On 19 June 2009, Family Law Department Special Counsel Adam Cooper chaired the parenting section of the 6th Annual Lexis Nexis Family Law Summit, held at the Marriott Hotel, Brisbane. Speakers included Federal Magistrate Michael Baumann, Professor Mark Henaghan (Dean of Law at Otago University) and Psychologist Denise Britton. Adam spoke on the effects of the “shared care” amendments. A wide variety of topics were covered, from domestic violence, issues in family law for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, comparative studies in New Zealand and Australian law concerning relocation and the challenges to all of the proposed courts merger.

For more information regarding this conference, or the papers presented, please contact Adam Cooper or visit Barry & Nilsson Lawyers.