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Yesterday, 28 May, was LGBTQ+ Domestic Violence Awareness Day, a national day to shed light on abuse in LGBTQ+ relationships and call for greater visibility, understanding, and support for LGBTQ+ victim-survivors. At FGD, this day is deeply personal. One of our partners, Daniel Magnussen, serves as the ACT Coordinator for...

Join us for "Plan Your Care, Protect Your Legacy: Aged Care Reforms, Retirement and Estate Planning", an educational seminar designed to help you start that conversation – with expert guidance on aged care reforms, retirement living, and estate planning to support your journey through later life with clarity and confidence.

You know you are working at a top tier family law firm when an exemplary Director of more than 20 years returns.

On 5.12.21 we bid farewell to Juliette Ford as she took the opportunity to follow her passion into a new role with the Office for Family Safety, Community Services Directorate.

On 5.3.25 we will be celebrating Juliette's return.

We are all familiar with New Year Resolutions. They mark the end of the year that has been and are a good opportunity to reflect and evaluate. They also time stamp the start of something new and prompt us to identify what is important to us in life and what we wish to focus on in the coming year.

FGD is proud to welcome the list of below individuals to the Partnership. The title and responsibility change for these individuals reflects the leadership, dedication, and hard work they have consistently demonstrated over time. In line with FGDs commitment to doing things differently, we are pleased to highlight that this...

On Thursday 14 November, FGD held our annual charity golf day in support of Fearless Women at the Federal Golf Club in Canberra. Whilst the weather apps predicted rain & thunderstorms, Canberra turned on the most specular sunny day for the event.

We are excited to inform you that FGD has moved premises right across the road to Suite 2/29-33 Orlando St, Coffs Harbour NSW 2450.

We are very proud to have sponsored the 20th National Family Law Conference in Perth last week! A total of 15 solicitors from our offices in Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne and Coffs Harbour attended the Conference, which was a great success. The conference is a gathering of judges, politicians, family lawyers...

FGD have had a very busy & loved filled week celebrating Valentine’s Day across our Canberra, Sydney & Melbourne offices! We know you are probably wondering, why on earth would we celebrate such a day being a Family Law Firm?! Well, we like to think outside the box not only...

Update We are pleased to inform you that our Coffs office has moved to Suite 2, 29-33 Orlando Street, Coffs Harbour NSW 2450, from Friday 15 November 2024, feel free to pop in and say hello and we will make you a cuppa! We are thrilled to announce the opening...

Long awaited changes to surrogacy laws in the ACT have been proposed today. The Parentage (Surrogacy) Amendment Bill 2023 was introduced to the Legislative Assembly this morning.

Our FGD Melbourne office was opened in 2011, since then we have welcomed many new staff members and have outgrown the space. We are excited to announce that we are moving from Little Lonsdale St, Melbourne to our beautiful new office space at Suite 3, Level 15/385 Bourke St, Melbourne VIC 3000.