Taussig Cherrie Fildes, Author at Taussig Cherrie Fildes

Sometimes things happen that can make you smile…

Family Law can be a difficult, even harrowing, area in which to practise, but sometimes things happen that can make you smile.

Admission to the Supreme Court of Victoria

Congratulations to Armand Mengolian on his admission as an Australian Lawyer and Officer of the Supreme Court of Victoria.

Best Lawyers in Australia – 15th Edition

Four lawyers from Taussig Cherrie Fildes were included in the 15th Edition of The Best Lawyers in Australia for their work in Family Law.

Collardeau-Fuchs v Fuchs [2020] EWFC [England & Wales]

Collardeau-Fuchs v Fuchs – The uphill battle to have a foreign prenuptial agreement upheld in the UK.

An intolerable situation? Department of Communities and Justice & Bamfield [2021] FedCFamC1F 263

Hague Child Abduction Convention: Australian court does not accept that the return of an Australian First Nations child to Belgium would place the child in an intolerable situation, notwithstanding her Aboriginality would not be taken into account by the courts in Belgium in the same way as it would in Australia.

No place of habitual residence? Department of Communities and Justice & Bamfield [2021] FedCFamC1F 263

Hague Child Abduction Convention: Australian court declines to find that an infant child did not have a place of habitual residence notwithstanding ambiguity in the intentions of her parents.

Defrey & Radnor (No. 2) [2021] FamCAFC 139

Full Court declines to vary final parenting orders where no relevant change of circumstance established by the father. The same standard applies irrespective of whether the variation sought to the orders is of a major or minor nature.

Christmas Musings 2021

“As a lawyer who has been practising in the family law jurisdiction for over 40 years, it occurs to me that the more things change the more they stay the same!” by Paul Fildes, Principal

Christmas office closure 2021/2022

Wishing you a happy and safe festive season. Our office will be closed from 24 December 2021 until 10 January 2022.

Doyles Guide 2022 – First Tier Leading Family Law Firm

We are delighted to announce that our team has once again been recognised by Doyles Guide as First Tier in the category of Leading Family & Divorce Law Firms – Melbourne, 2022 for the sixth consecutive year.