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ACT Law Firm of the Year Finalists 2022
Farrar Gesini Dunn are pleased and excited to announce that we are finalists in the ACT Law Society’s 2022 ACT Law Firm of the Year. The ACT Firm of the Year recognises the efforts of local firms in contributing to access to justice, to innovative legal technology, to a healthy...
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FGD Welcomes Julie Nessworthy and Kate Kensell from Hamish Cumming Family Lawyers
From 1 July 2022, Hamish Cumming Family Lawyers will be joining the Farrar Gesini Dunn team at their Sydney office located at 2 Bligh Street Sydney. We are excited about this next chapter and the benefits this will provide all of our clients. Kate Kensell and Julie Nessworthy have made...
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Our Pledge – LGBTIQ Domestic Violence
A staggering 1 in 2 LGBTIQ people will experience Domestic or Family Violence in their lifetime. Studies have shown that Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Intersex and Queer (LGBTIQ) people are not only more likely to experience family violence, but less likely to recognise, report and receive appropriate support in response....
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LGBTIQ Legal Service
FGD are proud to announce, we are launching an LGBTIQ Legal Service. Recurrent enquiries into Australia’s family law system have found glaring issues with respect to the recognition of evolving LGBTIQ issues and access to justice for LGBTIQ identifying people. One of the key concerns is that the Family Law...
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FGD Cairns Conference
At FGD, our purpose is to represent and empower people with compassion and innovation. It is important for us to reflect on our purpose to create new ways to show up for our people, clients and community. This focus on reflection was the key driver of the firm’s most recent conference in Cairns.
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Rising Star in Wills, Estates, and Succession Planning in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory
The Wills and Estates team at Farrar Gesini Dunn is pleased to announce that we have been further recognised in the respected Doyle’s Guide Listing for 2021, and for the first time in the Rising Stars category. Jessica Win is a brilliant young lawyer in our Wills and Estates team....
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Farewell Juliette Ford
We bid farewell to Juliette Ford, a director of FGD since 2001, as she takes on a role with The Office for Family Safety, Community Services Directorate. This role has provided her an amazing opportunity to embrace work that allows her to continue to utilise all of her legal, strategic thinking, mediation and collaboration skills in a systemic advocacy and policy space. This form of advocacy has always been something that Juliette has been passionate about, and we support her decision to continue this opportunity, and so we wish her all the best as she retires from the FGD Partnership.
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FGD Congratulates Newest Directors
The current FGD Directors are excited to announce that Ramya Balachandren and Haydn Marsh will be joining the partnership from 1 July 2021. Haydn and Ramya bring with them a wealth of knowledge and expertise in family law. We are excited for them to be leading the future of FGD...
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Denis William Farrar awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia in the Queens Birthday Awards
We are excited to be able to congratulate founding partner, Denis Farrar, who was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia in the Queens Birthday Awards yesterday. Denis’ award was for service to the law. He became a lawyer in 1976 and formed Farrar Gesini Dunn in 1995. He...
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International Women’s Day 2021
International Women’s Day is coming up next Monday and, although we aren’t hosting any celebratory events at FGD this year, the day is one that we are really proud to reflect on and acknowledge.
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Collaborative Family Law Firms Unite To Help Clients Caught Up In The Family Law System
Phelps Reid Foster Johnson Lawyers are thrilled to announce that Olivia Gesini has returned to collaborative family law practice as a member of their team. Farrar Gesini Dunn (of which Olivia was a founding partner in 1995) welcome and support Olivia in this endeavour and are equally excited about what this announcement means for clients caught up in the family law system who wish to find a better way to separate.
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Settle by Sunday
We understand that a separation can be an emotionally and financially turbulent time; and the thought of spending weeks, months, or even years fight through Court can be terrifying. ‘Settle by Sunday‘ is a robust and intensive settlement negotiation that occurs over a weekend, taking conflict and delay out of a separation to reach a resolution.
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