The Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS) is researching how family law parenting orders work in practice. Australia’s National Research Organisation for Women’s Safety Limited (ANROWS)...
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,...
As housing prices across the nation accelerate, land subdivision continues to be a financially attractive avenue for ‘Mum and Dad’ developers. Unfortunately, the dawn of the...
In a recent case before the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, the applicant firm, Gadens, represented Mr Sherwin in various business transactions. Subsequently, Mr Sherwin was convicted of...
The Duties Act 2001 reintroduced death duties in Queensland from 1 March 2002. This has been confirmed by two public rulings issued by the Commissioner of...
Queensland Supreme Court judge Justice Helen Bowskill has been appointed as the court’s new Senior Judge Administrator. Attorney-General and Minister for Justice Shannon Fentiman congratulated Justice...
A Sunshine Coast judge has re-sentenced and fixed an actual parole release date for a prisoner rather than refer the matter to Parole Board Queensland (PBQ)...
Queensland’s Children’s Court chief judge has overturned “excessive’’ sentences handed to two children by a Richlands Children’s Court magistrate for relatively “minor’’ crimes. In one case,...
The Immigrant Women’s Support Service (IWSS), a specialist sexual assault and domestic violence support service, aims to raise awareness on the issue of consent and sexual...
In Fisher [2021] FamCA 236 (26 April 2021) Williams J heard an application by a father to discharge the appointment of an independent children’s lawyer (ICL)....