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WELCOME TO AYLWARD GAME SOLICITORS SUNSHINE COAST
Aylward Game Solicitors Sunshine Coast are a modern and dynamic firm of Sunshine Coast Solicitors and Sunshine Coast Family Lawyers who are strongly committed to traditional professional values of the legal practice in Sunshine Coast.

WELCOME TO AYLWARD GAME SOLICITORS GOLD COAST

Aylward Game Solicitors Gold Coast are a modern and dynamic firm of Gold Coast Solicitors and Gold Coast Family Lawyers who are strongly committed to traditional professional values of the legal practice in Australia.

In PART 1 we discussed that you think the abuse you are subjected to in your domestic relationship amounts to domestic violence and now you know that fast effective help can be sought through the Magistrates Court with or without the help of the Police.
Our last blog post set out that it is important for you and the other party that the allegations you make are true. What if you are still not sure?(Domestic Violence)

Separation and divorce is a stressful and very confusing period of life. Stress levels are exacerbated even further when children are involved. Many marriages and de facto relationships that break down will have children in the equation, and it certainly makes a clean separation that much more complicated.

SEPARATION, DIVORCE AND FINANCIAL PLANNING: What You Need To Know

My financial advisers in their recent newsletter provided advice to their clients in regard to a separation in their relationship. The financial adviser wrote, “It is an unfortunate fact of life that couples will separate and even divorce.  The financial adviser went on to say that their advisers have dealt with these difficult issues and have become sensitive to the requirements of a separating couple.

Sometimes evidence of domestic violence is obvious, but that’s not always the case. Then there’s the issue of emotional abuse as well. Physical injuries can heal, but often it takes a lot longer to heal the emotional damage caused in these unfortunate situations.

Emotional scarring can potentially be a lot more damaging than physical bruising and can affect every area of a person’s life.

Everyone is different and so is every circumstance unique, but there are some tell-tale signs you can look out for if you fear someone you know is suffering from domestic abuse.

In Akins v National Australia Bank, the New South Wales Court of Appeal considered the relevant principles of an application to call fresh evidence. Although the rule that the court considered only allowed fresh evidence on special grounds, the criteria which were applied assist in cases like this. The test the court applied had three conditions:

(a) The evidence could not have been obtained with reasonable diligence for use at the trial;

(b) The evidence must be such that there is a high probability that there would be a different result; and