Family Law

" Issues covered include: overseas hidden assets, SMSF splitting, tax implications, property settlements,

Issues covered include: Tax Consequences in Splitting the Assets of the Family Trust, Business and Company, Significant Decisions, Trends and Legislative Amendments Relevant to and from the Family and Federal Circuit Courts, Inheritances and Property Settlements, Bankruptcy Impact on Family Court Proceedings Under S60 Bankruptcy Act, SMSFs: Issues to Consider Pre-Relationship, at Separation and on Property Settlement on DivorceEvidence: Discovery and Admissibility vs Reliability, Costs in the Family Court

Issues covered include: Drafting Binding Financial Agreement and Binding Child Support Agreement, Drafting Spousal Maintenance and Child Support Applications, Drafting Interim Parenting Applications and Complex Parenting Consent Orders,

Issues covered include: Tax Considerations, SMSFs, Family Money, Inheritances, Loans and Gifts, Recent Decisions

Issues covered include: Ethical Issues in Adoption, Parenting and Surrogacy Applications, Costs in the Family Court of Western Australia and Impacts of the New Uniform Laws, Witnesses

Issues covered include: Binding Financial Agreements, Precision Drafting, Maintenance Applications, child support, Interim Parenting Applications, Complex Parenting Consent Orders

Issues covered include: Tax Consequences , Family Trust, SMSFs, Family Money, Inheritances, Loans, Gifts, Bankruptcy, Professional Negligence , Evidence, Discovery and Admissibility, Reliability

Issues covered include: Binding Financial Agreements, Precision Drafting, Drafting Interim Spousal Maintenance and Parenting Applications

Issues covered include: recent cases, unrealised tax liabilities, tax implications, interim financial relief, sperm donors, arbitration, costs, ethical considerations, suspicious documents

Issues covered include: BFAs and binding Child Support Agreements, Spousal maintenance and Child Support Applications, Interim Parenting Applications, Parenting Consent Orders

Issues covered include: family law, family law documents, client management, vulnerable clients, self-represented litigants, children, ADR, settlement, ethics family law

Issues covered include: electronic hearings, evidence, expectations, procedural rules, recent amendments

Issues covered include: COVID-19. business valuation theory, family law perspective, share valuation, questionable business valuations

Issues covered include: current business valuables, damages, methods, preparation, review

Issues covered include: technology, confidentiality, arbitrations, mediations, collaborative meetings

Issues covered include: binding financial agreements, force majeure, frustration, contractual provisions

Issues covered include: property settlement proceedings, binding financial agreements, Child Support (Assessment) Act, common drafting issues

Examine in detail and discuss the court’s current approach to urgent parenting and financial applications and consider the newly implemented COVID-19 list. Plus, gain practical insights on running electronic hearings in urgent interim parenting matters and the impacts of recent changes to evidence and procedure.

Consider family law financial and property settlements from a new direction by taking into account a fast evolving world. This seminar will consider the impacts of COVID-19 on superannuation splitting, potential bankruptcy or insolvency of parties in the action and how it impacts approaches to business valuations. This important and comprehensive program gives you a practical and informative view of these issues, empowering you with the correct information to give the very best advice to your clients.

You will examine how to deal with future and unrealised tax liabilities, superannuation pool and complex trust structures in property settlements and financial settlements. Learn how to deal with unrelated and ongoing criminal proceedings and AVO’s in parenting matters and the admissibility of evidence, plus hear from Judge Morley of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia on the court’s approach to criminal offending on property proceedings and financial settlements.

You will hear about the current operation of the new National Arbitration List and from former Family Court judges and expert arbitrators on rules, regulations, grounds for appeals, preparing for and running an arbitration and future reform. The Family Court and Federal Circuit Court have now taken steps to formalise alternative dispute resolution for property matters, so it’s timely to discuss these changes how you can elevate your family law arbitration skills.

You’ll examine three topical areas in evidence in Family Law including inadvertent waiver of privilege and how to keep the genie in the bottle. Delve into what to do when faced with evidence that may have been obtained in breach of criminal, telecommunications and surveillance laws. Finally, gain a detailed guide to your options when another party fails to adequately produce all important documents and responding to subpoenas requesting the production of sensitive or irrelevant materials.

You’ll gain tips to avoid delays in your Family Law matters and in managing your files in the current environment. Delve into running interim parenting matters successfully and what you should be aware of with property and financial settlements. Finally, you’ll hear Colin Campbell, Senior Registrar, Sydney Registry of the FCA, speak on common and embarrassing procedural errors for practitioners appearing before the Registrar. Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your Family Law practice to the next level.

With the NSW budget to be handed down on November 17, we’ve gathered legal and accounting experts to provide you with the need to know information on property tax topics like land tax, duties, developer and subdivision issues, concessions, strata, deceased estates, COVID-19 measures, CGT and Main Residence Exemption and vacant land provisions. Whether you specialise in property law or you just want to ensure your knowledge is up to date in this fast changing area, this seminar is for you.

A high-value and complex property family law practice brings a unique set of issues to challenge even for the most experienced specialist. Assets are commonly wrapped up in intricate ownership structures, add backs and adjustments can be complex. How does Stanford impact? What is the impact of insolvency on the available assets? Deciding how to deal with contributions before, during the marriage and after separation. How best to draft and use Binding Financial agreements instead of a consent order.

