Carr & Co is relocating effective 3 October 2026. Our new address will be Level 27, Exchange Plaza, 2 The Esplanade, Perth WA 6000. Our phone and PO Box numbers remain the same.
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Siri, am I going to jail? The woes of a modern divorcee

By Camille Eckhaus, Associate In this technological age, smartphones have made our lives easier. From almost anywhere, we can now...

Sexually Transmitted Debt: The STD that’s more common than you think

By Ilvana Arapovic, Associate There’s another kind of STD floating around – Sexually transmitted debt. It’s a financial bug and...
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All I Want For Christmas Is … Not You – Your Festive Season Survival Guide

By Hayley Ellison, Senior Associate For separated families, the festive season is often a hard time because it changes an...
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Short Marriages – What will I get?

[caption id="attachment_107" align="alignright" width="150"] By Mr William Carr - Managing Director.[/caption] Family lawyers are often asked about the share of...
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Instructing a Divorce Lawyer Doesn’t Mean Going to War

We often have clients who attend their first appointment concerned about what it means to have instructed a divorce lawyer....
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Lotto Wins

[caption id="attachment_107" align="alignright" width="150"] By Mr William Carr - Managing Director.[/caption] The recent large prize pools offered in Australian Saturday...
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Binding Financial Agreements – Dead or Alive??

Earlier this week, the High Court handed down its decision in the matter of Thorne & Kennedy [2017] HCA 49....
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Reducing the financial pain

News.com.au recently reported in the financial section of their website an article on 'How to reduce the financial pain of...
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‘For Richer, Divorce For Poorer’ – The financial cost of Divorce

A summary of the AMP Report dated December 2016 AMP released an income and wealth report in December 2016 titled...
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2015 Divorces – Australian Bureau of Statistics

The Australian Bureau of Statistics have just released the divorce statistics for Australia in 2015. Last year 48,517 divorces were...