Family law: November 2025
Decisions on key principles governing trust property, procedural fairness, parenting orders and s 75(2) adjustments.
Decisions on key principles governing trust property, procedural fairness, parenting orders and s 75(2) adjustments.
Australians over 50 are increasingly choosing to divorce at a time when the overall divorce rate is declining.
The courts discuss procedural fairness, gifts and third parties in the context of property contributions, and anti-suit injunctions.
Decisions on business valuation, seeking unpaid entitlements from third parties, parenting orders and commercial surrogacy, and parental fixation on gender affirmation.
Decisions addressing expert report use, exclusion of convictions evidence, receiving advice from your own practice and declining to make orders by consent.
The family law system is crucial for protecting women and children nationwide. But First Nations families may be missing out.
Decisions addressing parenting applications involving artificial conception, non-disclosure of assets and apprehended bias.
In a jurisdiction awash in self-represented litigants, this different approach to legal practice might be key to enhancing access to justice.
Decisions addressing the definition of family violence, variation of parental orders, de facto property adjustment and subpoena objections. By CRAIG NICOL and KELEIGH ROBINSON.
Decisions addressing de facto relationship length, application of recent amendments and determining property value. By CRAIG NICOL and KELEIGH ROBINSON.
Cases discussing the Stanford and Harman precedents, AI use in litigation, and consent orders with mentally disabled people. By CRAIG NICOL and KELEIGH ROBINSON.
Cases discussing discrete hearings, what constitutes a de facto relationship, and financial agreements before marriage. By CRAIG NICOL and KELEIGH ROBINSON.
Cases on reasonable supervision orders, what makes an outcome better than a settlement and the Harman obligation. By CRAIG NICOL and KELEIGH ROBINSON.