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Following is a list of papers and articles that Mark has written and delivered in recent years.
- Including Children’s Views in Family Law Disputes (2013)
- Thinking Laterally in Parenting Matters (2013)
- Interview with Mark by the Law Society April 2013: ‘Timing and Getting the Orders Right is Crucial For Children’ (2013)
- Engaging with social science in parenting matters (2011)
- Managing serious allegations in parenting matters (2011)
- Section 85A of the Family Law Act (2011)
- Binding Financial Agreements (2011)
- Preparing best practice parenting orders (2011)
- De Factos and Family Law (2010)
- “What species of asset? Binding financial agreements that deal only with superannuation.” 47(11) Law Society Journal (2009) 71
- “Mind the Gap: Advising Clients Prior to Family Dispute Resolution,” 46(10) Law Society Journal (2008) 66
- with Tracey A Willow, “To Coerce or to Collaborate: Human Rights Lawyers Relating With Other Professions,” 33(2) Alternative Law Journal (2008) 86
- “Striving for Holistic Service Delivery in the Social Welfare Sector. How Do We Improve Lawyers Working With Others?” (Paper presented at the National Access to Justice and Pro Bono Conference, Sydney, 2008)
About Mark
Mark MacDiarmid is accredited as a specialist in family law by the Law Society of NSW, having become a lawyer in 1986 after graduating with degrees in Arts and Law from the University of Sydney. He holds a Postgraduate Diploma of Psychology from Charles Sturt University, a Graduate Diploma in Family Dispute Resolution from the Australian Institute of Social Relations, and is a member of the NSW Legal Aid Commission’s Independent Children’s Lawyer and Mental Health Advocacy Panels. He is a member of the Law Society of NSW, the Family Law Section of the Law Council of Australia, a practitioner member of LEADR and a member of the Australian Institute of Family Law Arbitrators and Mediators (AIFLAM). Mark is accredited by the Federal Attorney General’s Department to provide compulsory Family Dispute Resolution and to issue s60I Certificates under the Family Law Act for disputes involving children. He is also an Accredited Mediator under the National Mediator Accreditation System, a member of the Law Society of NSW's Mediator Panel and the NSW District Court panel of Mediators.
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