Thursday, 5 March 2026
Description
Attend and earn 0.5 CPD unit in Substantive Law
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
From Reform to Reality: How the Courts are Applying the Family Law Changes
- Brief overview of the amendments
- Essential cases considering the amendments
- Trends moving forward and tips for practice
Presented by Dr Robin Colesmith, Barrister, Holmes List Barristers; co-author ‘Family Law 7th Edition’; Recommended Family Law Junior Counsel, Doyle’s Guide 2025
Chair
Margaret Neal, Principal, marshalls+dent+wilmoth lawyers; Preeminent Family & Divorce Lawyer and Leading Family Lawyer (High-Value & Complex Property Matters), Doyle’s Guide 2025
Presenters
Dr Robin Colesmith, Barrister, Holmes List Barristers
Robin joined the Victorian Bar in 2009, and practices exclusively in family law and its associated jurisdictions. He is the co-author of the leading text book, Family Law (7th ed). He specialises in family law matters with complex questions of law, including matters with issues related to bankruptcy, equity, trusts, and third party disputes. Robin regularly provides detailed written advice and appears in court for pre-trial hearings, final hearings, and appeals. He also accepts briefs to draw or settle financial agreements and child support agreements. Prior to coming to the bar, Robin was an associate at the Federal Magistrates Court and a solicitor in a boutique commercial and construction law firm, practicing in both litigious and non-litigious matters. Robin has been a sessional teaching associate at the Faculty of Law at Monash University teaching administrative law and evidence. Robin has also worked for the United Nations at a war crimes tribunal in The Hague. Robin is the Victorian Bar representative on the executive of the Family Law Section of the Law Council of Australia and a fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers.
Margaret Neal, Principal, marshalls+dent+wilmoth lawyers
Margaret Neal is a Principal in the family law department of marshalls+dent+wilmoth, a team of 11 family lawyers. Margaret has practised in family law for over 30 years and has expertise in all areas of family law work including high net worth financial cases, drafting complex agreements and parenting matters. Margaret is a fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers. Margaret is regularly noticed as a Preeminent or Leading family lawyer in Doyle’s Guide.
