but it also offers opportunities to speed up more complex tasks like legal research...
Twelve things which family lawyers need to know about the AML/CTF tranche 2 reforms
1. Sometimes, family lawyers perform work which is within the definition of “designated services” under the anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF) tranche 2 reforms, which now form part of the AML/CTF legislation. The AML/CTF legislation is comprised of the Anti-Money Laundering & Counter-Terrorism...
How Much Child Support Should I Pay?
Either parent can apply for a child support assessment. Child Support issues an assessment setting out the amount of child support payable by one parent to the other. The assessment is based on a formula. The level of child support varies depending on such factors as: the number of children of the relationship; the amount of...
Tips to Keep Your Family Law Costs Down
Managing Legal Costs Collaboratively We appreciate that payment of legal costs can present a challenge for many clients. We will work with you to ensure your case is dealt with as efficiently and cost effectively as possible. Transparent Information About Fees and Disbursements We will be transparent about our professional...
Having it all
Having it all is a modern ideal with complex realities Each generation of women faces different challenges with careers and family. I believe the generation before mine faced greater ones than I did. Bizarrely, I also believe the current generation of female law graduates face greater challenges than me. I was born in 1961,...