I am a lawyer in Swaab’s fam­i­ly law team. I have been work­ing in fam­i­ly saw since the com­mence­ment of my law degree. Hav­ing worked as an asso­ciate to a Judge in the Fed­er­al Cir­cuit and Fam­i­ly Court of Aus­tralia, I am famil­iar with the court sys­tem and alter­na­tive means to resolv­ing dis­putes. I have expe­ri­ence in deal­ing with par­ent­ing and prop­er­ty dis­putes and I am con­tin­u­ing to gain prac­ti­cal expe­ri­ence in these areas each day. I am pas­sion­ate about sup­port­ing my clien­t’s through what are undoubt­ed­ly some of their most dif­fi­cult per­son­al circumstance.

Exper­tise

  • Fam­i­ly Law

Sec­tor

  • Pri­vate Client & Fam­i­ly Businesses

Expe­ri­ence

  • Dis­putes involv­ing par­ent­ing, sep­a­ra­tion and prop­er­ty dis­putes relat­ing to rela­tion­ship breakdowns
  • Prepa­ra­tion of doc­u­ments and plead­ings in prepa­ra­tion for court appear­ances as well as alter­na­tive dis­pute res­o­lu­tion conference.
  • Work­ing with clients in the midst of fam­i­ly law dis­putes and build­ing client relations.
  • Expe­ri­ence in advo­ca­cy and court process as an Asso­ciate to a Judge of the Fed­er­al Cir­cuit and Fam­i­ly Court of Australia.

Roles, Mem­ber­ship and Education

  • Bach­e­lor of Laws/​Bachelor of Crim­i­nal & Com­mu­ni­ty Jus­tice, West­ern Syd­ney University.
  • Grad­u­ate Diplo­ma of Legal Prac­tice, The Col­lege of Law.
  • The Law Soci­ety of New South Wales.

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Publications

Dis­clo­sure: When is enough enough?

Dis­clo­sure, the fam­i­ly law equiv­a­lent of dis­cov­ery in oth­er kinds of civ­il pro­ceed­ings, is a foun­da­tion­al part of fam­i­ly law matters. The Fed­er­al…

When Judges return to prac­tice: a clos­er look at the deci­sion in Tan­it & Tanit

In the Fed­er­al Cir­cuit and Fam­i­ly Court of Aus­tralia, being a Fed­er­al Court, the com­pul­so­ry retire­ment age of Judges is 70 years…

Aus­tralian Anti-Mon­ey Laun­der­ing AML/CTF Tranche 2 laws are coming

Australia’s Anti-Mon­ey Laun­der­ing and Counter-Ter­ror­ism Financ­ing (AML/CTF) Act is designed to stop ille­gal funds from enter­ing the finan­cial sys­tem. It…

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