Family law business valuation in Perth

Western Australia is the one state with its own family court. Family law matters there are heard by the Family Court of Western Australia, a state court, whose registry is at 150 Terrace Road, Perth. Elsewhere in Australia they are heard by the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia.

For a valuer the work is the same: identify the interest and the date, normalise the earnings, assess the goodwill and how far it depends on the owner, and explain the conclusion. What can differ is the procedure, including the rules for expert evidence and the legislation that applies to a de facto relationship. Which rules apply to your matter is a question for your Western Australian lawyer, and we work to the instructions the lawyers settle.

Remotely: a conflict check, a written scope and fixed fee, a document checklist, the analysis, a draft for factual review, then the final report.

The time difference matters more than the distance. Sydney is two hours ahead of Perth for most of the year and three hours ahead from early October to early April. The published phone hours, 8am to 6pm, Monday to Friday (Sydney time), are 6am to 4pm in Perth for most of the year and 5am to 3pm during those months, so a morning call from Perth is the easiest to arrange. The call-back form lets you say when to ring.

Where a Family Law Expert Valuation is tested at a hearing and the expert is required to attend, attendance is charged separately from the fixed fee: remote attendance is $650 + GST per hour, four-hour minimum, and attendance in person in Perth is $6,500 + GST per day, plus travel and accommodation at cost. Knowing that cost before the report is commissioned is part of choosing a valuer in another state, which is why it is published on the fees page.