Navigating Challenging Family Law Property Settlements – a 3 program mini series

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A single purchase entitles your company to access the five on demand webinars online as you require them for as many training sessions and for as many staff as you want.

On demand webinars and technical papers

Once you purchase the series you will have access not only to the five on demand webinars but also to five detailed technical papers prepared by members of the faculty for this series. You can download copies of these together with copies of the PowerPoint slides used in the presentation.

THE PROGRAMS

Program 1: Challenging the Experts in Family Law Business Valuations

The volatile economic conditions coupled with ongoing trading performance uncertainty has increased reliance on business valuations in family law property proceedings. While expert valuers are often engaged, what happens where one party disagrees with the valuation? This session examines the process with a critical eye and provides strategies for review, including:

• The single expert valuation process and rules unpacked
• Key considerations in engaging a single expert
• What to do if one party doesn’t agree with the valuation?
• How to effectively ask questions of the valuer
• When will a shadow expert be necessary?
• What are the typical problems with valuation reports?
• What errors are often found in valuation reports?
• When should different scenarios and updates be prepared?
• Worked examples

Program 2: Super-Size Me: Superannuation Splitting and Family Law

Often one of the biggest assets in the property pool, superannuation has become an essential component in property settlements. This session will examine some of the increasingly complex issues in consideration and splitting of superannuation between the parties, including:

• Accessing superannuation details – recent reforms
• Practical and financial consequences of splitting super – is there a better way?
• Strategies for dealing with corporate trustees and large super fund administrators
• Checking the fund rules – what to look for
• Joining the trustee to family court proceedings
• Managing super splitting involving multiple member funds
• Specific issues concerning SMSFs, defined benefit schemes, military pensions and other less common situations
• Recent cases

Program 3: Counting the Cost of Family Violence on Property Settlements

The impact of family violence has been increasingly recognised by the courts in property settlement matters. This session examines the financial consequences of family violence, including:

• What circumstances are necessary to raise the Kennon argument?
• Can the Kennon argument apply to post-separation violence and conduct?
• What evidence is required to rely on the argument?
• The rise and recognition of emotional abuse and coercive control
• How the assessment on contributions is calculated: Jabour Jabour [2019] FamCAFC 78; Benson Drury [2020] FamCAFC 21; Koch Kest [2021] FamCA 40