Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia – (Division 1) Appellate Jurisdiction Cresswell & Conroy (No 2) [2023] FedCFamC1A 201 (22 November 2023) PARENTING AND PROPERTY – De facto relationship – Mental health issues potentially impacting upon presentation of appellant mother as a witness – Where adverse credit findings were made by the primary judge against the…

The NLA With You Trauma-Informed Organisational Toolkit was recently launched by the Commonwealth Attorney-General the Hon Mark Dreyfus at Australian Parliament House on 16 November 2023. The Toolkit provides practical guidance for legal assistance services on all aspects of trauma-informed, rights-based principles across service design, organisational culture, leadership and management. This is the first Australian Toolkit of its kind,…

Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia – (Division 1) Kirke & Kirke [2023] FedCFamC1F 827 (28 September 2023) CRITICAL INCIDENT LIST – Where mother and father incarcerated – Where children living with the paternal grandparents – Where major long-term decisions were required on an urgent basis – Where the paternal grandmother sought parental responsibility for the…

Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia – (Division 1) Appellate Jurisdiction Rubra & Potter [2023] FedCFamC1A 159 (18 September 2023) PARENTING – Where it was not disputed at the appeal hearing that the mediation was conducted by a “family dispute resolution practitioner” – Where the primary judge erred by using information given at the mediation, the…

The fifth national ICL Conference will be held on Tuesday 29 October 2024 in Perth, Western Australia. We hope you can join us in Perth in 2024.

Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia – (Division 1) Paterson & Hamdy (No 3) [2023] FedCFamC1F 629 (31 July 2023) PARENTING – Where children have not seen or spoken with the father since 2016 – Where father convicted of and jailed for offences – Where children express strong views to not see the father – Where…

Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia – (Division 1) Appellate Jurisdiction Gadhavi & Gadhavi [2023] FedCFamC1A 117 (21 July 2023) PROPERTY – Whether the primary judge’s determination of a 60/40 contribution based division in favour of the wife was reasonable within the context of a Kennon v Kennon [1997] FamCA 27; (1997) FLC 92-757 claim and the husband’s significant initial…