Mallet v Mallet [1984] HCA 21

Financial Provision: Continuum or new venture?

Joanne Hall summarises the courts’ approach to post-separation growth in assets and the diverging views of the judiciary ‘The judgment in JB v MB reinforces that the law on post-separation accrual is highly fact specific and discretionary but must also be consistent and predictable.’ If the title of this article sounds like a Star Trek …

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International Focus: A rare beast

In the concluding comparison of approaches to spousal maintenance Julian Bremner, Marjet van Yperen-Groenleer and Kate Mooney examine the Australian system and a range of case studies Case law available from the new national scheme in Australia suggests that, like married couples, maintenance does not loom large as an issue for separating cohabitants. In part …

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