Wednesday, 11 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
Chair
Paul Doolan, Partner, Barkus Doolan Winning; Market Leader, Family & Divorce Lawyer and Preeminent Family Lawyer (High-Value & Complex Property Matters) Doyle’s Guide 2025
Defacto Relationship: Threshold, Evidence and Recent Cases
Presented by Eleanor Lau, Partner, Lander & Rogers; Accredited Specialist in Family Law; Leading Family & Divorce Lawyer and Recommended Family Lawyer (High-Value & Complex Property Matters), Doyle’s Guide 2025
Presenters
Paul Doolan, Partner, Barkus Doolan WinningFormer Chair of the Family Law Section of the Law Council of Australia. Board of Editors of the Australian Journal of Family Law. Former Editor of Australian Family Lawyer. “Doyle’s Guide to the Australian Legal Market” has consistently ranked Paul Doolan as the Market Leader of Sydney family lawyers, and as Pre-Eminent or Market Leader nationally. First Legal Associate to the Hon Justice Travis Lindenmayer, Appeal Division, Family Court of Australia. Fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers for over 20 years.
Eleanor Lau, Partner, Lander & Roger
Eleanor is an Accredited Family Law Specialist who practises exclusively in Family & Relationship Law. Eleanor has assisted clients in all areas of family law including property settlement, spousal maintenance, parenting matters, child support, financial agreements and matters involving international issues. Eleanor is well-versed in advising clients across the spectrum of family law issues with particular expertise on financial matters involving complex structures such as trusts, companies and partnerships, including where assets are held both within Australia and overseas. Eleanor is also experienced in complex parenting matters, particularly in cases where an overseas element is involved. Eleanor is a member of the NSW Law Society Specialist Accreditation Family Law Advisory Committee, a member of LawAsia, and a fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers (IAFL). She has been recognised in the Doyle's Guide as a Leading Family & Divorce Lawyer. Eleanor is one of only a small number of Cantonese and Mandarin speaking family lawyers in NSW whom have attained specialist accreditation in Family Law.
