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Appointment to Senior Associate – Cara Nottle

We are pleased to announce Cara Nottle’s appointment to Senior Associate from 1 July 2024.

Kai & Min [2024] FedCFamC1A 6

The appellant wife successfully appealed the order made by the primary judge that she own and occupy property in Australia as a condition precedent to international travel with the child who was the subject of the proceeding. Christie J, sitting as the appeal court, held that the primary judge did not have the power to make the order in circumstances where was no logical connection between the order and the care, welfare or development of the child.

Recognized by Best Lawyers 2025

We are pleased to announce the lawyers from Taussig Cherrie Fildes who were included in the 17th edition of The Best Lawyers in Australia for their work in family law.

Qin & Donato [2023] FedCFamC1A 223

The applicant de facto wife successfully appealed the decision of the primary judge to uphold the decision of the senior registrar to refuse her application for maintenance. The appeal court, constituted by Aldrige J, held that the primary judge had erred in finding that the de facto wife could adequately support herself in circumstances where she had reduced her expenses to make ends meet in the absence of provision of financial support by the de facto husband.