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Family Law Section Annual Report

Family Law Section 02 Dec 2020

The Law Institute of Victoria has released the annual report for the Family Law Section...

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Family Law judgments

Robert Glade-Wright & Craig Nicol 01 Nov 2019

No error in Court’s treatment of non-commutable military pension as a financial resource (income stream)...

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Family Law judgments

Robert Glade-Wright & Craig Nicol 01 Oct 2019

No error in Court’s treatment of non-commutable military pension as a financial resource (income stream)...

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The Permanency Amendments Longitudinal Study

Family Law Section 13 Aug 2019

The Permanency Amendments Longitudinal Study

Communication to Professionals and Carers

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Family Law Section Newsletter

Family Law Section 31 Jul 2019

The July edition of the Family Law Section Newsletter is now available...

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A pragmatic view

Elena Tsalanidis 02 Jul 2018

The Victorian Court of Appeal recently considered whether someone can be a stepchild of their biological parent’s de facto partner...

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Gaining teeth

Tessa Van Duyn 01 Mar 2018

A recent decision of the Supreme Court will ensure that the Victorian government and public authorities will comply with, and have regard to, human rights in their day to day business and when engaging with the community...

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Submission to the Education and Training Reform Regulations Review

Administrative Law and Human Rights Section 18 Aug 2017

The Law Institute of Victoria (LIV) welcomes the opportunity to provide a submission to the Scrutiny of Acts and Regulations Committee towards...

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Case Summary [Rankin & Rankin [2017] FamCAFC 29]

LIV Family Law Section 20 Jul 2017

There are two aspects of this Full Court’s decision that are worth highlighting, on balance, for practitioners. 1. That it is open to...

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Family law judgments

Robert Glade-Wright 01 Jul 2017

Enforcement order compelling husband to access his super to pay wife $350,000 set aside on appeal In Mackah & Mackah [2017] FamCAFC 62 (3 April 2017)...

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Family Law Judgments

Robert Glade-Wright 01 Dec 2016

In Kennedy & Thorne [2016] FamCAFC 189 (26 September 2016) the Full Court (Strickland, Aldridge & Cronin JJ) allowed an appeal by the husband’s estate against Judge Demack’s decision to set aside...

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