Despite other elements of our lives being impacted by COVID19, it is still important for us to be able to continue to assist you to progress your family law matter, and we have the contingencies in place to support you and our team to do so. The Phillips Family Law team have processes and procedures in place to allow our team to work remotely when required to enable us to continue to provide you with a high level of client service.

To ensure the care of both our clients and our team, we will be minimising physical in office meetings by making best use of technology. We recommend that meetings are done so via phone or video conferencing and our team have the processes in place to arrange this for you.

Moving forward, when making contact with Phillips Family Law we kindly ask that you:

Use phone and/or email as your first point of contact with us;

Let us know if you have left hotel quarantine in the last 14 days, and/or have been in contact with anyone who has been in hotel quarantine in the last 14 days or is unwell;

Let us know if you have travelled within a government declared COVID-19 hotspot within 14 days, and/or been in contact with anyone who has travelled within a government declared COVID-19 hotspot within 14 days; and

Let us know if you become unwell within 14 days of having been in our office.

Our office hours and contact details remain the same and have not changed.

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Accountants: Gifts and Inheritances – How are they treated in a Property Settlement?

Property settlements can be complex and when you add “gifts” and “inheritances” into the mix, it can make things even more complicated. As an accountant, you may find that your clients are confused about how a gift or inheritance will be treated in their property settlement. If you aren’t familiar with how gifts and inheritances […]

Divorce and superannuation entitlements: What happens to my super when I divorce?

When you are going through a separation or divorce, how financial assets will be split is a common query faced by our clients. In this article, we explore what happens to your superannuation when you divorce. How superannuation is treated in a divorce In divorce, superannuation is treated in a similar way to property. But […]

What happens when a de facto relationship ends? What am I entitled to and is the other party entitled to half of my property?

If you, or someone you know, has been in a de facto relationship that has subsequently broken down it is important to know what this may mean for you. It is also important to be aware of some of misconceptions people often have about their entitlement or the way in which their matter will be […]

My day as a family lawyer – Gareth Walters

For people working outside the law, there can be a big divide in opinion about how people perceive that lawyers spend their day versus what actually happens in practice. For those who are interested, this is how my day as a family lawyer “typically” transpires. I have put the word “typically” in quotation marks as […]

Thanks for acting for me throughout my ordeal. More so thanks for managing your client's expectations so he wasn't too disappointed with the outcome…. Everything has now gone quite. In essence life is good. Take care in these trying times. Cheers and thanks again….

Would like to say a very special thank you to Tony Phillips for today's result at our mutual client's trial. Your skill, your professionalism and your care, from the very first meeting, through delegation, and ultimately personal support on the day. You've been behind it all. Special thanks to Gareth Walters for everything you do, so calm and understanding, amazing! And to Sian and Alice. It's been an absolute pleasure dealing with you all. Thank you.

Fiona, I would like to say thank you for everything. Thank you for pushing me on in my weak moments, all the support and caring. You are truly an amazing lawyer. Thank you for the wonderful gifts. I would not be where I am without you. With gratitude, PC

It would appear I've been able to get some level of resolution for the next few years at least. I'm sure you get "thank yous" all the time in your line of work but I just wanted to say a profound and heart felt THANK YOU to you and the team there at PFL, for the great work done on my matter….. I imagine this is not the last time I will cross paths with PFL but rest assured there is no other law firm I will call if and when the time comes!!!!

I will never forget the help you gave me in navigating the most difficult time of my journey on the planet. Your care, professionalism and at times toughness, were the backbone of an unsavoury event, that you could astutely see a resolution to, far easier than I could at that time.