Chair
Alicia Elliott, Director, Broun Abrahams Burreket; Accredited Specialist in Family Law; Leading Family & Divorce Lawyer and Leading Parenting & Children’s Matters Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2024
The Weight to be Given to Initial and External Contributions Early in the Relationship – Is the Springboard Argument Dead?
While many consider the outcome in long relationships to tend towards an equal split, there is often still significant dispute around the weight to be given to initial and external contributions made early in the relationship in light of decisions like Jabour & Jabour [2019] FamCAFC 78. However, where the initial contributions of one party provided the springboard for most of the parties’ wealth at separation, what weight should be given to that initial contribution?
- Explore the decisions since Pierce & Pierce [1998] FamCA 74 which have considered this issue
Presented by Alison Ross, Partner, Hopgood Ganim; Accredited Specialist in Family Law; Leading Family & Divorce Lawyer, Leading Family Lawyer (High-Value & Complex Property Matters) and Recommended Parenting & Children’s Matters Barrister, Doyle’s Guide 2024
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD hour in Substantive Law
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Presenters
Alicia Elliott, Director, Broun Abrahams Burreket
Alicia Elliott is a family law specialist accredited by the Law Society of New South Wales. She practises exclusively in family law and provides clear guidance and advice on all aspects of family law, including financial matters, parenting issues, child support, spouse maintenance and de facto relationships. Alicia has successfully represented clients in complex financial and parenting cases, including high net worth matters, valuation disputes and international relocations and was named as a pre-eminent parenting and children's matters and a recommended leading family and divorce lawyer in the 2025 Doyle's Guide.
Alison Ross, Partner, Hopgood Ganim
Alison Ross specialises in complex property matters and other financial matters arising from relationship breakdowns. She has worked exclusively in family law since 1996 and has extensive experience in both matrimonial and de facto relationship law. Alison's expertise includes advising on international family law matters, financial matters and matters relating to children, including relocation and child abduction. An Accredited Family Law Specialist, Alison is a fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers and is the immediate past Chair of the Queensland Law Society's Family Law Committee. She is a member of the Queensland Law Society Continuing Professional Development Committee. Alison has been ranked a leading lawyer in Doyles Guide to Leading Family and Divorce Lawyers - Brisbane since 2012.
