Family Law Litigation Lawyers

This depends. If the issue is considered by a Judge to be urgent and critical, your could have your first Court date within a week.

It may take years to get to a final hearing, however there are plenty of opportunities to reach an agreement and finalise your case well before a hearing. 97% of our cases are settled without the need for a final hearing.

It depends on what is involved. No two families are the same and every family has different circumstances.

At CLW we will provide you with an estimate of our fees at your first consultation, once we understand your unique circumstances. We pride ourselves on providing regular updating estimates as we learn your facts and the other parties allegations and the court’s specific rulings in your case throughout your case so you are not left surprised.

An urgent application to the Court for time can be made. We can obtain exemptions from the usual mediation processes to stop parents using children as pawns.

The Court has comprehensive enforcement and contempt procedures so that we can get ‘game playing’ parents back on track. Great care is needed to determine if they should be used – take advice!

We are experts at identifying sources of funds and origins of assets. Our capacity to chase doesn’t stop at the border. Subpoena and disclosure requirements are very powerful and comprehensive if used strategically. So are forensic accountants “tracing” money flows. Assets are regularly hidden – income from such assets is much harder to hide – we have expertise in both areas.

No. Our role is to identify what the company, the accountant, the bank, the business partner and government agencies can be compelled to give us to complete even a minimally understood “sketch” of the other spouse’s structure which we will build for you over time.