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‘We need to do things differently’: What the new family law system will look like following the major court merger
‘We need to do things differently’: What the new family law system will look like following the major court merger Share
Come September, the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia will look very different, starting with a faster and less costly family law system. Despite some heavy criticisms from the wider legal profession, Chief Justice Will Alstergren promises that families, victims of family violence and other clients will be better off.
The newly merged Federal Circuit and Family Court (FCFC) will officially commence its updated operations from 1 September. It promises to begin delivering “modern, transparent and more efficient systems of justice” for parties to get through the family law system as “safely, quickly and fairly as possible” without unnecessary delays.
Divorce courts clogged with year-long backlog of cases With 100,000 cases clogging Australia’s divorce courts in the past year, some court hearings have already been pushed back to 2022.
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Subscriber only Divorce courts are clogged with a year-long backlog of cases, as highly-paid judges enjoy up to 10 weeks holidays while postponing court hearings until 2022. Divorce disputes are heard in two courts - the Family Court, which fielded a five-year high of 21,054 applications in 2019/2020, or the Federal Circuit Court (FCC), which received 85,563 family law cases, including 45,886 divorce applications the same year. The 33 Family Court judges, who hear the most complex disputes, are paid a base salary of $468,020 plus 15 per cent superannuation and a car allowance - with eight weeks holidays.