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CASE SUMMARY – Kerrigan & Raiffe (No 2) [2013] FCCA 2240
What happens if you don’t obey a Court order? In the case of Kerrigan & Raiffe (No 2) [2013] FCCA 2240, Justice Cassidy considered the law regarding contempt of Court under section 112AP of the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth). Introduction In this case, a father of a then 10 year old child was charged…
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Carr & Co. – Successful appeal to the High Court of Australia
Stanford v Stanford [2012] HCA 52 Carr & Co have recently been involved in a successful appeal to the High Court of Australia reported as Stanford v Stanford [2012] HCA 52. The decision of the Court was unanimous. The appeal involved property settlement proceedings of parties aged 87 and 89 where the parties’ marriage had…
