Are Binding Financial Agreements a Shield to Cupid’s Bow and Arrow?
OND2211N28B3
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD hour in Substantive Law
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Are Binding Financial Agreements a Shield to Cupid’s Bow and Arrow?
A review of BFA’s five years on from the decision in Thorne & Kennedy including:
- Are BFAs’ still popular in the legal profession?
- What are the traps to avoid in drafting?
- How easy is it to set aside a BFA in Court?
- Is there a trend evident from recent court decisions?
Presented by Maurice Edwards, Special Counsel, Rafton Family Lawyers; Accredited Specialist in Family Law; Nationally Accredited Mediator and Accredited Arbitrator; Recommended Family Law Mediator, Doyle’s Guide 2020
Presenters
Maurice Edwards
Maurice Edwards is an Accredited Family Law Specialist, a Registered Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner (FDRP), a Nationally Accredited Mediator and Accredited Arbitrator. He is a Collaborative Family Lawyer and was President of the Greater Sydney Collaborative Family Law Group. Maurice is a Public Notary and a Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand College of Notaries. He is the Rafton Arbitration and Mediation Practice (RAMP) leader and heads a team of mediators, arbitrators and parenting co-ordinators dedicated to providing easier access to allow parties to resolve family law disputes. Maurice has trained in Japan specifically in the mediation of disputes relating to the Hague Child Abduction Convention. He has 38 years’ experience in family law and is Special Counsel at Rafton Family Lawyers.