Family Law Reform: Unpacking S79 Amendments: Violence, Wastage & Liabilities 

Wednesday, 19 November 2025
Are We in Unchartered Waters or Occupied Territory? S79 Amendments

 

  • Has codifying established jurisprudence and amending the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth) actually changed anything in the Court’s approach to family law cases?
  • Case review of the application by the FC&FCoA (Divisions 1 and 2) and the FCWA of the new legislative provisions following the introduction of the Family Law Amendment Act 2025 (Cth) on 10 June 2025 with a particular focus on the amendments to section 79 of the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth) in terms of
    • the economic impact of family violence in financial matters section 79 sub-sections (4)(ca) and (5)(a)
    • Wastage: section 79(5)(d)
    • the identification and treatment of liabilities: section 79 sub-sections (3)(a)(ii) and (5)(e)
    • add backs: section 79(3)(a)(i)
  • Cases to be covered include
    • Shinohara & Shinohara (No 2) [2025] FedCFamC1F
    • Pantoja & Pantoja [2025] FedCFamC1A 104 

Presented by Jorja Brady, Partner, Lavan; Preeminent Family & Divorce Lawyer, WA and Leading Family Lawyer (High-value & Complex Property Matters), Doyle's Guide 2025 

Description

Attend and earn 1 CPD unit in Substantive Law 
This program is based on WA legislation 

Chair

Natalie Kam, Partner, Jackson McDonald; Recommended Family & Divorce Lawyers Doyle's Guide 2025 

Presenters

Natalie Kam, Partner, Jackson McDonald
Natalie is the lead partner in the Jackson McDonald family law team. Natalie is an accredited family law specialist with extensive experience in family law, representing clients in family and relationship law both nationally and internationally. Natalie is experienced in complex property proceedings including financial tracing, corporate and trust structures, contested inheritances, valuation and business issues and acting on behalf of banks, liquidators, creditors and corporations. Her practice includes advice on proactive structuring to protect multigenerational businesses and wealth and sits amongst one of Western Australia’s most preeminent private wealth teams. Natalie is a recognised industry leader in dealing with complex parenting cases and child related proceedings having represented clients in Australia and overseas, including in respect of applications to relocate overseas and international child abduction and recovery. She is experienced at mediation and is a qualified collaborative lawyer. Natalie is also trained in assisting clients encountering issues such as domestic and family violence and requiring assistance to obtain Family Violence Restraining Orders. Natalie was previously a key adviser to the Attorney General’s Family Relationship Advice Line and has assisted in the preparation of a number of submissions to government in the area of family law reform. Natalie is currently the Vice President of the Family Law Practitioners’ Association of Western Australia (FLPA) and Chair of FLPA’s Law Reform Subcommittee.


Jorja Brady, Partner, Lavan
Jorja is a Partner at Lavan in the family law team. She has an LL.M (Family law) and B.A. (History) and is an accredited family law specialist and trained mediator. She has practiced exclusively in family law at leading family law firms in Perth, for the last 15 years. She specialises in the management of complicated financial and parenting matters in the Family Court with a particular interest in financial cases involving substantial asset pools, including matters with complex company, trust, partnership, and valuation issues. Many of these cases have an international element to them or taxation and accounting aspects. Jorja has considerable experience in cases involving the preparation of or setting aside of financial and child support agreements, sham transactions, trusts and equitable remedies, corporations’ law and matters involving third parties. Jorja also maintains a specialised practice associated with difficult parenting cases, particularly parentage disputes, the relocation of children and cases with an international aspect, including Hague Convention abduction cases.

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Family Law Reform: Unpacking S79 Amendments: Violence, Wastage & Liabilities 

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Wednesday, 19 November 2025
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CPD Points 1
$160.00
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