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Family law: August 2025

The family courts discuss the parentage of a child born by in vitro fertilisation, binding financial agreements without independent legal advice, and more.

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Family law: July 2025

The family courts discuss capital gains tax deductions, the finality of parenting orders, procedural fairness and false testimony in property adjustment proceedings.

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Family law: June 2025

Decisions on business valuation, seeking unpaid entitlements from third parties, parenting orders and commercial surrogacy, and parental fixation on gender affirmation.

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Family law: May 2025

Decisions addressing expert report use, exclusion of convictions evidence, receiving advice from your own practice and declining to make orders by consent.

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Family law: April 2025

Decisions addressing parenting applications involving artificial conception, non-disclosure of assets and apprehended bias.

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Family law: March 2025

Decisions addressing the definition of family violence, variation of parental orders, de facto property adjustment and subpoena objections. By CRAIG NICOL and KELEIGH ROBINSON.

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Family law: February 2025

Decisions addressing de facto relationship length, application of recent amendments and determining property value. By CRAIG NICOL and KELEIGH ROBINSON.

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Family law: December 2024

Cases discussing the Stanford and Harman precedents, AI use in litigation, and consent orders with mentally disabled people. By CRAIG NICOL and KELEIGH ROBINSON.

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Family law: November 2024

Cases discussing discrete hearings, what constitutes a de facto relationship, and financial agreements before marriage. By CRAIG NICOL and KELEIGH ROBINSON.

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Family law: October 2024

Cases on reasonable supervision orders, what makes an outcome better than a settlement and the Harman obligation. By CRAIG NICOL and KELEIGH ROBINSON.

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