Appeal – ‘gross and deplorable’ seven-year delay in handing down judgment ‘contributed to the making of substantial errors’ – Proctor

In Manifold & Alderton [2021] FamCAFC 61 (4 May 2021), the Full Court heard a father’s appeal from parenting and property orders made in September 2020, where the trial concluded seven years earlier.

After a trial in 2013, further evidence was taken in March 2018, after which…