Chair
Ian Lloyd KC, Trust Chambers; Recommended Criminal Law Senior Counsel, Doyle’s Guide 2024
Coercive Control and Family Law: Navigating their Complex Intersection
- The new offence of coercive control and the longstanding use of this term in family law matters
- The release of the Harman Undertaking and what documents can be of use in concurrent proceedings
- Likely outcomes for clients charged with domestic violence offences in parenting matters
- The impact domestic violence has and will have on property division
Presented by Samantha Lewis, Principal and Director, Lewis Family Lawyers; Accredited Specialist in Family Law
Description
Attend and earn 0.5 CPD hour in Substantive Law
This program is based on NSW legislation
Presenters
Ian Lloyd KC, Trust Chambers
Ian Lloyd KC was called to the NSW Bar in 1977. He took silk in 1989. He is also a member of the bar in Hong Kong, New York and England & Wales. Mr Lloyd is one of Sydney’s leading criminal law silks. Mr Lloyd was during the 1980s a Senior Crown Counsel with the Hong Kong Government and in the early 1990s the Senior Crown Prosecutor for NSW. Mr Lloyd is also a former Justice of the Court of Appeal of the Fiji Islands and Conjoint Associate Professor with the University of Newcastle Law School. He has previously lectured in law at the University of Technology, the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the University of Notre Dame, Sydney.
Samantha Lewis, Principal and Director, Lewis Family Lawyers
Samantha Lewis is an Accredited Specialist in Family Law. Having over 15 years of experience in the law working in complex family law matters, Samantha and her team are able to not only provide expert advice but can advocate for their clients at an exceptional level. With a background in criminal law, clients with all issues that arise in family law matters are able to feel supported, understood and well represented. Samantha regularly attends mediations and appears in the Family Court and Federal Circuit Court of Australia in all states in Australia (except Western Australia) and has been successful in representing her clients in the following types of cases: International and interstate relocations; International property disputes involving anti-suit injunctions; Serious family violence cases involving simultaneous criminal proceedings; High net worth property division; Parenting matters involving children with special needs; Complex property divisions involving inheritances.
