Wednesday, 11 March 2026
Jurisdiction and Forum Issues
- Comparative analysis of jurisdiction and forum tests: Australia vs England
- Recent case law developments
- International binding financial agreements
- Practical tips for international matters
Presented by Charlotte Symes, Partner, and Tineka Winter, Special Counsel, Pearson Emerson; Accredited Specialist in Family Law
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
Presenters
Tineka Winter, Special Counsel, Pearson Emerson
Tineka is an Accredited Family Law Specialist who has worked exclusively in family law since 2016. Tineka is the most senior lawyer at the Melbourne office of Pearson Emerson. Tineka holds a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and a Bachelor of Arts (with Distinction). After graduating university, Tineka worked for a commercial firm in London before returning to Australia. She is a member of the Law Institute of Victoria’s Specialist Accreditation Committee. Prior to commencing practice as a solicitor, Tineka spent two years working as an Associate to a Judge in what is now the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia.
Charlotte Symes, Partner, Pearson Emerson
Charlotte is dual qualified to advise on Australian and English family law. She is a lawyer, mediator and collaborative practitioner, assisting clients who face complex financial, property and parenting issues arising from separation and divorce. After a decade at top tier London firm, Family Law in Partnership, Charlotte joined Pearson Emerson, bringing a wealth of international experience. Charlotte enjoys the variety that being both a family lawyer and mediator brings to her practice and strongly believes these skillsets complement each other. As a family lawyer, she advises clients in contested court proceedings as well as through amicable negotiations. As a family mediator she works with couples to reach agreements with mediation taking place either alongside or outside of the court process.
Paul Doolan, Partner, Barkus Doolan Winning
Former 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.
