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Experience

Paul has practiced exclusively in family law since signing the Bar Roll in 1998 and in his previous occupation as a Solicitor from 1993-1998 .

Paul's practice at the Bar includes appearing in Trials in all areas of family law litigation including complex parenting & financial proceedings, child support cases, international relocation applications and Appeals.

Paul is a Nationally Accredited Mediator and accepts appointments as mediator in all family law mediations including AIFLAM mediations .

Paul assisted the Victorian Bar Readers Course for a number of years in the evaluation of family law moots/advocacy. and he is a member of the Victorian Bar's Ethics Committee and Student Engagement Committee.

Paul is a member of the Family Law Bar Association, Law Council of Australia - Family Law Section, and AIFLAM.

Victorian Bar Committee Memberships:

• Ethics Committee.
• Student Engagement Committee.

Notable Cases:

A selection of Judgments in cases where Paul appeared include:

Tanev & Baumann [2023] FedCFamC1A 182 - – APPEAL – Appeal from final parenting, international relocation and financial orders - Paul was led by Minal Vohra S.C.

Baumann & Tanev (No 3) [2023] FedCFamC1F 593 - Application for stay of order pending Appeal.

Infield & Oberlin [2022] FedCFamC2F 1584 - Application to reopen proceedings - application opposed on Rice and Asplund principles - where mother's health has materially improved -application meets threshold.

Cottrell & Cottrell [2022] FedFamC2F 704 - Sole use & occupation -deceased party - whether estate entitled to occupy property.

Napier & Malpass [2020] FCCA 745 - International Relocation - mother's application to relocate to Italy with child.

Roden & Montiel [2019] FCCA 1641 - Child conceived via artificial insemination – whether or not the applicant sperm donor has standing to bring an application for parenting orders.

Easton & Easton [2017] FCCA 2126 - Application to set aside Final Property Orders - whether parties were thereafter engaged in a defacto relationship.

Newson & Gaffy [2016] FCCA 3397 - Whether proceeds of litigation held in fund of Supreme Court of Victoria property for the purposes of S.79 of the Family Law Act.

Scrivener & Neill [2016] FCCA 1758 - Initial Contributions- Business Income.

Griffith & Griffith [2015] FCCA - Competing applications to retain the family home -legal costs -add backs - S75(2) considerations.

Montano & Kinross [2014] FamCAFC 231 - APPEAL – Application to extend time to apply for property settlement.

Panda & Popa & Anor [2013] FCCA 2177 - Parenting orders – mother proposes relocation with children – property orders – whether loan by third party – whether debt owed by parties to third party and whether order should be made to repay debt – spousal maintenance.

Delaney & Delaney [2008] FMCAfam 674 - child expresses strong views to live with father - alienation of child - Court Expert urges court to extrictae child from "emotionally toxic enviroment" in father's care - court concludes shared care is the only viable alternative.

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