Learn from one of Australia’s leading family law arbitrators, The Hon. Colin Forrest SC, as he demystifies family law arbitration and shows how it can provide a practical, efficient and cost-effective pathway for resolving property and financial disputes.
Thursday, 18 February 2027
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD unit in Professional Skills
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Professional Skills
1.00pm to 2.00pm Arbitrating Property Disputes in Family Law: The Benefits to your Clients and the Ease with Which it Can be Done
- Demystify family law arbitration: it is easier and more easily accessible than you might think
- Simply understand the statutory and regulatory foundation of the process
- Learn how to easily and cost effectively engage with arbitrators
- Grasp the advantages for you and your clients of arbitrating family law property and other financial disputes
- Discover myriad useful ways in which you might engage with arbitration
Presented by The Hon. Colin Forrest SC, AMDRAS Accredited Mediator, AIFLAM Accredited Advanced Family Law Arbitrator, FLB Chambers; Preeminent Family Law Mediator and Recommended Family Law Senior Counsel, Doyle’s Guide 2026
Presenters
The Hon. Colin Forrest SC, AMDRAS Accredited Mediator, AIFLAM Accredited Advanced Family Law Arbitrator, FLB ChambersEarly in 2021, Colin resigned from the Family Court of Australia after ten years of service as a trial judge and returned to practice at the Bar. He maintains chambers in Brisbane, Sydney and Perth and is a member of Holmes List in Melbourne. Since leaving the Court, he has primarily focused on alternative dispute resolution, providing mediation and arbitration services to solicitors and their clients throughout Australia. In that time, Colin has conducted hundreds of mediations but also numerous arbitrations on the papers, in person and using online platforms. He has been the Deputy Chair of AIFLAM for several years and passionately advocates for the take-up of arbitration in family law around the country, presenting on the subject in many fora.
