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Australia's new blended family court
On this episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show Michael Kearney SC, chair of the NSW Bar Association's family law committee, talks about the impact of a federal decision to restructure the courts which handle Australia's family law matters. When the federal government announced in May its decision to overhaul the courts which decide family law disputes, opinions in the legal profession abound. By creating a single court named the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (FCFCA), Attorney-General Christian Porter said that up to 8,000 more family law matters would be handled each year. The…
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