David Hodson on International Family Law: A Bridge over Tasman waters

New bilateral legislation comes into force later this year between Australia and New Zealand to resolve a number of difficult contentious family law issues between the two countries. Although some relevance to those English lawyers undertaking Anglo Antipodean work it is an interesting insight into how two incredibly close jurisdictions with so much similarity of culture and heritage have worked through their family law differences. It is the Trans-Tasman Proceedings Act 2012 expected to be passed into law in both countries later in 2012.

 Ewan Eggleston a solicitor in Tauranga New Zealand (ewan.eggleston@hobec.co.nz) has written an extremely helpful article for the July edition of the New South Wales Law Society Journal including some comparison between Australian and New Zealand financial provision law.

Each year many from Australia and New Zealand...

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