FAMILY LAW

Coffee with Rohan & Harriet: Tips & Tricks from a Former Senior Judicial Registrar

Author:
Rohan N Hoult , Harriet Geddes
Date uploaded:
31 Oct 2023
Description:
In this episode of Think Foley’s, we join Rohan Hoult and Harriet Geddes in a casual Q&A style chat. Rohan and Harriet cover a wide range of topics, from changes to the Family Law Act to advice for solicitors and barristers alike when preparing for a defended hearing.
 
Rohan Hoult has over 35 years’ experience practicing exclusively in family law. Rohan is also an AIFLAM Nationally Accredited Mediator. In 2020, Rohan took on the position of Senior Judicial Registrar for the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia, delivering judgments and presiding over Judicial Settlement Conferences. Rohan returned to the Bar in July 2023 and currently practices across a broad range of family law matters as mediator, as counsel for mediation and for advice work.  Rohan is able to act as mediator or counsel for mediation in all matters, including those he has previously presided over as a senior judicial registrar.
 
Harriet comes to the bar with extensive experience in family law and related jurisdictions (including Intervention Order proceedings). Prior to coming to the bar, Harriet was a Senior Associate at a leading specialist family law firm where she had carriage of complex parenting matters, including international relocations and parental alienation, and property matters, including matters involving high-net worth individuals, third party property rights, spousal maintenance and jurisdictional threshold issues. Harriet also has significant experience with matters involving family violence.