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Conversations from the coalface of the family law system in Australia. For more see www.mediationanswers.com.au
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Monday Sep 09, 2024
Monday Sep 09, 2024
“We take the burden off”
Inside Family Podcast: Pacifica Congress Cairns 2024 series
Leigh McBean
Sponsorship of conference. How the funding process works. Inability to pay legal fees creating pressure for clients and lawyers and also affecting the dynamic between lawyers and clients. Demographics of who uses JustFund. Interim applications re release of funds VS legal lending. Nitty gritty of legal lending, for example approval, updates and interest etc. Issues re other forms of lending i.e. redraw on home loan, credit cards.
To join Pacifica Congress or attend their next event see https://pacificacongress.org/
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Monday Sep 09, 2024
Monday Sep 09, 2024
“the flippant way”
Inside Family Podcast: Pacifica Congress Cairns 2024 series
Clare Rowe
The issues with accessibility of psychological terms in the mainstream and in particular social media. I.e Tik tok or Instagram diagnosis or narcissism, or BPD. Difficulty of seeing the other party through the lense of personality disorders and the sense that it then means the matter cannot resolve or progress.
Information on the Family Report Writers Network.
https://www.roweandassociates.com.au
https://www.familyreportwriters.com.au/
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Monday Sep 09, 2024
Monday Sep 09, 2024
“Just keep asking the questions”
Inside Family Podcast: Pacifica Congress Cairns 2024 series
Stephen Foley, Legal Ready
E-brief ready – electronic briefs. Covid and how this affected the uptake of technology. Uptake of AI in products. AI plus lawyer as a good combination at the moment. Use AI wisely. “Don’t put your head in the sand” but “start touching the keys.” Start becoming familiar with AI in law. Chat GPT. Value of face to face conferences. Trust that is built in person. Where are we heading in the future with AI and technology in law?
Reid Hoffman and his twin (having an AI conversation with his twin). “Just keep asking the questions. What does this mean for us and where do we want to go?” Zoe asks “it is confronting because it makes us ask where is the core of the human? Where does consciousness exist?” Discussion of Stephen Hawking's predictions re dangers of AI.
Chat GPT. The movie “Her” from years ago has arrived. Is AI sentient? The AI companion. I, robot film. Should there be better governance of AI and general intelligence.
As a society we should be talking about what should regulation and laws around AI be.
To join Pacifica Congress or attend their next event see https://pacificacongress.org/
Connect with Stephen at https://www.legalready.ai/
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Monday Sep 09, 2024
Monday Sep 09, 2024
“Other ways”, Nadine Udorovic, Pacifica Congress Cairns 2024 series
Why sponsor Pacifica Congress? Nicholes Family Lawyers has been sponsoring for years. Importance of interdisciplinary conferences and also the formal and informal aspects of such conferences. Approach of the firm to look at other ways to resolve a dispute. Amazing opportunity to meet with the professionals who work at the coalface in family law. Understanding how psychologists approach reports. How this connects into what lawyers do ie subpoenas, how affidavits are drafted.
Upcoming events for Nicholes Family Lawyers. World Congress. Podcast series launched by Nadine Udorovic “Family Law: our reality”. Upcoming celebrities include “Jen and Ben.”
Comments on blended families and other family structures by Justice Altobelli.
Forced to go back to the original questions around what we do. “It opens your mind and it broadens your thinking.” (Nadine).
To join Pacifica Congress or attend their next event see https://pacificacongress.org/
Connect with Nadine at https://nicholeslaw.com.au/
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Sunday Sep 08, 2024
Sunday Sep 08, 2024
Dr Peter Krabman
“People who struggle to adapt to life”. The University of Wollongong AIR program. (Affect, Identity and Relationship). Struggle with identities. People owning and working to address personality disorder. Stigma around personality disorders.
Value of DBT Therapy. Instagram or social media “diagnosis”. Can a person “recover” from a personality disorder? Difficulty with diagnosis when these issues are on a continuum. Challenges parents face with school. Personality disordered parents at school.
Practical tips for lawyers on how to work with clients who have a personality disorder.
Reach Dr Krabman at https://drpeterkrabman.com/
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Sunday Sep 08, 2024
Sunday Sep 08, 2024
Inside Family Podcast: Pacifica Congress Cairns 2024 series
Justice Tom Altobelli AM
How families have changed and may change in the future. Also the use of AI and emerging technology in family law in the future: benefits and potential problems. To join Pacifica Congress or attend their next event see https://pacificacongress.org/
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Saturday Oct 21, 2023
Saturday Oct 21, 2023
As featured in The Australian 23 April 2019
In this interview I speak with former Family Court Judge, The Honourable Peter Rose AM QC (now Mediator, Arbitrator and Adjunct Professor at Sydney University and also my mentor for several years) about the ‘the good, the bad and the ugly’ (my words) in relation to the recommendations for family law reform in the ALRC report.
For more on the Inside Family Law book see www.mediationanswers.com.au
Thursday Oct 19, 2023
Thursday Oct 19, 2023
“huge beast” – Clare Rowe on NDIS & parents disputes about diagnosis of children at the Pacifica Congress conference
Listen in https://www.podbean.com/eas/pb-ujz8a-14d6128
Clare Rowe https://www.roweandassociates.com.au/ Clare has presented at Pacifica Congress events several times including at their Plus One event in Sydney 2023. Clare, through the Family Report Writer’s Network is sponsoring the Inside Family Law Podcast Champagne Celebration.