Delve into the practical ins and outs of the new Family Court and Federal Circuit Court’s COVID-19 & Magellan Lists while examining how new trends in domestic and family violence will impact your matters and your clients. Recent events have increased risks for victims so it’s important for family lawyers and their support staff to be equipped to identify violent, abusive and controlling patterns of behaviour in order to ensure their client’s protection and the safe & effective delivery of legal services.

212N10: Gain a new found clarity and depth of knowledge on how to deal with the innumerable and complex issues that can arise when identifying ownership and tracking hidden assets in family law. Delve into critical issues with SMSF splitting. Examine the tax implications of Division 7A and 3rd party loans and other tax implications to consider when divorcing a spouse from a company or a trust.

Going forward the Family Law Court of Australia and the FCC will continue to embrace remote hearings in some format. Now is the time to review what we have learnt about running remote hearings. This experienced panel of family law barristers will share valuable and practical insights on hearing preparation, procedural issues, and technological dilemmas associated with conducting remote hearings. Master these skills now to ensure the best outcome for your clients now and in the future.

213N39: You will gain practical guidance on some critically important areas of family law practice. Master your drafting techniques and develop strategies for your binding financial agreements, binding child support agreements and spousal maintenance agreements. Learn how to draft interim orders seeking financial assistance from the court and affidavits for interim parenting proceedings in the Federal Circuit Court.

213N27: Gain insights & practical guidance from a stellar line-up of family law practitioners. Understand what is in & out of the asset pool; the weight of contributions; and the impacts of tax liabilities and insolvency on financial settlements. Earn your core CPD units by mastering how to set aside existing orders and introduce new evidence; considering ethical obligations of disclosure, and learning how to recognise and deal with clients, opponents & colleagues displaying signs of mental illness.

WEB213N60: Gain practical insights into important issues for your family law practice and your parenting and children’s matters. You’ll examine urgent parenting and financial applications, address how the courts are dealing with parental alienation and child protection, and how to address financial abuse and coercion on parenting orders. Learn also how to deal with personality disorders and substance abuse in relation to briefing experts, evidence and capacity.

213V12: You will gain practical guidance on some critically important areas of family law practice. Master your drafting techniques and develop strategies for your binding financial agreements, binding child support agreements and spousal maintenance agreements. You will also learn how to draft interim orders seeking financial assistance from the court, a key skill in these turbulent times.

213V06: Gain insights & practical guidance from a stellar line-up of leading family law practitioners. Understand what should go in the asset pool, the weight of contributions; the impact of tax liabilities; insolvency on financial settlements, and recent cases. Earn your core CPD units by mastering how to set aside existing orders and introduce new evidence; ethical obligations of disclosure, and how to recognise and deal with clients, opponents & colleagues displaying signs of mental illness.

213Q07: Gain insights & practical guidance from a stellar line-up of leading family law practitioners. Analyse the latest and most significant cases in Family law, add backs, asset pools, and the impact of tax liabilities and insolvency on financial settlements. Plus, earn your core CPD units by examining how to set aside existing orders & introduce new evidence; ethics during settlements, and how to recognise and deal with clients, opponents & colleagues displaying signs of mental illness.

213W07: Gain insights and guidance from a stellar line-up of leading family law practitioners. Understand Div 7A tax liabilities on the matrimonial property and other potential tax liabilities with practical examples and consider how to treat Div VIIA loans – are they an asset or liability? Delve into the impact of insolvency on the matrimonial pool and property settlement, plus explore in depth how to deal with allegations from family members asserting a legal and beneficial interest in the pool.

213W08: This in-depth program tailored for family lawyers takes a deep dive into several complex and critical practice issues for family lawyers while covering all the CPD core competency areas. Spend an afternoon gaining practical guidance on costs in the Family Court of WA and understanding the impacts of the new Uniform Law, navigating conflicts of interest and ethical pitfalls, and dealing with the mental health of clients, opponents and work colleagues.

With the numbers of self-represented litigants rising so too does the likelihood of lawyers and judges facing unique challenges when encountering an unrepresented party. Many of these litigants know little about the legal process which creates an added level of complexity for you and your clients. Take away practical suggestions for expert practitioners to avoid any inadvertent delays or problems when facing these increasingly common and challenging situations. WEB215N04

You’ll examine four topical areas in evidence in Family Law including the ethical issues surrounding inadvertent waiver of privilege and the evidence required when considering alleging fraud. Hear from senior and leading practitioners, including a Senior Registrar of the Family Court, as they delve into admissibility and reliability of shadow experts in property and parenting matters, electronic hearing books and tendering bundles, plus tendering of evidence during re-examination. WEB216N02

Master some of the most challenging issues facing family law specialists dealing with high-value & complex property issues. Examine assets wrapped up in intricate equitable trusts, complex 3rd party loans, complicated tax issues when dividing businesses & investments, and how to enforce financial orders. Explore how to assess company valuations and financial statements, the follow on impacts of insolvency, and key interdisciplinary issues between succession law and family law. 216N20

Tailored for the WA Family Law practitioner, spend a morning being brought up to date on several important issues that are unique to Family Law in WA. Hear how to deal with superannuation splitting and the potential traps for married and de facto couples in WA, explore the relationship between caveats and family law disputes, plus discuss the jurisdictional issues in the Family Court in financial proceedings under the Family Law Act and the Family Court Act. 216W03