The laws of evidence can be complex, and their application to family law matters can sometimes provide challenges to practitioners seeking to argue their client’s case in a detailed and personal manner. This session will examine some of the key evidentiary issues in family law and provide a best practice guide to practitioners in preparing and submitting evidence, including:
When clients sign lending documents, guarantees or complex security arrangements, they rely on you to help them understand the fine print — and the professional risk sits squarely with the solicitor who signs the certificate. In this focused webinar, we break down the real-world issues that trip practitioners up and show you how to navigate them with confidence. This session covers:
When clients sign lending documents, guarantees or complex security arrangements, they rely on you to help them understand the fine print — and the professional risk sits squarely with the solicitor who signs the certificate. In this focused webinar, we break down the real-world issues that trip practitioners up and show you how to navigate them with confidence. This session covers:
Major reforms to the parenting provisions of the Family Law Act were introduced by the Family Law Amendment Act 2023, which took effect on 6 May 2024, with further amendments, introduced by the Family Law Amendment Act 2024, taking effect on 10 June 2025. In this program, Jill Johnstone, from The Law People in Brisbane, looks at: the background to the reforms; just how significant are the changes to the parenting regime, their practical effect so far; and the impact on day to day family law practice in parenting matters.
Family lawyers often focus on advocating for financial orders, but what happens when the Court determines that making any orders is not just and equitable? Since the pivotal Stanford case, this issue has taken on new significance, requiring practitioners to carefully assess the circumstances under which the Court may refuse to intervene. This session delves into:
When the stakes are high, family lawyers need more than knowledge of the law, they need courtroom strategies that work. This five-part series arms practitioners with practical, battle-tested tactics for the toughest property and parenting disputes. From overcoming non-compliance and drafting enforceable orders, to building persuasive evidence, challenging expert witnesses, and deploying interlocutory applications with precision, each session delivers tools you can put into practice immediately.
Unfortunately, there will be times within the public practitioner's client base where uncomfortable situations will arise due to relationship breakdowns and disputes occur between clients. Those situations require careful thought by the practitioner on how to manage their involvement for both parties. This session explores the issues, including:
Schools are operating in an increasingly complex and high-risk legal environment. Legal risk now permeates every part of school governance and day-to-day operations.
This three-part mini-series is designed for lawyers advising farming, agribusiness and landholding clients on high-value, high-risk matters. It covers three areas where the stakes are rising fast: intergenerational succession planning, carbon farming arrangements, and misleading and deceptive conduct claims in land and business transactions.
A succession plan is rarely tested when it is signed. It is tested later: in courtrooms, in family law disputes, in contested administrations, and in the forensic examination of your file.
This half-day workshop follows one matter — the Harwood estate — from initial instructions through to post-death litigation. Using a continuous, evolving case study, we examine how decisions made at each stage of the succession lifecycle can determine whether a plan withstands scrutiny or unravels under pressure.