Episode Details

In this episode, we cover the Senate inquiry into domestic, family and sexual violence and suicide, the Children's Online Privacy Code consultation, and perfectionism in the legal profession.

In Law in Motion, we explore financial control and economic abuse as family violence, what it looks like in practice, and best practice tips for acting for the alleged perpetrator. In Case Note Corner, we discuss the 2025 case of Malunus & Malunus (No. 6).



Chapters:
0:00 - Introduction 
0:58  What's Up? - Updates in Family Law for this week 
6:20 - Law in Motion - Financial control as family violence 
19:07 - Case Note Corner - Malunus & Malunus (No. 6) [2025]




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Topics covered in this episode:
- Domestic violence and suicide inquire 
- Children's Online Privacy Code 
- Perfectionism in the legal profession 
- Financial control and economic abuse as family violence 
- Four typologies of perpetrators of family violence
- Best practice tips for acting for the alleged perpetrator
- When to stop acting for a client - Malunus & Malunus (No. 6) [2025] case analysis 



Links:

Perfection is the enemy of progress
https://www.lawyersweekly.com.au/sme-law/44219-perfection-is-the-enemy-of-progress

FAMILY LAW ACT 1975 - SECT 4
https://www5.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/fla1975114/s4.html#abuse

The evolving role of AI in legal judgment
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17579961.2026.2633688

Better than a bot – instilling ethical judgement into the lawyers of the future in the age of AI
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10383441.2025.2493493#abstract

Children's Online Privacy Code
https://www.oaic.gov.au/privacy/privacy-registers/privacy-codes/childrens-online-privacy-code 

Mounis & Melounis (No 6) [2025] FedCFamC1F 938

Carter & Wilson [2023] FedCFamC1A 9

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