About Our Practice
Hadley Family Law are Cairns Family Lawyers providing advice for divorce, child support, marriage, prenuptial agreements, spousal maintenance and adoption.
Offering over 40 years of combined legal experience, Suzanne Hadley and Sybilla Francis bring a combination of accredited specialisation, experience and dedication in the area of family law.
Family law covers a variety of issues, including divorce, child support, marriage, prenuptial agreements, spousal maintenance in certain situations and adoption. Family lawyers are often assumed to handle primarily divorce cases; however family law also covers concerns of child welfare.
Quite often the information can be complex with different legal rules applying to different aspects of family law. However, in this regard, Suzanne and Sybilla’s detailed legal knowledge enables them to assist clients to make informed decisions in progressing their cases.
Long term Cairns resident, Suzanne Hadley, who established the practise has gained extensive experience in the fields of civil litigation, family law and criminal law, and appears regularly in the Federal Circuit Court, Family Court, Supreme and District Courts and Magistrates Courts. Suzanne is a Queensland Law Society Accredited Specialist in Family Law, and has obtained a great sense of justice for people, having been a member of the Committee of the Cairns Rape Crisis and Incest Service, served for several years on an advisory body, reporting to the Multiple Sclerosis Society Queensland. She has previous experience also as an Independent Children’s Lawyer.
Suzanne focuses on assisting clients to resolve issues in this most difficult and emotionally charged area of practice. She strives to always to assist her clients to emerge as quickly as possible from the process with dignity. Suzanne approaches her practice of family law with the sensitivity her clients expect in what is a most private and stressful situation. She focuses always on doing her best to minimise the emotional and financial stress to her clients without compromising the outcome.
Suzanne can provide you with the advice that enables you to make the most appropriate decisions that will benefit you and your family in the event of family breakdown.
For people wanting some clarification on a key aspect of their legal services, Senior Lawyer at Hadley Family Law, Sybilla Francis, says first and foremost it’s important for parents to be aware and gain reassurance from the underlying principles of family law in Australia, that both parents are important in their children lives; and understand that there’s a great onus in achieving equality in that regard. Today there is a larger emphasis on the caring and sharing of responsibilities of children.
We offer sound advice to our prospective clients, considering at all times that every client is an individual, each with their own unique circumstances. Sybilla’s wealth of experience in the UK and Australia also enables her to extend her services to international clients, and can advise people on Australian and British Jurisdictions. She is an accredited specialist in the latter jurisdiction.
At Hadley Law the key focus to achieving outcomes for clients comes from a commitment to continuing legal education, client guidance and to the community.