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Issues covered include: The Surrogacy Act, Parental Alienation and Child Protection, Divorce, Separation, Consent Orders, Co-parenting, Parenting Arrangements, Social Media, Disclosure, Companies, trusts, partnerships, deceased estates, Family Court of Australia Federal Circuit Court merger, Family Law Act, Family Law Amendment (2018 Measures No. 1) Rules 2018.
The times they are a changin’ in family law. From new developments in surrogacy to the ever increasing importance of social media in family law proceedings to ground changing shakeup of the very structure of the Family Court, it’s never been more critical to stay on top of the latest changes. Fret not, as this collection of 5 considered topics from 6 leading experts will guide you through the tumult to the success that lies beyond.
Attend and earn 4 CPD points including:
1.5 points in Competency Area 2: Professional Skills
2.5 points in Competency Area 4: Substantive Law
This seminar was recorded in WA on 12 March 2019
Chair: Lucy Thomas, Director, Paterson and Dowding; Accredited Specialist in Family Law
9.00am to 9.50am: Updates and Recent Developments: The Surrogacy Act
Presented by Marty Kavanagh, Principal, Kavanagh Family Lawyers
9.50am to 10.40am: Parental Alienation and Child Protection
Presented by Rachel Oakeley, Barrister, John Toohey Chambers
10.40am to 11.25am: Social Media and the Family Law: A Recipe for Disaster!
Presented by Nicholas Rodda, Barrister, Francis Burt Chambers
11.25am to 11.40am Morning Tea
Competency Area 2: Professional Skills
11.40am to 12.25pm: Access to Documents and Information in Family Law Proceedings
Presented by John Butler, Principal, Butlers Lawyers & Notaries
Competency Area 2: Professional Skills
12.25pm to 1.15pm: Changes to the Structure of the Family Court: Reforms, Appeal Pathways and Where do we go from Here?
Presented by Fraser Robertson, Barrister, John Toohey Chambers