Catherine Giles has been promoted to the position of Senior Associate after joining the firm as an Associate in 2017. Catherine completed her law degree at Flinders University in South Australia before relocating to Darwin to become an Associate to a Supreme Court Justice and thereafter working in P...
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The Power of Pro Bono
Nicholes Family Lawyers is proud to be one of the 50 member firms of Justice Connect. Through their referrals, we have assisted numerous individuals who would not otherwise have been able to access legal representation. We have reunited families, represented unwell litigants and fought for children�...
Read moreEVENT: Seniors Rights and Elder Abuse Seminar – 29 August 2018
Nicholes Family Lawyers and WIRE join together to present a seminar on Seniors Rights and Elder Abuse featuring a panel of experts and practitioners. The seminar will be held at WIRE (372 Spencer St, West Melbourne) from 1:00pm to 2:30pm. Elder abuse is any act occurring within a relationship of tru...
Read moreEVENT: Tips and Traps for Real Estate Agents in Dealing with Family Law Litigants – 30 August 2018
Residential and Commercial real estate is often a contentious issue in Family Law Proceedings. Agents are relied upon to value properties, deal and dispose of them appropriately and to provide the court with subpoenaed documents and expert testimony. Nicholes Family Lawyers would like to invite you ...
Read moreBec Dahl, Senior Associate, on JOY94.9
For the past 3 years, Senior Associate, Bec Dahl has been an announcer on JOY94.9. JOY is Australia’s only GLGBTI radio station, and is committed to providing a voice for diverse communities, enabling freedom of expression, the breaking down of isolation and the celebration of the community...
Read more‘Family Matters’ is BACK on JOY 94.9
Our Senior Associate, Bec Dahl, is part of the team on Family Matters on Joy 94.9 every Thursday night at 7.00pm. The program covers a wide range of issues relating to Rainbow Families, in an entertaining and informative way. The team will explore topics unique to families, from the legal and health...
Read morePlaying for keeps – who gets to keep the lottery prize money?
Until there is a line in the sand between you and your ex-partner or spouse via a formalised property settlement, there is a good chance you will be required to share your lottery prize money even when the relationship is at an end. Traditionally the Family Court has determined that any prize money ...
Read moreMultilingual Speakers at Nicholes Family Lawyers
We are delighted to welcome Associate lawyer Natasha Mastroianni to the Nicholes Family Law team. Natasha joins Nicholes Family Lawyers after working at a generalist law firm in the Northern Suburbs practicing in family law, property law, wills and estates. Having practical experience ...
Read moreCaveats Basics – A Presentation by Mark McKilliop of Counsel
On 6 December 2017 Mark McKillop, a barrister retained by us from the Commercial Bar from in relation to security and enforcement aspects of family law proceedings, gave a CPD presentation on the basics of caveats. Mark prepared a paper to speak to as part of the presentation which is availab...
Read moreProposed Reforms to the Family Law, the first in 40 years.
The adversarial nature of Family Law proceedings concerns many family law practitioners. Such practitioners consider that reforms are long overdue. They believe that more emphasis should be placed on mediation and other forms of dispute resolution rather than on litigation, which often leaves pa...
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