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Articles
Reforming Forum Disputes AFL (2021) Vol 30/3
First published in Australia's leading Family Law journal, in this article Matthew analyses Australia's approach to forum and proposed areas for law reform.
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This is the third instalment in a series undertaking a detailed study and analysis of common issues that arise advising clients in financial cases with an international dimension. This part explains how forum disputes are resolved in Australia, England and New Zealand.
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This is the second article in a series undertaking a detailed study and analysis of common issues that arise advising clients in financial cases with an international dimension. This part analyses forum for property disputes.
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International Law Series Part 1 - Where to Divorce? Your clients’ options in Anglo-Antipodean separations (2021)
This is the first article in a series undertaking a detailed study and analysis of common issues that arise advising clients in financial cases with an international dimension. This part analyses divorce forum.
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A comparative analysis of the domestic enforcement remedies for breaches of child arrangements orders in England and parenting orders in Australia.
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Shared Parenting: Keeping welfare paramount by learning from mistakes [2013] Fam Law 448
A study of the 2013 Children and Families Bill with a comparative analysis of legislation already in effect in Australia.
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