FCFCOA

‘All men’: Famous actors, athletes join court to condemn violence against women
In a video featuring some of Australia’s most famous people, including Hugh Jackman and Eric Bana, the Federal...
02 June 2025
By Naomi Neilson
Law clerk alleges workplace sexual harassment by barrister
A barrister working out of a boutique criminal law firm in Perth has been accused of sexual harassment by a law clerk...
01 May 2025
By Naomi Neilson
Solicitor ‘deliberately’ breached Harman undertaking
A solicitor with a South Australian boutique firm was found to have deliberately breached the Harman undertaking by...
06 March 2025
By Naomi Neilson
‘Doomed to fail’: Solicitor pushes ahead with futile claims against law firm
Apparently not dissuaded from being shut down and criticised by multiple courts and the Fair Work Commission, a...
05 March 2025
By Naomi Neilson
ChatGPT blunder sees lawyer referred to regulator
A lawyer has been referred to a disciplinary regulator for filing two documents that relied on “non-existent”...
04 February 2025
By Naomi Neilson
CEO, principal registrar reappointed to FCFCOA
David Pringle PSM will serve another five years as CEO and principal registrar of divisions one and two of the Federal...
31 January 2025
By Naomi Neilson
AAT member criticised for ‘significant’ cut and paste in immigration matter
A tribunal member was caught out for the “significant” copying and pasting in a decision to toss an international...
16 January 2025
By Naomi Neilson
Counsel referred to disciplinary body for ‘woeful’ conduct
A Federal Court referred a barrister to the Legal Services Commissioner for his “woeful preparation” in parenting...
13 January 2025
By Naomi Neilson
Partner wrongly accused of ‘gaslighting’ woman about Rio Tinto rape
A former employee of a mining company that operated under the Rio Tinto umbrella accused a partner from a major firm of...
18 December 2024
By Naomi Neilson
New judge elected to Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
A judge praised for her “tireless” commitment to the legal profession and the field of family law has been...
17 December 2024
By Naomi Neilson
2 appointed to FCFCOA
Two new judges have been appointed to the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2) in Sydney and...
07 October 2024
By Lauren Croft
Judge’s Fair Work penalty ‘inadequate’, union says
A construction union accused a federal judge of imposing too light a sentence on a Canberra painting business that was...
16 September 2024
By Naomi Neilson
Dreyfus: FCFCOA judiciary ‘plays a critical role in our legal system’
In light of new family law reforms, the Attorney-General has emphasised the importance of combating the “increasing...
26 June 2024
By Lauren Croft
Dreyfus: ‘There is a crisis of male violence in Australia’
Australia’s Attorney-General has slammed the “scourge on our society” that is male violence, in remarks earlier...
19 April 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy
Boutique firm penalised for underpaying staff
A Bankstown law firm has been hit with pecuniary penalties after it failed to pay an employee the minimum
04 March 2024
By Naomi Neilson
Former Law Council president appointed FCFCOA judge
Tass Liveris, who was the 2022 president of the Law Council of Australia and president of the Law Society of the...
07 February 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy
FCFCOA appoints director of family violence and Indigenous programs
The Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia has appointed the former chief executive of Full Stop Australia to...
10 August 2023
By Jerome Doraisamy
The importance of workplace safety plans in family law
As vicarious traumatic stress within the profession increases, family law firms have been urged to implement a...
20 July 2023
By Lauren Croft
Over 80 federal judges travel to Alice Springs for ‘rare and invaluable’ learning
Judges from the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (FCFCOA) have travelled to Alice Springs to listen and...
22 June 2023
By Lauren Croft
FCFCOA case management pathways outlined
With family violence at an all-time high, this family lawyer outlines the case management processes of the Federal...
22 May 2023
By Lauren Croft