Thursday 15 November 2018 marks 365 days since Australia voted yes to same-sex marriage. At Nicholes Family Lawyers we think this is an anniversary worth celebrating. The postal survey resulted in 61.6% of Australia voting in favour of allowing same-sex couples to marry. It was December 8 2017 when ...
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Think Equal – Screening of India’s Daughter
‘On 16th December 2012 at around 8.30 pm a 23 year old female medical student was on her way home from a movie with a male friend, the couple boarded a private bus, which claimed to be going their way. Her friend was badly beaten and she was dragged to the back where she was […]...
Read moreCan legal fees be added back into the asset pool?
In lengthy litigious proceedings parties can accumulate large legal fees. The question is can these legal fees form party of the asset pool in a property settlement? In the recent decision of Trevi & Trevi the Full Court allowed the appellant husband to add back to the asset pool the wife’s le...
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There are many types of “Modern Families.” These can include surrogates, adoptions, IVF, sperm donors, egg donors, same sex, transgender and heterosexual couples, single women and men. On Thursday 18 October 2018, Nicholes Family Lawyers hosted a seminar which considered modern families, specifi...
Read moreSafe Steps Advice in Identifying and Responding to Family Violence
Safe Steps is Victoria’s 24/7 Family Violence Response Centre, assisting women and children experiencing family violence though their phone line and specialist support services. In the 2017-2018 financial year they received 104,189 calls – unsurprising considering 1 in 4 Australian women are aff...
Read moreLGBTIQ+ Rights Around the World
In 2017 Australia joined a list of 25 countries around the world where same-sex marriage has been legalised. The list includes 17 European countries, South Africa, Canada, New Zealand, Argentina, Brazil, the United States and Colombia. However, there are still many countries where homosexuality is c...
Read moreSAVE THE DATE: Dance Cats Same Sex Dance Competition
It’s the announcement you have all been waiting for- The 23rd annual Australian Same Sex Dancesport Championships is to be held on Saturday 2 February 2019 at the Collingwood Town Hall. Nicholes Family Lawyers have supported this event since 2015 through our involvement with Dance Cats. Many of ...
Read moreDispute Between Genetic Parents and Surrogate: Lamb and Anor & Shaw [2018] FamCA 629
The Family Court of Appeal recently handed down the judgement of Lamb and Anor & Shaw which clarified the law surrounding surrogacy in Queensland. In this matter two parents whose biological child was birthed via surrogate in Australia were unable to be legally recognised as the parents of their...
Read moreDaughter’s disclosure of wife’s documents a breach of legal professional privilege
Legal professional privilege is a fundamental right of a client that protects the disclosure of certain communication between a client and their lawyer when the communication is for the dominant purpose of seeking or providing legal advice or for use in legal proceedings. The purpose of legal profes...
Read moreProcedural Fairness in the Family Court
According to the Australian Law Reform Commission procedural fairness means acting fairly in administrative decision making. It relates to the fairness of the procedure under which a decision is made, and not the fairness in a substantive sense of that decision. The High Court has confirmed on numer...
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Congratulations to our Associate Natasha Mastroianni for graduating from her Masters of Applied Family Law through… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Family violence underreported in Queensland, report finds brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queen… via @brisbanetimes
Our Senior Associate @reanda26 and her @thebenchonjoy team will be on @JOY949 from 12-4pm today to celebrate 1 year… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…