Thursday, 5 March 2026
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
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
Family Violence and Property Settlements: Practical Implications of the New s 74(4)(ca)
- Understanding how Kennon v Kennon [1997] FamCA 27 has been codified in the new s74(4)(ca)
- Navigate through how the courts are interpreting and applying the legislative change in practice
- Practical tips for drafting affidavits that address family violence issues
Presented by Jacky Campbell, Partner, Forte Family Lawyers; Leading Family & Divorce Lawyer and Recommended Family Lawyer (High-Value & Complex Property Matters), Doyle’s Guide 2025
Presenters
Jacky Campbell, Partner, Forte Family Lawyers
Jacky Campbell is a founding partner of Forte Family Lawyers in Melbourne, Australia which has a team of 25 lawyers and is the largest “boutique” family law practice in Melbourne. Jacky is Accredited by the Law Institute of Victoria as a Specialist in Family Law. In 2025 she received a Distinguished Service Award from the Law Institute of Victoria. Jacky holds a Bachelor of Laws and a Master of Laws from Monash University (her thesis was on the relationship of family law and bankruptcy) and an Associate Diploma in Professional Writing from Deakin University. Jacky has practised as a lawyer specialising in family law for over 35 years. Jacky is recognised as a Leading Family Lawyer in Melbourne by Doyle’s Guide to the Australian Legal Market. Jacky is annually recognised as a Leading Prenuptial Agreement Lawyer, a Leading Family and Divorce Lawyer, a Leading Family Lawyer (High-Value & Complex Property Matters) and a Recommended Parenting & Children’s Matters Lawyer. Jacky is the Consultant Editor of Wolters Kluwer/CCH Australian Family Law and Practice and Contributing Author to the Property, Superannuation and Financial Agreements (including pre-nuptial agreements) chapters. For the Wolters Kluwer/CCH Australian Master Family Law Guide she writes the property, financial agreements, superannuation and maintenance chapters and the Preface. She writes the Introduction to the Wolters Kluwer/CCH Australian Family Law Act 1975 with Regulations & Rules. Jacky also writes the family law chapter of the Wolters Kluwer/CCH Australian Master Superannuation Guide. Jacky has been a Fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers since 2004 and is on the Pensions Committee of the International Academy of Family Lawyers. She is an Associate Member of the American Bar Association.
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.
