Family law: March 2026
The courts clarify preliminary judicial comments, access to court documents, the reach of personal protection orders and the evidence needed for significant costs awards.
By Craig Nicol and Keleigh Robinson - 1 min readThe courts clarify preliminary judicial comments, access to court documents, the reach of personal protection orders and the evidence needed for significant costs awards.
By Craig Nicol and Keleigh Robinson - 1 min readFrom void financial agreements to anti‑suit disputes and unusual separation facts, recent judgments illustrate the breadth of issues shaping family law.
By Craig Nicol and Keleigh Robinson - 1 min readDecisions on deviating from filed pleadings, AI misuse by a litigant in person, and whether completion of programs justifies reconsidering parenting orders.
By Craig Nicol and Keleigh Robinson - 1 min readDecisions on key principles governing trust property, procedural fairness, parenting orders and s 75(2) adjustments.
By Craig Nicol and Keleigh Robinson - 1 min readThe courts discuss procedural fairness, gifts and third parties in the context of property contributions, and anti-suit injunctions.
By Craig Nicol and Keleigh Robinson - 1 min readThe courts grapple with the relevance of past violence, consequences of non-disclosure and consideration of family violence in contributions assessment.
By Craig Nicol and Keleigh Robinson - 1 min readThe family courts discuss the parentage of a child born by in vitro fertilisation, binding financial agreements without independent legal advice, and more.
By Craig Nicol and Keleigh Robinson - 1 min readThe family courts discuss capital gains tax deductions, the finality of parenting orders, procedural fairness and false testimony in property adjustment proceedings.
By Craig Nicol and Keleigh Robinson - 1 min readDecisions on business valuation, seeking unpaid entitlements from third parties, parenting orders and commercial surrogacy, and parental fixation on gender affirmation.
By Craig Nicol and Keleigh Robinson - 1 min readDecisions addressing expert report use, exclusion of convictions evidence, receiving advice from your own practice and declining to make orders by consent.
By Craig Nicol and Keleigh Robinson - 1 min readDecisions addressing parenting applications involving artificial conception, non-disclosure of assets and apprehended bias.
By Craig Nicol and Keleigh Robinson - 1 min readDecisions addressing the definition of family violence, variation of parental orders, de facto property adjustment and subpoena objections. By CRAIG NICOL and KELEIGH ROBINSON.
By Craig Nicol and Keleigh Robinson - 1 min readDecisions addressing de facto relationship length, application of recent amendments and determining property value. By CRAIG NICOL and KELEIGH ROBINSON.
By Craig Nicol and Keleigh Robinson - 1 min read