Community Information and Education for Australia

Originally published on 11 August 2024 on LinkedIn. No one can dispute the principle that litigation is to be avoided rather than to be invited. Unfortunately, the efforts to block or minimise the litigation in […]

Originally published on 10 August 2024 on LinkedIn. Part VIIIA of the Family Law Act 1975 provides a statutory scheme whereby past, present, or future parties to a marriage may contractually bind themselves in respect

Originally published on 31 March 2024 at LinkedIn. Last year same day I wrote an article referring to the High Court Judgement Charisteas v Charisteas [2021] HCA 29. In this case, the court discussed the

Originally published on 31 March 2023 at LinkedIn. A Lawyer’s Private Communication with the Judge A lawyer must not contact a judge during proceedings of a case in the absence of other lawyer. When a

This article shares some rulings made by Ethical Committee of Law Institute of Victoria published in Law Institute Journals and available in the Ethical Rulings Archive Law Institute’s Website. Where an expert is a past

Review of Rent for a Retail Premises Lease and Victorian Law Dispute over fixing of rent for the extended term of the lease is very common in tenancy relationship everywhere. The current relevant legislation to

This article discusses two cases where the jurisdiction of the Australian court to decide family disputes of Indian origin couples were challenged. In my two previous articles, I have compared the Australian jurisdiction with Pakistan,

One may dream that seeking justice should not be commercialised but in today’s world it is. Personal friends question lawyer’s ethical values because the lawyers are often criticised for their bills of costs. The critics

Australian Family Law cases discussing the Pakistani, Indian, Sri Lankan and Nepalian Laws This article very briefly discusses cases decided by Australian Family Court where the marriage certificates or divorce certificates were in issue. This

This article is a brief introduction of the difference between ‘lease’ and ‘licence’, in most possible simple words for the understanding of common members of the community. Before comparing the ‘lease’ with licence the word