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.
Family law: November 2025
Decisions on key principles governing trust property, procedural fairness, parenting orders and s 75(2) adjustments.
Family law: October 2025
The courts discuss procedural fairness, gifts and third parties in the context of property contributions, and anti-suit injunctions.
Family law: September 2025
The courts grapple with the relevance of past violence, consequences of non-disclosure and consideration of family violence in contributions assessment.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Family law: April 2025
Decisions addressing parenting applications involving artificial conception, non-disclosure of assets and apprehended bias.
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.
Family law: February 2025
Decisions addressing de facto relationship length, application of recent amendments and determining property value. By CRAIG NICOL and KELEIGH ROBINSON.