Corrine Barraclough: Fathers’ Christmas trauma

CONGRATULATIONS one and all: we have failed this year at tackling the broken family law system. Loving fathers, good men, won’t be opening presents with their kids around the twinkling Christmas tree, through no fault of their own. They won’t be eating yummy treats, watching movies, singing carols or playing fun games together. And their

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Family law court costs obscenely high, judge Robert Benjamin says

LEGAL AFFAIRS A Family Court judge has attacked the “obscenely high legal costs” charged by family lawyers and an apparent “win at all costs, concede little or nothing, chase every rabbit down every hole” approach to litigation. Family Court judge Robert Benjamin has referred two lawyers to the legal services watchdog over their “outrageous” and

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The Sexual Revolution Turns Ugly

Stephen Baskerville How many intellectuals have come to the revolutionary party via the path of moral indignation, only to connive ultimately at terror and autocracy? ∼ Raymond Aron The Sexual Revolution is now out of control. Initially promising freedom, like all revolutions, it has entered something like its Reign of Terror phase and is devouring its own children.

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Family Court chief’s health confession

  Chief Justice of the Family Court John Pascoe When John Pascoe was sworn in as Chief Justice of the Family Court two weeks ago, he chose the occasion to publicly reveal his battle with an eye problem that has left him “technically blind” at ­periods over the past 10 years. The Chief Justice told

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Sydney man plans to sue police after two years battling rape allegations

A ‘PRETTY young woman’ told police a false story that cost her husband $200,000 and two years clearing his name. Andrew Koubaridis@akoubaridis news.com.auJune 3, 201712:19am The Sydney man’s life was turned upside down by the rape allegations.Source:Supplied EXCLUSIVE A SYDNEY man who battled for two years to clear his name of rape and assault allegations

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‘Radical’ overhaul of commonwealth courts imminent

‘Radical’ overhaul of commonwealth courts imminent Attorney-General Senator George Brandis said he had an “entirely open mind” on changes to the courts’ structure Nicola Berkovic Legal affairs correspondent Sydney @NicBerko “Radical” changes to the commonwealth law courts, in which the Family Court may be scrapped and folded into the Federal Court, could be implemented as

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UK: CPS makes commitment to male victims of sexual and domestic abuse

  06/09/2017 The Crown Prosecution Service has published its first ever public statement recognising the needs and experiences of male victims of offences including rape, domestic abuse, harassment, stalking and child sexual abuse. Many male victims of these crimes never come forward to report them to the police. This can be for a variety of

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