Clayton v Bant [2020] HCA 44 (2 December 2020) In Clayton & Bant the High Court highlighted that when dealing with applications under the FLA between parties who have also litigated with respect to their marriage in other jurisdictions, careful examination of the...
Case Note: Syms and Syms [2021] Fam CAFC 38 Children – Mother’s “fixed” but unfounded allegations of sexual abuse by father were damaging to the children – Reversal of care, four month moratorium, followed by supervised time with mother due to risk of...
On Wednesday 12 May 2021, I attended a webinar addressing Confidentiality in Court Ordered Therapy. This was held by the Greater West Family Law Practitioners Association as part of their Online Twilight Seminar Series, and was hosted by Dr Lucia Vardanega and Ms...
As presently defined under Section 4AB(1) of the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth) (‘FLA’), ‘family violence’ means: ‘violent, threatening or other behaviour by a person that coerces or controls a member of the person’s family (the family member), or causes the family...
It has become ‘quite common’ and ‘widespread’ for people involved in family law proceedings to attempt to use audio/video recordings of their interactions with their spouse as evidence in Court, according to former Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia, Diana...
Former Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia, Diana Bryant, stated that the attempted use of audio/video recordings of interactions between parties involved in proceedings under the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth) has become ‘quite common’ and ‘widespread’,...