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Caroline Counsel appears on ABC Jon Faine program with Professor Patrick Parkinson and former Chief Justice Alistair Nicholson and NewsRadio Sydney to discuss the Federal Government’s announcement for a review of the Family Law System
At present 70% of families resolve their matters with the help of counsellors and family lawyers without ever having to step foot inside a court room. Of the 30% who issue proceedings, between 3% and 5% require a final hearing. … Continue reading
Proposed amendments to the Family Law Act for victims of Family Violence
The Federal Government is currently in the process of amending the Family Law Act to protect victims of Family Violence from being cross examined by their abusers. The proposed legislation will prevent a perpetrator of family violence from directly … Continue reading
What can I do if my ex refuses to leave our house after separation or before divorce?
When couples separate and are likely to divorce, one of them usually leaves the home and other remains there until property disputes are resolved or orders are made by the Court. So for some couples, where one person announces they … Continue reading
How Counsel Family Lawyers can help you if your former partner becomes bankrupt during your Family Law matter
What happens when your former partner goes bankrupt prior to or during your family law proceedings? Do you lose all of your assets and join a long list of creditors in the hope of receiving a small share of the … Continue reading
COMPANY DEBTS and DIVORCE: WHO’S RESPONSIBLE?
PART ONE: COMPANY LOAN ACCOUNTS Counsel Family Lawyers frequently advises clients who have borrowed money from their family company, often as a director of that company. Sometimes these clients are the unwitting recipients of company loans. The majority of Australian … Continue reading
The High Court of Australia to determine the issue of duress and Financial Agreements
Thorne v Kennedy [2017] HCATrans 148 (8 August 2017) In the case of Thorne v Kennedy [2017] HCATrans 148 the High Court of Australia is considering the issue of what constitutes “duress” when it comes to challenging the binding nature of … Continue reading
What if I have experienced family violence? Can I still mediate?
This is a vexed question. When answering it, at the heart of every answer must be the concept of family safety, not just victim safety but also that of the children who are usually victims of the violence as well … Continue reading
Enough about the Plebiscite Already! This is a Human Rights Issue…
I get it. I really do. There are sectors of our society that hold fast to the belief, born of religion or otherwise, that marriage is and should ever remain exclusively as between a man and a woman. As a … Continue reading
Sometimes Pollyanna has no role to play in a separated family
There are some cases where the enmity between the separated parents is just too great and where their own emotional needs are so great and their behaviours are so damaging that they cannot see the wood for the trees. Whilst … Continue reading
Children – Do they have to go or can they stay?
How the Hague Convention Works in Australia and how Counsel Family Lawyers Can Assist I have previously blogged on the fall out of Hague Convention cases and inter country marriages. There have been two highly publicised cases in Australia in … Continue reading
