Dylan acts in both contentious and non-contentious Family Law matters, with specialist focus on financial matters involving both legal and factual complexities. He has a proven track record for being a highly skilled lawyer that adopts an analytical and innovative approach to resolving all types of Family Law disputes. He has refined skills in navigating matters where there is an intersection with other areas of law, such as matters which intersect with employment law obligations or taxation.
Notable recent cases
Advised and acted in countless matters involving complex business structures, where assets have been dissipated or require tracing, and matters involving discrete legal questions such as equitable interests claims.
Acted in a matter that involved the dissipation of matrimonial funds exceeding some millions of dollars, which litigated and in which the dissipated monies were successfully quantified in the pool of matrimonial assets available for division.
Acted in a matter that proceeded to a private arbitration, involving an asset pool in excess of $4million but for which the majority of the available pool was comprised of contributions made from offshore sources.
Acted in a matter involving allegations of fraud and involving doctored evidence from the other party, which included overseas assets and concurrent proceedings in the Singapore Family Justice Courts. The matter resolved at Mediation, in precisely in the form of the client’s presented case.
Litigated a property matter where in excess of $300million was available for division, which included a detailed analysis of corporate structures requiring the consideration of commercial sensitivities.
Acted for third-party companies to resist declarations being made in Family Law proceedings that shareholdings were being held other than as recorded in fiscal material.
Prepared a detailed pre-nuptial Financial Agreement following the migration of one party to Australia, which included cross-border assets.
Coordinated a property settlement out-of-Court involving the cross-collateralisation of assets and the involvement of third parties in the split of matrimonial assets.
Successfully resisted an adjustment of property interests between de facto parties in a short relationship.
Acted in various complex parenting matters, including those involving severe claims of family violence, the involvement of Child Protection, relocations and parental alienation.
Negotiated the resolution of parenting matters where one parent lived extraterritorially.
Requisitioned expert reports to obtain favourable outcomes for clients, including which had the effect of favourably readjusting values of business entities and favourably altering recommendations in Family Reports.
Testimonials
Qualifications, Committees & Memberships
Bachelor of Laws (Honours)
Bachelor of Business (major in Human Resource Management)
Admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of Victoria and High Court of Australia
A member of:
Law Institute of Victoria
Family Law Section of the Law Council of Australia