University of Sydney law professor Patrick Parkinson. Nicola Berkovic Nicola Berkovic Legal Affairs Correspondent Sydney @NicBerko Controversial measures to clear hundreds of family law cases
Slow, expensive wheels of justice in the Family Court Family Court appeal judges earn $449,840 a year but sit on hearings only 20 weeks a
Family Court Chief Justice John Pascoe. Picture: Renee Nowytarger. Nicola Berkovic Attorney-General Christian Porter has taken aim at the Law Council of Australia for “lecturing”
Chief Justice John Pascoe. Picture: Renee Nowytarger. Nicola Berkovic Nicola Berkovic Legal Affairs Correspondent Sydney @NicBerko At least one Family Court judge fears his judgments
Federal Circuit Court Chief Judge Will Alstergren. Picture: James Croucher Nicola Berkovic Nicola Berkovic Legal Affairs Correspondent Sydney @NicBerko New Federal Circuit Court Chief Judge
A presumption in favour of equal shared parental responsibility, was introduced by the Howard government in 2006, in response to intense lobbying from fathers’ groups.
Children Legislation Amendment (Sharing of Information) Bill 2017 now legislation. http://www.legislation.vic.gov.au/domino/Web_Notes/LDMS/PubPDocs.nsf/ee665e366dcb6cb0ca256da400837f6b/60146AE56B794125CA2581F400036887/$FILE/581377bi1.pdf Subject: URGENT- Children Legislation Amendment (Sharing of Information) Bill -ATTENTION ALL PARENTS
Law Council of Australia president Morry Bailes. Picture: Keryn Stevens Nicola Berkovic LEGAL AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT Sydney @NicBerko A proposal allowing social workers and other non-lawyers
Lawyers in NSW are being urged to make more effort to see family law disputes resolved by mediation amid “horrendous delays” in family law courts.
A MUM who tried to take her two children out of Australia on falsely obtained passports, then hid them from their father, can now only
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