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Caroline Paterson Barrister
Caroline Paterson
E: carolinepaterson@vicbar.com.au
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Chamber: Room 1111, Owen Dixon Chambers East, 205 William Street, Melbourne Vic 3000
Admitted: 23/02/2004
Called to Bar: 19/05/2011
Date Appointed Silk:
Qualifications: BA, LLB, LLM
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About

Experience

I am a family law trial barrister and mediator with the following particular interests and experience:

  • Relocation matters – advising clients and assisting instructing solicitors with strategy, case planning and preparation for relocation trials, both domestic and international;
  • Property matters involving third party claims; the intersection between family law and equity, and wills and estates;
  • Matters with conflicting expert evidence;
  • Matters where there are allegations of unacceptable risk and/or family violence where careful attention needs to be paid to case preparation, pleadings and the treatment of collateral evidence;
  • Hague matters; and
  • Circuit work. 
     

In 2016, I became a nationally accredited mediator and also obtained a Master of Laws from Monash University, in which I undertook course work in the areas of family law, negotiation, mediation and dealing with high conflict people.

As a mediator I work hard to provide the parties with a supportive and efficient process focussed on outcomes which are just and equitable and enable them and their families to get out of the court system with dignity.

Background

I signed the bar roll in May 2011 and read with Dan Sweeney.

After my admission to practice in 2004, I was a solicitor in private practice. I was initially employed by Dwyer Robinson Lawyers in Warrnambool, where I gained experience across a broad range of areas, including family law. For the three years immediately prior to coming to the Bar, I was a solicitor with CE Family Lawyers.

Positions held:

I am actively involved in the life of the Victorian Bar outside of my own practice, and serve on a number of committees:

  • Deputy Chair, Family Law Bar Association, Victorian Bar. 
  • President, Victorian Golfing Lawyers Society
  • Member, Holmes List Committee.
  • I also sit on the Disciplinary Committee of Peninsula Kingswood Country Golf Club. 
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Practice Areas

Family Law
Parenting Orders, Property Disputes,
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
Mediation,

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Caroline Paterson