Chair: Siobhan McNulty Authors: Her Honour Judge Jacquelyn Moran, Dr Sarah Anticich, Deputy Registrar Elizabeth Evans, Dr Hana O’Regan, Dr Philip Stahl, Hon Steven Strickland KC, Dr Phil Watts, Rachael Adams, Dr Annabel Ahuriri-Driscoll, Jane Argyle-Reed, Associate Professor Denise Blake, Dr Katy Brett, Jane Byres, Dr Jane Casey, Alana Crampton, Vivienne Crawshaw KC, His Honour Judge Lex de Jong, Her Honour Judge Michelle Duggan, Annette Gray, Mānia Hope, Jo Hosking, Jon Jarman, Professor Nicola Peart, Suzanne Robertson KC, Associate Professor Khylee Quince, Dr Leo Schep, Alice Strang, Kirsty Swadling, Samantha Wilson
Published: 1 November 2023
Pages: 225

Introduction

Content outline

• Living as a legal fiction: law reform and social justice for adoptees
• Practical advocacy
• Jurisdiction of the Family Court under the Trusts Act 2019
• Managing and identifying risk
• Drug testing - detection and interpretation of drugs and forensics importance
• Legal aid - a practical guide to making legal aid work for your clients and your career
• When in doubt, contract out - section 44 of the Property (Relationships) Sct 1976 and Sutton v Bell
• Progressing relationship property claims - time for a civil approach?
• The PPPR Act under review: decision-making and undue influence
• The PPPR Act: 35 years on - under review - legal analysis
• Children who refuse relationships with one parent after separation - the most difficult family cases with too few effective solutions
• Assessing and removing children who refuse contact
• Psychiatric diagnosis, attachment and parenting
• Mental health in the Family Court