This year, Nicholes Family Lawyers were proud sponsors of the 5th Annual AFCC Australian Conference held in Adelaide from 16-18 August 2018. The Australian Chapter of AFCC brings together Australian Family Law professionals including judicial officers, lawyers, psychologists, social workers, other m...
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National LGBTIQ Empowerment Program
In January of this year Nicholes Family Lawyers sponsored the inaugural “Better Together” Conference held in Melbourne organised by the Equality Project. Over 60 people from every state in Australia as well as a number of delegates from the US, UK and the Philippines attended the confere...
Read moreEVENT: Children’s rights to protection – from whom and from what?
Children’s Rights International (CRI) are excited to be hosting the third seminar hosted with Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) in their Children’s rights to protection seminar series “Children’s rights to protection – from whom and from what?”. The seminar will be chaired by Professor G...
Read moreNicholes Family Lawyers appoints new Senior Associate
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...
Read moreThe 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 moreWhy same sex couples can be denied Wedding Cakes in Colorado but not in Australia
The case of Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, 584 U.S. (2018) demonstrates that in certain circumstances, a person in Colorado can refuse to provide goods and services to same sex couples on the basis that their religious beliefs oppose same sex marriage. Facts A same-...
Read moreThe Rise in Domestic Violence – What is being done?
This year the government’s Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) compiled data on the prevalence of domestic violence. It was found that on average one woman every week is killed by a current or former partner. In addition to this the report found that family violence had rapidly g...
Read moreNo parentage for sperm donors: Parsons and Anor & Masson [2018] FamCAFC 115
In the recent case of Parsons and Anor & Masson [2018] FamCAFC 115, the Full Court of the Family Court held that sperm donors are not legal parents of children born via artificial technology using their sperm, regardless of the mother’s relationship status at the time of conception. The judgme...
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Body-worn camera evidence could ease trauma for domestic violence victims- talks of introduction in Tasmania… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Managing Partner @sally_nicholes and Senior Associate Catherine Giles presented this morning at the @LeoCussen Fami… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Time to tell @VARTAVic seminar provides tips on how, when & what to say to children, friends & family so that parents…