By Craig Nicol and Keleigh Robinson -
Key decisions
- Yoxall & Eide [2024] FedCFamC1A 200
- Hatfield & Rivas [2024] FedCFamC1A 202
- Perna & Perna [2024] FedCFamC1A 183
- Batas & Gaire (No 2) [2024] FedCFamC1F 672
PROPERTY
Declaration of de facto relationship contained error as it included an unnecessary commencement date – de facto relationship existed where parties did not live together in the traditional sense but their use of a hotel room did form a ‘quasi-common residence’
In Yoxall & Eide [2024] FedCFamC1A 200 (29 October 2024), the Full Court (Austin, Gill & Baumann JJ) heard a de facto husband’s appeal against a declaration by Williams J that the parties had lived in a de facto relationship between March 2017 and December 2020.
The Full Court said (from [54]):