Financial abuse is when someone takes away your access to money, manipulates your financial decisions or stops you from being financially independent. Financial abuse is an underreported form of family violence, yet its impacts can be devastating and debilitating....

Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, Public Health Orders and restrictions are put in place at times subject to health advice. Currently, residents of Greater Sydney are subject to a stay-at home direction. This means all residents must stay at home unless they have a...

We are so excited to announce Lyndal Gowland has been nominated for Women’s Legal Service NSW Bright Sparks Awards!!! The annual awards are an opportunity for Women's Legal Service NSW to celebrate their sector. The awards are in appreciation of the dedication and...

The Lighthouse Project is an innovative approach being taken by the Family Court of Australia and Federal Circuit Court of Australia, that screens for risk with a primary focus of improving outcomes for families involved in the family law system. The trial will...

The NSW Parliamentary Inquiry into Coercive Control has unanimously agreed that action must be taken against this form of domestic abuse and that a criminal offence of coercive control should be created. Gowland Legal Family Lawyers are elated by the news and the...

Last Saturday, Sydney was plunged into lockdown again as authorities try to contain the latest Covid—19 outbreak. This is an uncertain and anxious time for many of us, but especially for separated families...

A Will is a legal document that clearly sets out your instructions for the distribution of your assets after your passing. It is important to have a legally valid, clearly drafted and up-to-date Will to ensure that your wishes are carried out. Every adult should have...

Technology-facilitated violence is a developing area of law. The recording of a person without their permission is generally not allowed. Gowland Legal’s submissions in Corby v Corby [2015]FCCA1099 were...

On Monday 15 March 2021, Gowland Legal Family Lawyers joined tens of thousands of women and allies across 40 Australian cities calling for an end to violence against women. The protests have been called the “biggest uprising of women that Australia has seen”, and come...

Early this year Gowland Family Lawyers submitted our recommendations to NSW Committee on Coercive Control as we were invited to appear at a public hearing in Parliament in February. Our submissions focus on the need to hold perpetrators of domestic abuse accountable....