20th Annual Family Law Conference eBook

The family law landscape has shifted dramatically, and practitioners are now working in a far more demanding and high-risk environment. The 2025 property law amendments have changed the way financial matters are approached and argued. At the same time, courts are placing greater focus on family violence, disclosure failures, hidden assets and professional conduct. Parenting disputes are also evolving, with new statutory pathways and changing judicial approaches reshaping the advice lawyers give every day.

The 20th Annual Family Law Conference brings together leading family law specialists from across Australia to examine the issues shaping practice right now. Over two days, delegates will explore the practical impact of recent reforms, emerging case law and the strategic decisions lawyers must make when running complex matters and advising clients under pressure.

Property Settlements After the Amendments: New Factors, New Arguments, New Pathways

• When Inheritance Meets Family Law: Safeguarding Intergenerational Wealth
• Dissipated Assets After the Amendments: Add Backs, Wastage and the New s 79 Landscape
• Family Violence as a Property Factor: Statutory Integration, Evidence and Outcomes
• When the Judge Takes the Lead: Less Adversarial Trials in Property Matters

Evidence, Disclosure and Forensic Pressure Points

• Statutory Disclosure, Practitioner Exposure and the New Risk Landscape
• Digital Evidence and Professional Responsibility: Managing Social Media Risk in Family Law Proceedings
• Out of Sight, Out of Mind? Asset Concealment, Forensic Strategy and Urgent Relief in Property Settlements

Parenting Matters

• Subpoenas and Sensitive Records: Navigating the Protected Confidences Regime
• When Is Final Really Final? Reopening Parenting Orders After s 65DAAA
• First Impressions Count: Strategic Decision-Making in Interim Parenting Hearings

Financial Agreements and Professional Risk

• Not Perfect — But Still Binding? Enforcing Defective Financial Agreements Under s 90G(1A)
• When Does the Clock Really Start? Negligence, Limitation Periods and Financial Agreements After R Lawyers v Mr Daily