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    Family court judge registers arbitration award made in favour of a client of Opal Legal.

    Court interprets the words Any Reason in regulation 67Q of the Family Law Regulations.
    AustraliaFamily and Matrimonial
    Opal Legal
    Opal Legal
  • Article

    Family Court throws out claim for spousal maintenance

    Wife lacks credibility so loses application for spousal maintenance.
    AustraliaFamily and Matrimonial
    Opal Legal
    Opal Legal
  • Article

    Third parties in a family law case

    Part VIIIAA of the Family Law Act gives the court wide powers to make orders and grant injunctions against third parties.
    AustraliaFamily and Matrimonial
    Opal Legal
    Opal Legal
  • Article

    What is an interim hearing in a family law case?

    An interim hearing is a mini hearing before the final hearing – when a party needs the court to resolve an urgent matter.
    AustraliaFamily and Matrimonial
    Opal Legal
    Opal Legal
  • Article

    Third party in a family law case

    Part VIIIAA of the Family Law Act gives the court wide powers to make orders and grant injunctions against third parties.
    AustraliaFamily and Matrimonial
    Opal Legal
    Opal Legal
  • Article

    Family Court restrains husband from selling family properties

    This restraining injunction could only be lifted by a further order of the court or by the parties' written agreement.
    AustraliaFamily and Matrimonial
    Opal Legal
    Opal Legal
  • Article

    How much would I receive in a family law property settlement?

    Property orders finalise financial issues in dispute between parties who have been married or in de facto relationships.
    AustraliaFamily and Matrimonial
    Opal Legal
    Opal Legal
  • Article

    Can a costs order be made in a family law arbitration?

    An arbitrator handed down a costs award in favour of our client following a protracted arbitration hearing.
    AustraliaFamily and Matrimonial
    Opal Legal
    Opal Legal
  • Article

    All you need to know about Child Support

    How much? What happens? Can I challenge/ change my assessment? Can I make a private child support agreement?
    AustraliaFamily and Matrimonial
    Opal Legal
    Opal Legal
  • Article

    What is conveyancing? What are the essential steps in a conveyance in NSW?

    Conveyancing is the process of legally transferring the legal title for real property from the vendor to the purchaser.
    AustraliaReal Estate and Construction
    Opal Legal
    Opal Legal
  • Article

    DPP withdraws 8 charges; Vishal Jood to walk free after pleading guilty to 3 charges

    On the evidence before the court, his conduct could not have been motivated by a prejudice against or hatred for Sikhs.
    AustraliaCriminal Law
    Opal Legal
    Opal Legal
  • Article

    How much do family law barristers charge?

    It is likely that significant reforms and changes to the family law system in Australia will be implemented in 2021.
    AustraliaFamily and Matrimonial
    Opal Legal
    Opal Legal
  • Article

    What is conveyancing? What are the essential steps in a conveyance?

    Definition of conveyancing & a useful guide to the steps involved in a standard contract of sale of land.
    AustraliaReal Estate and Construction
    Opal Legal
    Opal Legal
  • Article

    What is a Calderbank offer?

    The husband was ordered to pay the wife her costs from the date she made an offer of compromise to the husband.
    AustraliaLitigation, Mediation & Arbitration
    Opal Legal
    Opal Legal
  • Article

    An insight into divorce in family law proceedings in Australia

    To explain any possible link between property, parenting and divorce, the article outlines what is needed for divorce.
    AustraliaFamily and Matrimonial
    Opal Legal
    Opal Legal
  • Article

    Can police search my car?

    Just as police cannot randomly enter your home, police also cannot search your vehicle without lawful authority.
    AustraliaCriminal Law
    Opal Legal
    Opal Legal
  • Article

    How can an accused avoid a criminal conviction on mental health grounds in NSW?

    3 ways in which a person charged with a criminal offence can avoid having a criminal conviction recorded against their name.
    AustraliaCriminal Law
    Opal Legal
    Opal Legal
  • Article

    High Court rules on status of overseas divorce

    Rights of the wife under the Family Law Act were available because the foreign judgement had not determined those issues.
    AustraliaFamily and Matrimonial
    Opal Legal
    Opal Legal
  • Article

    Can I record a private conversation?

    While courts have admitted secretly recorded conversations in many cases, lawyers must warn clients that it is unlawful.
    AustraliaLitigation, Mediation & Arbitration
    Opal Legal
    Opal Legal

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