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• Wastage in Family Law: Gambling, Spending and Proof

  Build a wastage family law claim the court can rely on: how gambling and reckless spending are treated and how bank statements prove them.

• How to Complete a Form 13 Financial Statement

  Prepare a Form 13 your client can defend: how to complete each part of the family law financial statement and reconcile its figures to bank statements.

• Elder Financial Abuse: Evidence From Bank Records

  Unexplained cash withdrawals, new payees and sudden transfers are typical signs of elder financial abuse in Australia. Learn how to prove it.

• Executor Fraud: How to Prove Misconduct in Australia

  When an executor delays, hides accounts or pays themselves, it may be executor misconduct. Learn the examples courts see and how to prove it.

• Misappropriation of Funds: Meaning and Evidence

  In Australia, misappropriation of funds means using money held for someone else for another purpose. See when it is theft and how it is proven.

• Unfair Preference Claims: Section 588FA Guide

  Section 588FA lets a liquidator claw back payments that put one creditor ahead of the rest. Learn the elements, time limits and 588FG defences.

• Voidable Transactions in Liquidation Explained

  Review each voidable transaction category a liquidator can challenge, the look-back period for each and the orders a court can make to recover value.

• Section 286 Corporations Act: Records and Insolvency

  Missing books can help a liquidator. Section 286 sets the record-keeping duty, and a breach can trigger the presumption of insolvency in section 588E.

• Flow of Funds Analysis in Legal Matters

  Build a flow of funds analysis a court can follow: set the scope, match transfers between accounts and cite every arrow in the diagram to a statement page.

• Source of Wealth vs Source of Funds in Investigations

  What is the difference between source of funds and source of wealth? See how each is tested against bank statements, with a worked example.

• How to Convert Bank Statement PDFs to Excel

  Before you convert bank statement PDFs to Excel, check whether your bank exports CSV; if not, use a converter or OCR and reconcile every total.

• Family Court Subpoenas: Issuing and Inspecting Records

  Prepare a subpoena in family law with the right schedule, serve it properly and inspect what is produced. Includes limits, objections and bank records.

• Harman Undertaking: Using Subpoenaed Bank Records

  Found something in subpoenaed bank records? Check whether the Harman undertaking lets you use them elsewhere, its exceptions and how to seek release.

• How to Get Old Bank Statements in Australia

  How long do banks keep records, and how do you get old statements from ANZ, Commonwealth Bank or a closed account for a legal matter?

• Crypto in Divorce: Finding and Valuing Digital Assets

  Is your client’s former partner holding crypto they have not disclosed? See how exchange transfers in bank statements reveal it and how courts value it.

• Crypto Tracing in Australian Legal Matters

  Find where money entered crypto before following it on-chain. See how crypto tracing works in Australia, from bank transfers to exchanges and wallets.

• Trustee in Bankruptcy: Powers and Investigations

  Learn what a bankruptcy trustee can do: collect property, issue notices, examine the bankrupt, recover transfers and object to discharge.

• Doctrine of Exoneration in Bankruptcy and Family Law

  Who bears a joint mortgage that funded only one owner’s debts? The equity of exoneration charges it to that owner’s share first, if loan records prove it.

• Director Loan Accounts in Liquidation

  Is your director loan account a debt the liquidator can recover? Learn how director drawings are treated and how repayment demands are tested.

• Bankruptcy Fraud: Concealed Assets and Offences

  Hiding assets or lying in a statement of affairs is a criminal offence under the Bankruptcy Act. Here is what counts, who investigates and what proves it.

• Proceeds of Crime Act: Tracing and Restraining Assets

  The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Cth) lets authorities restrain and forfeit assets linked to crime. Here is how state schemes and tracing work.

• Financial Abuse in Family Law: Definition and Proof

  Economic and financial abuse is family violence in Australia under s 4AB. Learn its signs, how it affects property outcomes and how to prove it.

• Section 79 Family Law Act: The Four Steps Explained

  Section 79 of the Family Law Act sets the steps for a property settlement after divorce. See each step, the case law and the financial evidence behind it.

• Embezzlement in Australia: Offences and Evidence

  Embezzlement means dishonestly taking money you were trusted to handle. See which Australian offences apply and how bank statements prove the taking.