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FGD X HCFL Welcome Event
We have been so thrilled to welcome the Hamish Cummings Family Lawyers team into the FGD family. We officially welcomed them by hosting a celebration in our FGD Sydney office. We shared bubbles and nibbles and toasted to Kate Kensell & Julie Nessworthy joining the directorship. They have been such...
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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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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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FGD Sydney Celebrates Golf Day
On 28 March 2019 FGD Sydney held their inaugural Golf Day at Concord Golf Course and what a fantastic day it was. The day began with a light lunch and refreshment in the clubhouse as our players rolled in and mingled with fellow teammates. Our CEO, Jim Dunn, gave a...
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FGD Launches Artificial Intelligence Tool
We wanted to make something that would set us apart from other lawyers from the moment you enter our website.Before you’ve ever stepped into our office, and before we’ve charged you a single billable unit, we wanted to give you an idea of how the Family Law works and the things you need to consider if you are going through a separation.
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Truffles and a Will – two things that should be on your shopping list, not your bucket list!
Recently the FGD Estates team hosted an intimate event at The Truffle Farm which was an opportunity for us to treat a small group of our professional contacts to a really memorable event. We all loved it and came away with some unexpected parallels between truffles and estate planning.
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Does Australia have no fault divorce?
What happens when you marry, and then the relationship breaks down and you and/or your spouse is wanting to leave the relationship? Imagine if you had to prove fault on behalf of your spouse to obtain a divorce, and where should the law draw that line?
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How to prepare for a ‘grey divorce’
In this guest post, Financial Planner, Lynette Murray talks about divorce after 50. If you are over 50 and contemplating a divorce, there are a number of things to consider that can make your situation different from that of someone at a different stage of life. While divorce at any...
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Family Court and Federal Circuit Court Merger
On the 30 May the Commonwealth Attorney-General announced that the Federal Circuit Court and the Family Court of Australia will be merged into a single court to be known as the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (FCFCA). The new court will start to operate from 1 January 2019....
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After separation does the spouse in the home get credit?
It is not uncommon that following a separation one party remains in the family home and pays the mortgage instalments and the other party leaves and accommodates themselves elsewhere, usually paying rent.
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Why can’t we be friends?
When I started here it was 2006. James Blunt was big and nobody had an iPhone yet. The family law community in Canberra looked pretty different – in fact the only ‘big’ firm that existed then that exists in the same form now was Farrar Gesini Dunn. In fairness we...
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Disclosure – what does it mean and why do it?
The Rules of the courts which operate under The Family Law Act contain requirements that each party make a “full and true disclosure” of all documents relevant to the matter, whether helpful or unhelpful to their case. Case law has developed which imposes severe disadvantage to a party who may...
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