Profile

Hayley has practised exclusively in family law since her admission in 2010, and before coming to the Bar, spent her career in private practice.

Hayley has extensive experience in all aspects of family law, including:

Property disputes ranging from simple to complex, and involving
 Joined or intervening third parties
 Related trust / corporate / business entities
 Valuation issues involving expert evidence
 Taxation / superannuation issues
 Bankruptcy
 Case Guardian litigation
 Enforcement of Court Orders

Binding Financial Agreements
Binding Child Support Agreements (enforcement issues)
Spousal maintenance
Adult child maintenance

Parenting and child-welfare matters, including those involving:
 Disputes between parents and grandparents
 Specific-issue disputes about schooling, health or medical care and religious, cultural or gender identity
 Allegations of risk arising from significant parental conflict / coercive control and family violence
 Applications for interstate / international relocation
 Child recovery applications
 Child abduction (Hague Convention) applications

Hayley has extensive experience in mediation, alternative and family dispute resolution, and is trained in collaborative practice.

She is known for clear communication, pragmatism, adaptability and strategic insight. She takes a considered, trauma-informed approach and is attentive to matters involving sensitive interpersonal dynamics.

Membership of Professional Organisations

• Western Australian Bar Association
• Law Society of Western Australia
• Family Law Practitioners’ Association of Western Australia
• Family Law Section, Law Council of Australia
• Women Lawyers Association of Western Australia

Areas of Practice

• Adoption
• Appeals
• Family and De Facto
• Mediation

Admitted to Practice

• 2010

Qualifications

• LLB (UWA)

Elected to WA Bar Association

2025