50 years of the Family Law Act
About this episode
This lecture discusses the significant changes to divorce and matrimonial causes law introduced by the Family Law Act in 1975 and its evolution over the past 50 years.
This lecture explains broadly the fundamental changes to divorce and matrimonial causes law introduced by the Family Law Act in 1975. It also demonstrates how the many changes to the Act over the past 50 years have transformed family law as much as, if not more than, the original changes introduced in 1975. About the speaker The Hon Mary Finn worked in private legal practice in England and Brisbane after being admitted to the Queensland Bar in December 1969. She was a research assistant to th...
Topics covered
- Family Law
- Divorce
- Matrimonial Causes
- Legal Changes
- History of Law
Keywords
- Family Law Act
- 1975
- divorce law
- matrimonial causes
- legal transformation
- Hon Mary Finn
- Queensland Bar
Mentioned in this episode
Places: England, Brisbane
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