Domestic abuse is a concern for many people in Australia, especially during lockdown. Last year, as Melbourne fared through a series of lockdowns, domestic abuse offences were reported to have increased by 9.4%. Family violence or domestic abuse occurs at alarmingly high rates in Australia. A study conducted by Mission Australia showed that between 2019-20, …
If the court is to find that there has been a history of family violence, is it relevant to current parenting proceedings? In Soulos & Sorbo [2019] the Full Court explored how to treat historical family violence in current parenting proceedings. The father appealed an order permitting the mother’s relocation order of the parties’ eight year …
Seven people have so far been charged for their involvement in a parental child abduction ring. Earlier this week, three women from Taree, Newcastle and Townsville were charged with conspiring to defeat justice. Two men from Grafton, one from Townsville and a woman from Perth were charged with the same offence last month. This comes …
Something no one wants to think about is what would happen if they became a victim of revenge porn during a divorce. Unfortunately, family law proceedings are not exempt from this abusive practice. Revenge porn is one of the more harmful phenomena that have come about since the beginning of widespread social media use. “Revenge …
The Federal Circuit Court heard a case involving allegations of domestic violence, heavy marital conflict, emotional abuse and substance abuse last month in Brisbane. The mother lost her appeal in the case Corwin & Corwin [2018] FamCAFC 83 (26 April 2018) against orders that gave the father of her children sole parental responsibility. The former …
We hear of cases where one person threatens the other person that they will accuse them of being violent and report them to police. We also hear of cases where people do things that lead to justified accusations. We have compiled a guide for those who have been accused of domestic violence in a family …
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The judicial system is no stranger to complaints regarding the amount of time it takes for cases to be heard. Although the case load for Federal Circuit Court judges has always been relatively high, recently released statistics regarding the Newcastle Federal Circuit Court’s workload has prompted public criticism Attorney-General George Brandis’ Delay in appointing …
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