At the Pacifica Congress Conference live in Hobart 2023 www.pacificacongress.org
The Inside Family Law Podcast is hosted by Zoe Durand at Mediation Answers www.mediationanswers.com.au in partnership with Lawyer Magic and ArtWork.
If you would like to attend the champagne celebration on 1 November 2023 for the Inside Family Law and network with our remarkable guests that we have hosted over the years secure your spot at: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/736405357247?aff=oddtdtcreator
- “10% of 5 to 7 year old boys are on the NDIS”
- No actual test as such for autism or ADHD. It is the professional opinion for such a diagnosis, but 2 different professionals could have different views.
- Funding is tied to diagnosis.
- What are the implications of a diagnosis of say autism?
- Pressure on psychologists to diagnose given otherwise parents lose their funding, which could negatively impact family.
- Autism 1, 2, 3 (only 2 and 3 receive funding). Clare has not yet seen a diagnosis of autism 1, because there is no funding for this. Dynamic between what we diagnose and funding.
- Dynamic where parents polarise. I.e one prefers nachos and video games and the other prefers vegan lifestyle. They become more extreme once separated. Then party A says the child isn’t eating healthy food in party B’s home and Party B says the child is not being fed properly on an overly restrictive diet. When together they balance each other. Once apart “they become more them”.
- This is understandable to an extent as when people separate they go out to find themselves.
- Clare’s involvement in matters where one party asserts a diagnosis and the other disputes it. Different outcomes in those matters. In one case mother had Munchhausen’s by proxy and was unwell and in others the child should have been diagnosed and the other parent disputing it was asked to be involved and learn about the child’s needs etc.
- Sometimes the reason a parent disputes a diagnosis is because they were not involved in that diagnosis in the first place and once they are involved they can engage with recommendations.
- Is there sometimes a tendency to pathologize human variance?
Thursday Oct 19, 2023
Thursday Oct 19, 2023
“out of your comfort zone” – Fiona Kirkman on technology and AI in family law at the Pacifica Congress conference
Fiona Kirkman from FamilyProperty (https://www.familyproperty.com.au/team). FamilyProperty were sponsors of the Pacifica Congress conference in Hobart 2023. They are also sponsoring the Inside Family Law Champagne Celebration.
At the Pacifica Congress Conference live in Hobart 2023 www.pacificacongress.org
The Inside Family Law Podcast is hosted by Zoe Durand at Mediation Answers www.mediationanswers.com.au in partnership with Lawyer Magic and ArtWork.
If you would like to attend the champagne celebration on 1 November 2023 for the Inside Family Law and network with our remarkable guests that we have hosted over the years secure your spot at: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/736405357247?aff=oddtdtcreator
- Technology can be used to smooth over the pain points in our work.
- We will discuss “how can technology help with automating some of the repetitious manual work to make things more efficient.”
- Some parts of the process that technology can assist in include:
- Intakes and initial client information i.e gathering of information
- Balance sheet
- Disclosure
- “Get out of your comfort zone and try it.” At first it takes time to learn how to use technology, but once you use it, it is difficult to go back to pen and paper.
- Important for retention, in particular of younger lawyers in firms to use technology to make work more efficient.
- AI can be useful in family law, however be aware of example when AI hallucinated cases. A
- Clients are aware of AI and use chat GP. Chat GP comes up in matters in family law matters.
- AI will not replace lawyers, but technology can be used to replace parts of our work that are repetitious.
Thursday Oct 19, 2023
Thursday Oct 19, 2023
“hidden in plain sight” – Nicola Taylor and Marilyn Freeman on a paradigm shift and new frontiers in what is part of family law at the Pacifica Congress conference
Nicola Taylor https://www.otago.ac.nz/cic/staff/professor-nicola-taylor
Dr Marilyn Freeman https://www.westminster.ac.uk/about-us/our-people/directory/freeman-marilyn
At the Pacifica Congress Conference live in Hobart 2023 www.pacificacongress.org
The Inside Family Law Podcast is hosted by Zoe Durand at Mediation Answers www.mediationanswers.com.au in partnership with Lawyer Magic and ArtWork.
If you would like to attend the champagne celebration on 1 November 2023 for the Inside Family Law and network with our remarkable guests that we have hosted over the years secure your spot at: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/736405357247?aff=oddtdtcreator
- “There are a whole lot of transitions and experiences that children and young people have.”
- Gender dysphoria, child soldiers, children sports people.
- Opening up the space for what is family law to include issues for young people around identity and its formation and its disruption.
- “Identity formation is critical to the way we think about children.
- “Identity formation is one of the key aspects of childhood development.” Nicola.
- Overall it was received positively at the conference (expanding the understanding of family law).
- Paradigm shift to look at what are children’s experiences “hidden in plain sight”.
- An attendee said “I’m going to do my work differently” (Marilyn).
- Donor children, care and protection work, asylum seeking children.
- A different paradigm rather than entering through adults experiences (i.e what happens to an adult, ie marriage, separation, divorce) but instead what are the experiences children move through (Zoe). Youth Law Australia.