Family Law Blog

There is an emerging practice of working women opting to keep using their maiden name in their professional life, or even retaining their maiden name altogether. One of the biggest reasons for this is that for many professionals, your name is your most valuable asset.

Celebrity relationships, marriages and divorces are splashed across the news on what seems like a daily basis. It is almost no longer surprising (for those that care!) at the news of each new relationship, marriage and sadly, separation in the celebrity world.

Gay marriage is such a hot topic right now. Just recently I had a family dinner and OMG, the discussion about gay marriage was fierier than mum’s chilli chicken! With all the recent news about gay marriage it was a topic that was inevitably going to come up but I honestly did not expect such a great divide at the dinner table on this issue. So in the news recently, France and New Zealand passed legislation to support gay marriage. Now, Brazil has become the third and largest Latin American country to give a green light to gay marriage, the ruling drawing praise from gay marriage rights activists in Rio. Turning to Australia, Kevin Rudd has recently expressed that he now supports gay marriage. Experts say these latest developments will affect the future of Australia's popular and political stance on the issue – the question now is will Australia follow suit and legalise gay marriage?

Speculation abounds regarding every aspect of the imminent royal wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton – from who is going to design her dress, to what form of transport she will take to the ceremony and what is on the menu. There's also been speculation in both the mainstream media and online news and gossip sites as to whether Kate has been asked to sign a pre-nup.