Wednesday, 25 February 2026
Professional Skills
Drafting Enforceable Binding Financial Agreements
Gain step-by-step guidance on drafting binding financial agreements that will withstand challenge, with a focus on common pitfalls, key drafting principles and practical tips to ensure enforceability.
Presented by Cath Devine LLB LLM, Barrister, Foley’s List: Recommended Parenting & Children’s Matters Barrister, Doyle’s Guide 2025; former Adjunct Lecturer in the Master of Laws program at the College of Law; Author “A Practical Guide to Child Support” Published in 2023
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD unit in Professional Skills
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
* This interactive online recording includes questions and quizzes requiring critical thinking about the topics, so you have no annual limits to the number of points/hours you can claim with this format of learning. Please verify with your CPD rules
Chair
Olivia Grobtuch, Principal, Kennedy Partners; Accredited Specialist in Family Law; Preeminent Family & Divorce Lawyer and Preeminent Family Lawyer (High-Value & Complex Property Matters) Victoria, Doyle’s Guide 2025
Presenters
Olivia Grobtuch, Principal, Kennedy PartnersOlivia Grobtuch is a founding partner of Kennedy Partners, one of Doyles Guide "top tier" Melbourne firms. She is a member of the Family Law Section of the Law Institute of Victoria and the Family Law Section of the Law Council of Australia. Olivia has been practising in family law for over 40 years. She obtained her accreditation as a family law specialist in 1990 and has been a member of various committees of the Law Institute of Victoria including sub-committees dealing with family law reform. She has presented numerous papers relating to specialist family law topics and has regularly attended family law conferences in both the national and international arenas. She has been involved in a number of important matters in the High Court of Australia, and has also worked extensively on international family law matters, and is a fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers.
Cath Devine LLB LLM, Barrister, Foley’s List
Cath Devine has extensive experience in all areas of Family Law, with a particular interest and expertise in Child Support advice and advocacy. Cath has appeared as junior counsel and on appeal on numerous occasions. Cath has a reputation as a fearless and forceful advocate for her clients, and also on behalf of children when she appears as Counsel for the Independent Children's Lawyer. Cath is a qualified mediator and arbitrator. Cath is also currently an Adjunct Lecturer in the Masters of Laws program at the College of Law.
