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Defences to Equitable Claims in Family Law Matters

This session focuses on what happens when the other side is seeking an equitable claim in a family law property settlement. What defences are available and how are these best run? This session explores: Laches - how they have been dealt with by the courts in recent years and ho
PRESENTED BY Malcolm Gittoes-Caesar Consultant - Lander & Rogers , Sydney

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This session focuses on what happens when the other side is seeking an equitable claim in a family law property settlement. What defences are available and how are these best run? This session explores:

  • Laches - how they have been dealt with by the courts in recent years and how to articulate this defence in family law litigation  
  • Limitation periods in jurisdictions around Australia which may impact on equitable claims
  • Unconscionability, undue influence and duress, including reflections on the impact of Thorne v Kennedy six years on

Presented By

Malcolm Gittoes-Caesar
Consultant, Lander & Rogers Sydney, NSW

Malcolm Gittoes-Caesar is an Accredited Specialist in Family Law with over 20 years experience, and an Accredited Family Law Mediator and Arbitrator. After establishing a successful western Sydney based family law team, he now works as a Consultant with Lander & Rogers, focussing on advocacy, complex parenting and high net-worth property matters.

Malcolm He has been a member of the Law Society of NSW’s Specialist Accreditation committee for 5 years and has worked as a Casual Academic at Western Sydney University. He has featured in various publications, and regularly delivers CLE’s, both in NSW and nationally.

Malcolm is passionate about mentoring in the legal profession, and speaks regularly in relation to mental health and work/life balance.

Malcolm was awarded the Lawyers Weekly Family Law Partner of the Year in 2019 and 2020, and the Wellness Advocate of the Year in 2020.

He is currently a rated by the Doyle’s Guide as a Recommended Family Lawyer in Sydney in 2022.

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