High Court of Australia overturns Family Court decision
Parenting order to work out what's best for a child in an inter-state
child custody battle
The long term effects of divorce on children are often significant. One of the most contentious issues in the divorce process is child custody. This is especially important when parents wish to live in different cities, states or even countries.
Courts are now required to make decisions in the best interest of each CHILD rather than their parents. Equal access for parents may not be in the best interest of a child if it is not reasonably practical. This particular case highlights how, in order to comply with a previous court ruling to allow equal access, a mother needed to live in a caravan in Mt Isa and rely on social security. A new court case decided this situation was not in the child's best interest. Read more about this case on the Streeterlaw blogsite.
If you need the assistance of a lawyer, or know someone who does, contact my team at Streeterlaw Sydney.
Regards
Mark Streeter
Senior Partner Streeterlaw
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Recent Statistics show Fraud is Huge
We particularly hate Fraud. We see incidents of Fraud in companies, in employment contexts and in the private lives of individuals. Our principal, Mark Streeter, is an accredited specialist in commercial litigation and a full member of the Insolvency Practitioners Association of Australia. Incidents of Fraud occur throughout our society. It also happens to Government! Recent statistics show that just under a third of federal defendants finalised in Australia's Criminal Courts during 2008-09, were charged with fraud, deception and related offences. ABS website
If you seek to recover proceeds of Fraud on an urgent basis please call us sooner rather than later. Every minute of delay after discovery of a Fraud is another minute the Target has to dispose of the gains and to cover their tracks. Streeterlaw . . . . when you want your money back!
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We especially want to extend a warm welcome to Mr Richard Booker who joined the Streeterlaw Recoveries Team effective 1 June 2010.
Mr Booker is an experienced solicitor in the area of litigation and property damages recovery and joins us as a consultant following the merger of his practice with Streeterlaw effective 1 June 2010.
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How do you know if a binding contract
actually exists?
Masters versus Cameron
[1954] HCA 72 is a classic High Court legal case that is still the
leading authority on whether there is a binding contract or not. Even
though this law case is over 50 years old the legal precedent it set is
still used in Australian court cases today.
This legal dispute arose in
respect of a sale of land. On 6 December 1951 Mr & Mrs Masters (the
Defendants and proposed purchasers) agreed to buy from Mrs Cameron (the
Plaintiff and Vendor) a farming property in Western Australia called
“Bokhara”.
The agreement was contained in a short written document. Both
the vendor and the purchasers signed their signatures to the document. A
deposit of £1,750 was paid by the proposed purchases to the Vendors
agent shortly after signing the agreement. Final settlement of the
property was scheduled to occur on 15 March 1952.... but it didn't
proceed.
Read what happened and how the findings are still is
used in court today >
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