Our Blog

blog_fallback

Brisbane Family Law today

Brisbane Family Law Freedom Law serving the Brisbane community: “Being in a situation where you need legal representation is stressful enough without feeling like your…
blog_fallback

Maternal grandmother’s application

Maternal grandmother’s application Hurst & Gersten WITH WHOM SHOULD THE CHILD LIVE This is the nub of the maternal grandmother’s application. She says that…
blog_fallback

Hummingbird Fable

Hummingbird fable – Human Rights Month Why the hummingbird? The Hummingbird Fable comes to the Commission from Nobel Peace Laureate, Wangari Maathai who would…
blog_fallback

Human Rights Month workplaces focus

Human Rights Month workplaces focus The 2016 Human Rights Month campaign of the Anti-Discrimination Commission Queensland will run from 10 November until International Human…
blog_fallback

Draft Search Warrant Guidelines

Draft Search Warrant Guidelines between Queensland Law Society and Queensland Police Service 1. Application for a Search Warrant on a Solicitor’s Premises 1.1 The…
blog_fallback

Risk assessment same sex relationship

Risk assessment same sex relationship Hachey & Ward The background of this dispute comes from a relationship between Ms Hachey and Ms Ward, being…
blog_fallback

Mother’s resistance to Father’s time

Mother’s resistance to Father’s time Green & Townsend SHORT HISTORY OF CURRENT PROCEEDINGS On 19 August 2013, while B was in Western Australia, the…
blog_fallback

Vexatious proceedings and costs orders

Vexatious proceedings and costs orders Aiden & Grant This matter comes before me as the mother’s application filed on 30 August 2016 to review…
blog_fallback

Sunshine Coast Family Law

Sunshine Coast Family Law Freedom Law: “Being in a situation where you need legal representation is stressful enough without feeling like your legal representation…
blog_fallback

Facebook service approved

Facebook service approved Maguire & Klein Summary – Effecting Service – Where the mother has not attended Court, filed documents or participated – Where the…
blog_fallback

New Zealand relocation

New Zealand relocation Merritt & Watson The benefit to the child of having a meaningful relationship with both parents The term ‘meaningful’ is not…
blog_fallback

Risk of sexual abuse

Risk of sexual abuse Leaton & Tuppahige Summary – where the parties are in dispute as to the parenting arrangements of the children – where…
blog_fallback

Stay of orders

Stay of orders Ulster & Viney By an Application in an Appeal filed on 2 September 2016, Mr Ulster (“the father”) seeks a stay…
blog_fallback

Expedition of leave to appeal

Expedition of leave to appeal Tullo & Tullo Ms Tullo (“the wife”) and Mr Tullo (“the husband”) are engaged in property settlement proceedings undertaken…
blog_fallback

Hero Judges and social justice

Hero Judges and social justice Paxton & Paxton Impermissible deviations from the holding in “Stanford” Mr Hall placed reliance upon the decision of Federal…
blog_fallback

Change of name

Change of name CS v SMR Background [1] This is an application whereby the applicant mother seeks an order of the court that the…
blog_fallback

Secret to a happy life

Secret to a happy life A personal development guru who reckons she has cracked the formula to a happy life, has identified 15 things…
blog_fallback

Use of emails to be menacing, harassing or offensive

Use of emails to be menacing, harassing or offensive R v Silber In September and October 2013 a construction authority was constructing the light…
blog_fallback

Happy Halloween!!!!!!

Happy Halloween!!!!!! Gaelic and Welsh influence An early 20th-century Irish Halloween mask displayed at theMuseum of Country Life. Today’s Halloween customs are thought to…
blog_fallback

Liquor defined

Liquor defined Queensland Police Service v Murray Woorabinda is a relatively small indigenous community about 170 kilometres south west of Rockhampton. It is situated…
blog_fallback

Defamation via Facebook

Defamation via Facebook Kelly v Levick Summary of facts [1] At 2:45pm on 24 November, 2014 the Defendant posted on his Facebook page: “June…
blog_fallback

Trial judge errors set aside property settlement

Trial judge errors set aside property settlement Zabarac & Zabarac and Anor FAMILY LAW – APPEAL – PROPERTY SETTLEMENT – Where the grounds asserted…
blog_fallback

Duress test for binding financial agreements

Duress test for binding financial agreements Kennedy & Thorne SUMMARY – BINDING FINANCIAL AGREEMENTS – Where the appellant trustees of the estate of the late…
blog_fallback

Delay in delivery of judgment

Delay in delivery of judgment Folett & Langley Summary – whether 16 month delay between trial and judgment rendered trial judge’s credit findings unsafe –…

Categories

Related articles

Your passionate team of family lawyers

Let’s work out your next steps together. Book your free consultation to start the process.