Thursday, 27 November 2025
Overseas Property and Assets: Identification and Inclusion
- Establishing whether foreign property forms part of the asset pool
- Should you proceed in Australia or overseas, and consideration of anti-suit injunctions
- Practical issues with tracing and accessing overseas financial information
- The role of foreign exchange and valuation
Presented by Sarah Bevan, Principal, Sarah Bevan Family Lawyers; Accredited Specialist in Family Law
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD unit in Substantive Law
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Chair
Cathie Blanchfield, Principal, Blanchfield Nicholls Family & Private Advisory; Leading Family & Divorce Lawyer and Leading Family Lawyers (High-Value & complex Property Matters), Doyle’s Guide 2025
Presenters
Sarah Bevan, Principal, Sarah Bevan Family LawyersSarah Bevan has practised exclusively in all aspects of family law since being admitted as a lawyer in 1999. She established her own firm in 2002 and obtained specialist accreditation in 2005. She has a specialist practice in international cases, both parenting and financial, and is also one of the few lawyers in Australia with extensive experience in fertility law, in particular surrogacy. She is currently the President of Surrogacy Australia. Sarah is also an Accredited Arbitrator, Mediator, a Collaborative lawyer and a highly experienced Independent Children's Lawyer. She is a regular presenter of continuing legal education in family law.
Cathie Blanchfield, Principal, Blanchfield Nicholls Family & Private Advisory
Cathie Blanchfield has practised exclusively in family law and related areas since admission over 30 years ago. After some years in partnership with Stuart Fowler, in 2007 Cathie established Blanchfield Nicholls with Nigel Nicholls. Cathie has been named as a leading family lawyer in the Doyles Guide consistently since 2016, including in High Value and Complex Property Matters. She enjoys the challenges inherent in communicating sometimes difficult concepts in family law, and working to understand each client's particular needs and expectations while giving realistic advice. In 2025 Cathie’s long standing interest and expertise in drafting and advising clients in relation to financial agreements was recognized by her inclusion as one of 15 lawyers in the inaugural Doyle’s Guide list of leading pre-nuptial and financial agreement lawyers in Australia. Cathie has written and presented many papers on family law issues for members of the profession undertaking continuing legal education.
