A question came up recently from a financial planning licensee about whether an adviser attending an estate planning meeting between a clien...

Often one of the most important aspects of advice provided by lawyers is the ability for that advice to remain private and confidential to ...

The powers of the family court in relation to structures such as trusts are potentially extensive. At a simplistic level, there is the speci...

One ongoing area of contention (admittedly amongst many others) in family law is how post-separation inheritances are treated on a matrimoni...

The legal doctrine of The Vibe was originally argued in the movie The Castle. Arguably however it essentially captures the concept of courts...

It’s surprising how often we are provided with an original trust deed for a trust that’s been around for 10 or 15 years and are asked to giv...

Anecdotally, there appears to be an increasing number of situations where the parents of a spouse are forcibly required to provide disclosur...

Previous posts have looked at various aspects of what a 'spouse' is, particularly for family law purposes. Often, however a definiti...

The case of Schweitzer & Schweitzer [2012] FamCA 445 considers the disclosure of documents claimed by one spouse to be in the possessi...

Previous posts have considered an array of issues that arise at the intersection of the rules surrounding asset protection and family law. T...

Previous posts have considered probably the most high profile case involving a divorce using an enduring power of attorney, that being the d...

As previous posts have touched on, in order to be in a de facto relationship, two people need to ‘live together as a couple’. The case of N...

Following recent posts, some of the additional questions considered by the court in Beeson v Spence in deciding the assets of a trust were ...

As flagged in last week’s post, some of the key questions the court in Beeson v Spence took into account when deciding the assets of the tru...

Following recent family law related posts, this week, an adviser reminded me of the case of  Beeson v Spence  [2007] FamCA 200 which highlig...

Today’s post looks at the Family Court decision where property proceedings were adjourned to allow for the wife’s allegations against the hu...

Today’s post looks at a Family Court decision regarding beneficial interests in property proceedings following a matrimonial breakdown. In t...

With the annual spike over the festive season in family law issues, it seemed timely to consider the issue of how the divorce of an individu...

Last week's post considered some of the key issues in relation to the Family Court's ability to access assets of a trust. The d...

Previous posts have referenced the legal principle known as ‘The Vibe’, as developed by the legendary Australian movie ‘The Castle’. I...