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Nicholes Family Lawyers proud to participate in latest successful Lasallian Foundation fundraiser
 Nicholes Family Lawyers are proud to support the Lasallian Foundation.
Members of the Lasallian Foundation board are pictured, right, with the acclaimed actor and philanthropist Bryan Brown. From left to right: Brother Paul Smith AO CEO of the Foundation, Bryan Brown, Sally Nicholes, John Mann, the Hon, Paul Guest, Nick Newton and Tony Smith.
Nicholes Family Laywers assisted the board on 12 October 2011 at a function where $94,000 was raised to support the victims of war torn Sri Lanka. The Foundation supports the very poor in Australasia; in this case, the beneficiaries were many internally displaced persons who have had to take residency in Colombo in appalling conditions.
The proceeds of the event go towards a technical and vocational centre for those living in slums and denied education.
If you wish to donate to the Lasalliam Function please view their website: www.lasallianfoundation.org.
Nicholes Family Lawyers sponsors the Eliminating Violence Against Women Media Awards (EVAs)
The 2011 Eliminating Violence Against Women Media Awards (EVAs) were held on Friday 10 June 2011 at the Melbourne Town Hall. The winners were announced by the Honourable Mary Wooldridge MP Minister for Women's Affairs, and Sally Nicholes, from Nicholes Family Lawyers.
The EVAs honour excellence in reporting of violence against women, most commonly family violence and sexual assault. The categories include print, radio, TV and online reporting, as well as the Gold EVA, judged the best entry across all category winners.
The EVAs were coordinated by Domestic Violence Victoria (DV Vic), in partnership with No To Violence and the Victorian Centre Against Sexual Assault (CASA Forum). The Victorian government provided $70,000 for 2010/2011 to fund the awards.
The Minister for Women's affairs also launched the second edition of the Family Violence in the News: A Media Toolkit. The Toolkit provides guidance for media reporting, current information about family violence statistics, resources and contact details of family violence and sexual assault experts for media comment.
For responsible reporting guidelines for journalists please visit: www.evas.org.au/responsible-reporting/responsible-reporting-guidelines-for-journalists.html.
Sally Nicholes, Telstra Business Awards Victorian Finalist
.jpg) We are very proud to announce that our very own Sally Nicholes was declared a Victorian finalist in the Telstra Businesswoman of the year awards in 2010 in two categories – the Commonwealth Bank Business Owner Award and the Nokia Business Innovation Award.
The link to the Victorian finalists is: http://tinyurl.com/awardnfl
Sally received a huge outpouring of support for these achievements. Messages of congratulations from friends, family and clients included:
 Congratulations Sally, Well deserved. Your selflessness in sharing your wisdom and experience with those less able is awesome. We are lucky to have persons like - Brother Paul Smith, Lasallian Foundation- Congratulations Sally and best wishes as to the result. You have made an enormous contribution to family law in Australia and to children everywhere. - Hon. Alastair Nicholson and Lauris Nicholson
- Sally has always wanted to help people. The fact that she has combined this passion with a very successful business would make her a very worthy winner. - Simon Quirk
- Sally, you are an inspiration to so many people-not only have you built a successful business, but you have also made a difference to countless lives.Good luck! - Tony Symons
- Sally is a great inspiration for those who work with her. She is a kind, supportive and strong leader, with empathy for her clients and her many probono cases. - Monica Blizzard, Partner Nicholes Lawyers
- We are very proud that a fomer partner of Middletons has achieved the distinction of being shortlisted as a finalist for 2 Telstra Business Women's Awards. - Murray Deakin, Partner, Middletons
- On behalf of Middletons I congratulate Sally Nicholes on her multiple nominations, an outstanding alumni and former partner of our firm. - Middletons National Managing Partner, Nick Nichola
- Sally has been an inspiration to me and a great mentor over the past five years we have worked together. She is generous and gracious and a lot of fun! - Nadine Udorovic
- Sally's commitment to pro-bono cases is inspiring and sets her apart from other law firms. - Kristina Antoniades
- Congratulations Sally on a very well deserved nomination. Regardless of the outcome, you should take great pride at being a finalist. - Stephen Thompson, Middletons
- All the very best Sally. You deserve this recognition. You are generous, an achiever, and always put others before yourself. - Best wishes from Eleanore and all at TEN
- Sally's generosity is an inspiration to all of us . It is wonderful to see her business achievements and her social conscience acknowledged and celebrated. - H Canavan
- Sally. Congratulations on becoming a finalist for the Telstra Business Woman's Awards. Well done and very well deserved. Good luck. - John W Mann, Partner, Middletons
Paul Anthony recipient of inaugural Allan Award
From MCV:
 Paul Anthony was named recipient of the inaugural Allan Merigan award at the JOY 94.9 Radiothon launch earlier this month.
Named in honour of community role model Allan Merigan, the award was created in partnership between JOY 94.9 and Nicholes Family Lawyers.
JOY 94.0 President Stephen Duns announced the award at the stations Radiothon Launch on June 10.
Duns told guests that the award was in recognition of Anthony's commitment to the GLBTI community over the last six years through his work at JOY, in particular, his constant fight against homophobia on air and in the wider community.
Duns said, "His work to build relationships with the Victorian Police Gay and Lesbian Liaison Office has been acknowledged by the community, his regular program work is a great manifestation of the Mission Statement of JOY to break down isolation, enable freedom of expression and celebrate our achievements with pride.
“My great friend Allan Merigan was a great humanitarian,” adds Sally Nicholes from Nicholes Family Lawyers. “I'm sure that Allan Merigan would be proud to know that a role model like Paul Anthony will be the first recipient of Allan's Award.”
Photo by: Tim Lennox
Sally Nicholes on Tiger's plight for A Current Affair
Nicholes Family Law Principle Sally Nicholes was interviewed for A Current Affair on celebrity divorces in light of Tiger Woods' current transgressions.
Please click the image below to be taken to Channel Nine's website to get the full scoop.
Divorce Blockbusters
Sally Nicholes featured on ABC Radio's The Law Report
Nicholes Family Law Partner Sally Nicholes was featured heavily on the ABC Radio's The Law Report in their 17 March 2009 feature on International family law disputes.
Thanks to ABC Radio, you can stream to the feature, download an .mp3 file of the feature, or read the transcript of the feature.
The feature's description, from The Law Report: "When international marriages collapse and family law disputes erupt, whose court should hear the dispute? Usually it's the jurisdiction where the family live. But in this age of globetrotting it's not always easy to identify a family's 'habitual residence'.
A recent case looks at whether mum and kids should be returned to a country which, the court heard, doesn't protect against domestic violence."
Expertise in International Relocation and Child Abduction Cases
In March this year an old and famous child abduction/custody case reared its head in the newspapers once again — that of Jacqueline Pascarl (formerly Gillespie), and her reunion with the daughter who was taken from Australia to Malaysia by her estranged husband and Malaysian Prince, 14 years ago.
The case had special relevance to Sally Nicholes, as she had worked on the Gillespie case in the early days, and it was this experience, among others, that fired her passion and enormous interest in areas of the law relating to the welfare of children.
During this time, Sally developed a protocol that is still being used in cases to assist in the communication between parties — for the benefit of the children. This work, in turn, led to her passion for cases that involve international treaties dealing with the rights of children; it also led her to promote and lobby countries to sign the Hague Convention, and to understand the elements of this convention.
Sally continued for many years to be on the panel to act on behalf of the state authority in Hague Convention matters, being invited in 2000 to visit Washington and speak with the former member of the Full Court of the Family Court; the Hon. Justice Eric Baker about the enforceability of undertakings referable to Hague Convention countries. |
