February 2010

  • Family Court & Appalling Behavior

    Posted by Ed Clark

    In a decision that confirms the worst nightmares of many non-custodial parents, Her Honour Justice Bennett in Wang v Dennison (No 2) declined to Order that the parties two young children live with or spend any time with their father despite some astounding findings.

    Her Honour found the mother had “purposefully conditioned the children to believe that they had been sexually abused by their father when they had not” and that she had done so “in order to cut the father out of the lives of the children".

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  • Parenting Laws Review – What Are The Problems And What Are The Solutions?

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    On 28 January 2010 the Attorney General released three reports regarding the 2006 Parenting Reforms to the Family Law Act ('the Act'), by the Australian Institute of Family Studies, the Family Law Council of the Law Council of Australia and Prof Richard Chisolm respectively.  They have been reported as concluding:

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  • Ignorance may not be bliss

    Posted by Anton Dunhill

    A recent case in which we acted for a waste management company demonstrated that even when you think you are doing the right thing, that may not be the case.

    The waste management company had processes in place where it reported to the Council when trucks entered a waste site with overweight loads. Our client was at that stage unaware that there was a secondary requirement – VicRoads were to be notified when this occurred pursuant to the Road Safety Act – an oversight which gave rise to potential fines of around $1.6m.

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