The 2018 United States Midterm elections has seen the first ever openly gay man elected as governor of a US state. Jared Polis, aged 43, has defeated his Republican opponent Walker Stapleton to win the state of Colorado. Polis was previously the first openly gay first-year congressman elected when h...
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Isabelle Hayden, Associate – In Cambodia with CRI
Children’s Rights International (“CRI”) was established following the 4th World Congress in Cape Town, South Africa. Sally Nicholes is a longstanding board member of Children’s Rights International. CRI have had a strong involvement in Cambodia for many years. The 7th World Congress assisted...
Read moreCelebrating a year of yes
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 ...
Read moreThink 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...
Read moreModern Families
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 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...
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