The High Court has found a man who donated his sperm to a lesbian friend to have a child is the father, due to his involvement in the child’s life…

Legally speaking who is a parent? It’s not a straight forward question for blended families, LGTBQI families, indigenous families with strong traditional kinship ties and children born via surrogacy or sperm or egg donation. The High Court of Australia is to hear a case commenced by a sperm donor known as Robert…

An Australian girl’s biological mother and her sperm donor father have spent $1.5 million on a court feud over whether the biological father, who has played the role as father to the child since birth, should have any parental rights. ..

A HIGH Court judge has ruled that a 13-year-old girl is has the right to decide if she wants to terminate her own pregnancy…

THE federal government has dropped cases against 18 people charged with welfare fraud following a High Court ruling over retrospective legislation…

A HIGH Court ruling has put into doubt thousands of prosecutions against people on welfare who did not tell Centrelink their circumstances had changed…

THE High Court will hear a test case led by Victoria Legal Aid that if successful could help Australians at risk of welfare fraud charges because they have made mistakes in dealing with Centrelink…

THE High Court has defined the powers of judges to divide the assets of elderly married couples forced to part when one moves into a care facility…

DEMENTIA sufferers will be given stronger legal protection from their children pursuing their estates after a High Court ruling in their favour yesterday…

THE High Court has rejected a claim four Italian-born sisters in an international custody battle should have had their own lawyers when the Family Court ordered their return to Italy…