Recent Case Update
Gain that all-important annual case update, highlighting recent trends and practical take aways from recent cases in several important areas of disputes in family law practice, such as:
- How is the Court approaching coercive control?
- Harmful proceedings: the new vexatious
- Insight – what does it look like?
Presented by Kylie Chesterman, Barrister, Level 14 Inns of Court Chambers; Recommended Family Law Junior Counsel, Doyle’s Guide 2024
Description
Attend and earn 0.5 CPD hour in Substantive Law
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Chair
Beth Jarman, Special Counsel, Mills Oakley
Presenters
Beth Jarman, Special Counsel, Mills Oakley
Beth is a Special Counsel in the Sydney Family Law practice of Mills Oakley, having joined the firm in January 2014. Beth has practised exclusively in Family Law for approximately 29 years. Beth has been an Accredited Specialist in Family Law since 2001 and acted as Deputy Registrar of the Family and Federal Magistrates Court in 2004. Beth has extensive experience across the range of all Family Law matters. Prior to commencing work with Mills Oakley Beth worked for the Legal Aid Commission of NSW from 1994-2013. Beth has acted as an ICL from 1996 to approximately 2018. Beth is trained in Collaborative Practice.
Kylie Chesterman, Barrister, Level 14 Inns of Court Chambers
Kylie was called to the Bar in 2016, having been admitted as a legal practitioner in 2011. She maintains a practice predominantly in family law, criminal law and domestic violence. Prior to commencing at the private Bar, Kylie worked in a boutique family law firm and as a Legal Officer at the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions. Kylie was also a Legal Associate in the Queensland Court of Appeal to the Honourable Robert Gotterson AO and in the District Court to Sarah Bradley AO. Kylie holds a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) and a Bachelor of Psychological Science from Griffith University. Kylie has a keen interest in complex financial matters as well as parentage disputes in de facto relationships. She was involved in the case of Clarence & Crisp [2016] FamCAFC 157 as both a solicitor (at the trial) and then junior counsel in the appeal.